Incentive - June 2008 - (Page 11)

IN THE NEWS The Incentive Editorial Advisory Board • Ira Almeas, President, Impact Incentives and Meetings • Bill Boyd, President and CEO, Sunbelt Motivation and Travel • Adrienne Forrest, Assistant Vice President, Special Markets, Bulova Corp. • Karen Eglitis, Unit Business Manager, Premium & Incentive, Bose Corp. • Terry Markwart, Director & Assistant General Mgr. of U.S. Sales, Canon USA • Steve Lowe, Director of Sales, Harrah’s & Harveys Lake Tahoe • Rodger Stotz, Vice President, Managing Consultant, Maritz Incentives • Jon Von Rentzell, Vice President, Recognition and Rewards, Carlson Marketing • Joe Zanone, Senior Vice President, Movado Group Inc. • Gail Fitzgerald, Vice President Hotel Sales & Marketing, CityCenter Las Vegas • Chris Flatt, Executive Vice President Hotel Sales & Marketing, Wynn Las Vegas • Cindy Mielke, Manager, National Accounts, Marketing Innovators • Anne Platt, Director, Gift Card Services, Best Buy • Dick Gaeta, President, Premier Incentives • Art Masarky, Senior Director, Human Resources, Heineken, USA • Dennis O. Borst, President and COO, Patriot Marketing Group • Patrick Sullivan, President, PRA Destination Management New York • Michael Arkes, President and CEO, Hinda Incentives Incentivemag.com’s Question of the Month The incentive industry has invested a lot of time and money into research looking at the value of recognition and reward programs in the last few years. But, do corporate incentive planners care? In May, Incentive asked its readers that question in our monthly online poll. According to the 501 of you who voted, the answer is yes. See this month’s question at www.incentivemag.com/poll 44% 20% 18% 16% VERY I M P O RTANT: I try to follow the major research and put its lessons into practice in my programs I M P O RTANT: I look at major research releases and occasionally incorporate it into my programs SOMEWHAT I M P O RTANT: I look at it if time permits and keep it in mind when developing programs Where Are We? Do you recognize this destination? E-mail jennifer.juergens@nielsen.com with your answer, and be entered into a drawing for a $100 Marriott® TravelCard®. Visit www.incentivemag.com/wherearewe for the full-size photo. Last month’s picture featured a cliff diver at Acapulco, Mexico. Congratulations to winner Joyce Vantrease of Villa Travel Service in Lebanon, Tenn. NOT I M P O RTANT I rarely if ever take research into consideration in my program planning: SOURCE—WWW.INCENTIVEMAG.COM/POLL incentivemag.com | June 2008 | Incentive | 11 http://Incentivemag.com http://www.incentivemag.com/poll http://www.incentivemag.com/wherearewe http://incentivemag.com/poll http://incentivemag.com

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Incentive - June 2008 Contents Editor’s Note In The News Cover Story: Seventh Annual Industry Roundtable Incentive Interview Case Study Soft Incentives Empowerment and Engagement The Incentive Career Incentive Primer Travel News: Where To Go and What To Do The Cook Islands Field Report: Bermuda Potentials: Here and Now 50 Top Motivators: The Best of the Best Electronics: High-end Audio Equipment Gift Cards: Should One Be Enough? Advertiser Index Off The Cuff

Incentive - June 2008

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