When giving gifts at work, be very careful what you choose. Gifts reflect the taste of intention of the giver. So, how do you make sure your gifts do not unintentionally step on someone's toes or break a moral code?
Gift-Giving Basics
Before giving anything, look into the office gift-giving policies. Some companies enforce a "no gift" policy. Make sure you find out about any such policies in your workplace before you pick gifts out. Otherwise, gift-giving can be embarrassing for you and the recipient.
The Gift-giving Fs
Functionality and fairness are two F words to consider when giving gifts to staff. If you are a boss and you feel your staff's most recent performance deserves a gesture of appreciation, make sure the gifts you give are both functional and equitable. Do not give one employee one gift and all the other employees another. Unless an employee has done something worth singling out, it would be wise to give everyone the same gift. Thus, you should not give Peter from Marketing, for example, a pocket watch while everyone else received pocket watch chains.
What to Give When You're on a Budget
The following are affordable and useful gift items:
- gift certificates from coffee shops, spas, and video shops
- food trays for all employees to enjoy
- a set of pens
- planners
- a box of tea
- a bag of imported coffee
- calendars
What to Give When You're Not
When you can afford to splurge, do so. After all, occasions for gift-giving seldom arise in the office. If you are giving gifts as a reward for stellar performance or a stunning surge in sales, you may choose gifts that are as memorable as the deed or the occasion.
* Pocket Watches and Pocket Watch Chains
A pocket watch is a classy gift. It brings to mind the sophistication of the days of old. Not only does it let people keep time, it lets them do so in style. You may give this timepiece with or without pocket watch chains. In choosing pocket watch chains, consider how the recipient will most likely use the watch. T-bar pocket watch chains are slipped through the button-hole of a vest. Shorter pocket watch chains let pocket watches dangle from the pockets. A word to the wise, however. Pocket watch chains are a separate purchase and will add to the tab. So, consider your budget before picking out pocket watch chains.
* Tickets
Admission to an exclusive presentation, live entertainment, or a very posh establishment will surely thrill any member of your staff. Movie tickets, concert tickets, and tournament tickets are highly welcome office presents, particularly if they are to events that are really difficult or expensive to get invited to.
What Not to Give at All
These items will be considered crass, no matter what the place or occasion:
* gag gifts
* liquor
* meat products
* perfume
* presents from discount or dollar stores
Whatever you decide to give, no matter who you are giving to, or how much you are willing to spend, make sure you do not give gifts that cross the line. In the office, the key to giving presents beautifully is to give presents in observance of gift-giving etiquette. Do not give too much, too little, too soon, or too strangely.
Corporate Gift Basket Online
Though corporate gift-giving is not in the same league with mass media, it is not supposed to be. It fill the personal niche where mass media lacks. And it fills it well if done right.
Study after study has found that the them or nature of the gift itself is not just important but pertinent. If it is something that does not give the receiver a good feeling about you, the cost or how elaborate the gift is is a moot point. In fact it is a negative point.
Because of this, the growth of humor consultants has skyrocketed. Major corporations such as IBM, DuPont and many others pay them high wages to teach humor skills to employees for motivation and loyalty.
Humor is far more important than you might imagine for a life-long relationship with your client. And there is no better way to purvey that humor than a corporate gift that sits in front of the client on a daily basis.
A humorous corporate gift that that is a theme gift will pack a punch that goes a long way, creating loyalty, word of mouth, and even a community, generally of people who want to know you and where you shopped for it
I can't make you believe me in words. The investment is small, usually $15-$40 and it is worth it's weight in gold. You only need try it once. You will be hooked and so will the receiver, who will also be hooked on you.
For instance, let's say you own or are partner or employee of a law firm. For years you have given the same staid gifts to your clients. Why not try a professionally-drawn law-related cartoon on a coffee gift basket. Yes believe it or not there are legal-related themed gourmet coffee gift baskets. We know because we invented them and they are only around $40. We know of others, selling the same gourmet beans as non-cartoon gift baskets for $60-$80 with no personalization. We even personalize the basket for only $2 giving the law firm's name and web address. It includes an oversize coffee mug and four coasters, all with an award-winning law cartoon, five distinct blends and flavors of gourmet coffee beans from around the world, and of course the gratutious biscotti.
Coffee baskets are not the be all end-all. Why not a cartoon trivet or porcelain plate? I prefer the desk clock, it is less expensive, and your name and URL appears in front of them every time they look at the clock. You can do this with coffee mugs, aprons, hoodies, framed tiles, Christmas ornaments, and so many other gift ideas, all at the best funny corporate gift shops. There are several on the Internet. I own one that sells almost 100,000 items in 23 different categories.
3drose, is one of the oldest and largest powersellers on Ebay, with a 99.4% positive feedback rating and over 11,000 transactions and it makes all our corporate gifts. It has a nearly perfect track-record with all that business in over 10 years, almost unheard of in any Internet business.
He purveys our products at Amazon.com, Shop.com and many of the other shopping channels. Or you can order from Londons Times Superstore or their own site at 3drose.com. The price is the same The price is the same, great quality and customer service, and lightening-fast worldwide shipping.
Words cannot express the special psychology behind giving a gift of laughter that portrays your name and URL. The client or potential client cannot help but feel good every time he/she sees your company's name and URL while laughing at a cartoon every day. It is monumental.
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