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Employee Recognition Ideas

Everyone agrees that employee recognition is important for morale.  And research indicates that recognizing employees for their contributions is great for business.  The challenge can be coming up with fun, meaningful, and creative ideas for recognizing the employees who do so much for your business - sometimes with but a shoestring of a budget.

If you're searching for fresh ideas for your recognition program, you've come to the right place! Terryberry has been helping businesses worldwide recognize their employees for nearly a century, and we're here to share the creative employee recognition ideas we've seen to be successful.   

Low Cost Employee Recognition Ideas

Anyone can make a positive difference in their workplace culture by noticing and appreciating the efforts of the people they work with.   Here are 7 creative recognition ideas for employee recognition that cost nothing or next to nothing! 

• Thank You Notes - a handwritten note is a quick and easy way to say you noticed.  Make it a goal to write one every day!
• Get the book - The WOW! Workplace offers 141 pages of ideas for employee recognition for just $21.95.
• Spot Recognition Kits- keep a toolkit of notecards and certificates so your prepared when the opportunity strikes.  Kits from recognizeme are fun and easy to use. 
• Traveling Trophy - pick an off-the-wall item that represents excellence in your group.  A team member who demonstrates exceptional excellence is awarded the trophy and gets to display it for a week, when the next recipient is selected. Consider an item that each recipient can add their autograph to before it travels on.
• Join a Forum for Recognition Ideas - Subscribe to the Terryberry Recognition Blog to get regular tips and recognition ideas from other businesses like yours.   
• Start Meetings with Recognition - Every meeting goes better with a little recognition.  Start things out by highlighting specific employee achievements and successes. 
• Social Recognition - social networks are a great place to post praise for great work.  Consider setting up your own internal "recognition network"  using Give a WOW.  Get the 30 Day Trial, and give it a spin for Free.  

Click here for dozens more employee recognition ideas that are being used in other businesses today. 

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Ideas for Organization-wide Employee Recognition Programs

If you're looking for ideas for your organization-wide recognition program, we can help.  Terryberry specializes in developing, implementing, and managing employee recognition programs for businesses of all types and sizes. 

Terryberry can help you implement a recognition program to acknowledge one or many of these important contributions. Visit Our Programs to learn more.

Whatever it is that your organization is looking to recognize, improve, or achieve, contact Terryberry and we'll assist in developing and implementing an appropriate employee recognition program that will motivate, engage and inspire your employees throughout the year.