Incentive - September 2008 - (Page 8) SEPTEMBER 2008 CONTENTS TRAVEL Travel News: Where To Go and What To Do SITE’s young leaders gather in New York; Six incentive destination representatives gather in Quebec City; Airfares jump to record levels Incentivemag.com COLUMNIST HIGHLIGHTS: On the Edge: The Disabling Power of Consensus Why do incentive professionals still cling to the flawed idea of following the general consensus as a means of determining what is a “best” practices? PG 83 Edited By Alex Palmer, Leo Jakobson and Jennifer Juergens www.incentivemag.com/consensus Top Undiscovered Destinations: New Territory We uncover the hottest new destinations that incentive travel programs are looking at, both around the world, and right here at home Ask Christi: Clarifying Goal-Setting Incentive problems on your mind? Incentive online columnist and recognition expert Christi L. Gibson has the answers PG 88 By Jeanie Casison www.incentivemag.com/goalsetting Field Report: South Africa In Style From snapshots taken at the Cape of Good Hope to extra-close encounters with lions and elephants, a trip to South Africa comes with a lifetime of memories The Influencers: How Influential Leaders Think Influential leaders share a vision of themselves as not simply a leader, but as a person responsible for creating systematic and lasting change www.incentivemag.com/leadersthink PG 99 By Jennifer Juergens Field Report: Golf’s Pilgrimage The Old Course Experience offers VIP access to the most famous links in the world: St. Andrews. And, it has the only guaranteed tee times available ONLINE FEATURES: The Rules of Engagement Allegiance and Peppers & Rogers Group have released a new white paper suggesting that it is engagement, more than just price points, incentives or customer sevice, that is necessary for a company’s greatest success PG 102 By Daniel J. Corcoran AWARDS & GIFT CARDS Potentials Here and Now Almo and PMC join forces to create a fulfillment juggernaut; Virgin offers a wellness program; Maine lobstermen offer your winners a share of the catch www.incentivemag.com/engagement Do EAPs Help Strangers In a Strange Land? Employee Assistance Programs are important, but sometimes lacking abroad, where many employees need them most PG 104 Edited By Alex Palmer, Leo Jakobson and Jennifer Juergens www.incentivemag.com/eap In-Room Gift Ideas: Pillow Talk Any good incentive travel program includes pillow gifts that show up in attendees’ rooms. Ensure they are cherished keepsakes for the winner, not the maid PG 108 By Jacquelin Carnegie ONLINE INCENTIVE POLL How important is measuring return-on-investment in your incentive program? Extremely important; we measure almost all aspects of our programs and their impact on performance Somewhat important; we measure the basic improvements to performance our programs make but little more Shopping Sprees: Shop Till You Drop From jeans to gift cards to anything you can put in a shopping cart in 60 seconds, a shopping spree can turn an award into an experiential, team-building event PG 112 By Edward Schmidt Jr. Gift Cards: Plastic Is Perfect Like any other incentive award, getting the maximum bang for your buck out of gift cards requires a well thought out program and plenty of choice 33% 33% 33% PG 116 By Nathan Adkisson Important; we try to measure the impact as much as we can 8| Incentive | September 2008 | incentivemag.com http://www.Incentivemag.com http://www.incentivemag.com/consensus http://www.incentivemag.com/goalsetting http://www.incentivemag.com/leadersthink http://www.incentivemag.com/engagement http://www.incentivemag.com/eap http://incentivemag.com
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