3 Ideas for Creating Customized Awards
There are many different reasons why organizations create awards; the most important being to motivate and reward hardworking members of a team. Customized awards are important to the intrinsic worth of each person who receives it – whether it is a sports team, an employee recognition award or an individual achievement award.
When we are recognized for our contributions and achievements in the good times and the extraordinary measures needed in the hard times, it creates self-worth. Customized awards that are created to positively reinforce these efforts foster a sense of belonging and a sense of pride in self and the organization.
So, if you are thinking about creating customized awards, here are a few ideas to get you started…
1. Brand it
In recommending designs for customized awards, we always encourage our clients to incorporate their brand, either through their logo, products or brand colours. By branding the award with your logo, either through the embedment process, printed material, laser engraving or a combination of any of these, the customized awards created will create a lasting impression.
Even tinting or PMS colour-matching will bring the award to a new level of uniqueness that sets it apart from an off-the-shelf award. These techniques highlight the integrity and distinctiveness of your brand.
A great example is a lucite award we created for one of our clients whose brand design was a spider; we used some of their product to create their logo design which made the award distinctive.
2. Put their name on it
Personalizing awards is a great way to let recipients know that you value them on an individual level. It is harder to give away or throw away an award of any kind when it has your name engraved, screened or embedded on it.
SIGG water bottles are a perfect example of customized awards that incorporate branding and personalizing at the same time. A large retailer designed a specific logo for new employees. They laser engraved the employees name on the bottle and had it waiting on their desk upon arriving at their new position. What a great employee welcome gift!
Our FSC Eco-Frames also make great personalized awards. Framing custom certificates and personalized metal plates in a frame rises what could be a generic award to a more prestigious award. It shows that the organization‘s management is recognizing you for your individual achievements and not just the group as a whole.
3. Care about it
With many companies committed to being environmentally responsible, both our SIGG water bottles and our FSC Eco-Frames are two great opportunities to provide employees, clients and suppliers with customized awards brands that support sustainability policies.
SIGG manufactures in a state of the art building that practices sustainability procedures at all stages of production. They have also partnered with Cuipo to help preserve the world’s endangered rainforests.
Lucite is another sustainable awards product. When creating a Lucite award, the scrap is collected and it is processed back into liquid form making it reusable and out of landfills.
Our Eco-Frames are manufactured in Canada using FSC woods from audited forests. All stains and coatings are water soluble and recyclable papers, glass and metals are used to create these frames.
Our laminated plaques are 100% formaldehyde free and bio-degradable. Clearmount’s conscious choice to work with FSC eco-friendly materials and the SIGG brand of water bottles is part of our commitment to the environment.