Thanks to everyone who attended our live webisode broadcast this morning! If you weren’t able to attend, don’t worry! You can view the recorded version in the Recognition TV section on our website or on Baudville's Facebook fan page. Plus, I’m going to recap some of my favorite award presentation ideas right here!

The key to a memorable and effective award presentation is making the award personal to the recipient. You can do this by sharing stories about the recipient during the award presentation, inviting her family to attend, or presenting the award at a special event. 

The actual award presentation itself is also very important!  You must practice, practice, practice! For a great presentation, be sure to pronounce the recipient’s name correctly. Ask her manager or Human Resources if you have questions. In your speech, include specific details about how she earned the award, and tie her achievements to company goals and performances. 

I mentioned several different Baudville products in the webisode that can be used as part of your personal award presentations. Here they are!

For our formal awards at Baudville, we present the Crystalline Tower Trophy  to award recipients. We add a custom message, the recipient’s name and date to personalize the award. When creating your award, be sure to spell check! For a more budget-friendly award, present an award certificate to the recipient. When personalized, it can be just as memorable!

Struggling for the right words for your award presentation? You can create an award with a Character Pin and read the story at the award presentation. When recognizing a team or group of people, select a different Character Pin for each recipient based on their contributions, characteristics and personality. For more prestigious occasions, you can put a character story on a Jade Glass Trophy  or an engrave-any-story gift. 

If you don’t know the award recipient well, have her complete a Tell Us About You form. This form is great for award presentations because it gives you some personal information about the recipient, and it can be a valuable tool for your other recognition programs, too.

Don’t forget, award presentations can be fun! For an easy day-to-day award, leave a paper trophy on an employee’s desk with your personal note. I recently surprised a new employee with one to celebrate his one month anniversary on our team!

As I mentioned earlier today, if you have any award presentation questions that didn’t get answered during the broadcast, email them to us at recognition@baudville.com, post them as a comment here or on Facebook. Our recognition specialists will respond to every question!

Thanks again for joining me today. Mark your calendars for next month’s episode on April 22nd!

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Cori is Baudville's in-house Recognitionista (she's officially a Certified Recognition Professional, too)  and a member of the Millennial generation. Get her employee recognition tips and special discounts by liking Baudville on Facebook.