Archive for the ‘Be Involved’ Category

Ten Ideas to Engage Employees: Month of May

April 18, 2010 by Mark Allen Here are nation wide celebrations for the month of May.  Pick one and create eye grabbing custom posters using your own employees!  Login to your Marlin account and upload your own staff photos, adding your own words or borrow from text ideas below. May 2-8  North American Occupational Safety [...]

April 18, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Events & Ideas, Motivation, Recognition, Team Building  No Comments

Marlin Best Practice Webinar: Engaging employees to Health and Wellness

Save the date now for May’s live online training.  You are invited to attend and invite as many people as you like.  Advance registration required, click below. AGENDA: “Engaging employees to Health and Wellness – ECS Training” Meeting Description: Fact filled 45 minute intermediate level training covers WHY and HOW to improve employee vitality.  Geared toward [...]

April 17, 2010   Posted in: Be Involved, Events & Ideas, Team Building, Wellness  One Comment

Create a Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration…

January 15, 2010 …as a reward for your employees or your clients.  Saint Patrick’s day is the first major holiday of the spring season and instantly lends itself to a fun theme party that everyone can enjoy.

January 15, 2010   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Events & Ideas, Recognition, Team Building  No Comments

Survey of 5 million workers released. Any surprises?

November 30, 2009 by Mark Allen Just this month, Watson Wyatt released their survey of 328 companies from around the world representing nearly 5 million workers.  Straight from the report: • Effective employee communication is a leading indicator of financial performance and a driver of employee engagement. Companies that are highly effective communicators had 47% [...]

November 30, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Loyalty, Motivation, Recognition, Team Building  No Comments

ECS Training Webinar Video: Getting the most from your Electronic Communication Station (Digital Signage)

November 19, 2009 by Mark Allen We are pleased to report 26 attendees for yesterdays live training webinar.  The regular online training is provided monthly to our ECS Digital Signage (Electronic Communication Station) customers, assuring maximum results engaging employees to higher levels of performance and productivity. The session was hosted by Mark Allen and Mary O’brien, [...]

November 20, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Events & Ideas, Recognition, Safety, Team Building  No Comments

Surprising detail revealed in the “2010 Digital Signage Future Trends” Webinar

November 7, 2009 by Mark Allen After listening to Tuesday’s Webinar hosted by the Digital Signage Association, I got to thinking, ”Why is it so many workplace digital signage installations consist just of one screen, one computer and one powerpoint slide show, when there are such better options available?“ The Webinar attracted 300 listeners interested in the recent 2010 Digital Signage Future Trends [...]

November 7, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Events & Ideas, Recognition, Safety  3 Comments

The next Big Idea in Workplace Communication: Google Wave

November 4, 2009 by Mark Allen Quick!  What is the first thing you do in the morning when you get to work?  Fill a cup of coffee and start plowing through your morning email?  That’s my routine. It is estimated that 420 Billion emails are being sent per day.  What does that mean in the [...]

November 4, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Events & Ideas, Recognition  One Comment

New Study: Employee Response to Six different Reward Types

Aug 2, 2009 by Ona Lage A recent Maritz Poll shows that one size does NOT fit all when it comes to employee recognition programs. Fifty five percent of employees say that the quality of their company’s recognition efforts impacts their job performance. Yet, fourty three percent of employees say they are being rewarded in [...]

August 2, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Gamification, Loyalty, Motivation, Recognition  No Comments