This article is part of an ongoing series by Dick Wilson, titled “Awards Night." View the rest of the series HERE. Over the past several weeks, we’ve explored many awards night “before” considerations—what needs to happen in the weeks and days leading up to your event. Now it’s time to look at what you can do on the night itself to make the evening run as smoothly as possible. Here is my “Top 10 List” of awards night do’s and don’ts: Scripts – Have scripts, or something close … [Read more...]
Better Recognition Starts with a Better Stage
This article is part of an ongoing series by Dick Wilson, titled “Awards Night." View the rest of the series HERE. My last article offered ideas on how to streamline your awards night by carefully scrutinizing your award categories and qualification criteria. Now it’s time to move on to the presentation itself. Let’s begin with a few “before” considerations—what needs to happen in the weeks and days leading up to your big event. And the first item on that list should be the size and shape … [Read more...]
Streamline Your Awards Night
This article is part of an ongoing series by Dick Wilson, titled “Awards Night." View the rest of the series HERE. Awards Night is the centerpiece of most company events. In a perfect world, an evening devoted to recognizing the best of the best should be inspiring, uplifting and engaging. But as we all know, Awards Nights often fall short of these goals. That’s the bad news. The good news is, it might not take that much to make your Awards Night a special event that touches hearts and … [Read more...]