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Madison is a global leader in employee recognition and incentives, pioneering digital programs since 1995. As an employee-owned company, we deliver recognition, events, and incentive travel solutions that strengthen culture and drive results.

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What Actually Drives a Successful Incentive Travel Program After 20 Years in the Field
Incentive travel has never been about the destination. That may sound surprising in an industry that...
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Sustainability Without Operational Discipline Is Just Messaging
Sustainability is now standard language in meetings and incentive travel. RFPs reference ESG commitments....
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Planning a Corporate Retreat in the U.S.? Here’s Why South Lake Tahoe Belongs on Your List
South Lake Tahoe isn’t your typical meeting destination. Nestled where California and Nevada meet, this...

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We Know How to Measure Your Incentive Travel Program. Do You?

As businesses emerge from one of the most difficult economic stretches in modern history, investments in Incentive Travel are growing again. In its 2014 Trends Study, The Incentive Research Foundation found that one third of all incentive travel planners will increase their budgets in the coming year. Spending is expected…

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Why One Reward Currency is the New Motivational Standard

Seventy percent of all businesses have up to a half dozen different performance improvement initiatives in play at any one time. Yet, many fail to gain the optimal result from each simply because they have overlooked one simple truth: a single reward currency can have the most effect on motivation…

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Wellness By Madison: A Holistic Alternative

Employer-sponsored wellness programs are on the rise. When instituted properly they can help contain the upsurge in healthcare premiums. Depending on your company’s size those savings can amount to millions of dollars per year. Beyond the obvious cost savings, wellness offerings also reaffirm your company’s commitment to the health and…

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Proof Incentive Travel is a Good Investment

Incentive travel has always been a powerful motivational tool for managers and business owners. Non-cash awards such as travel increase productivity, performance and overall employee engagement. In an economy that demands all investments prove their worth, you might be asking “How good of an investment is our incentive travel program…

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Why “Sales Rep Engagement” is Important & How HR Can Help to Improve It

The phrase “employee engagement” has captured the attention of business executives for some time now, but does engagement really matter for sales reps? Just like employee engagement, “sales rep engagement” is of equal importance—perhaps more so for any business that wants to have a significant competitive advantage. Businesses should be…

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The New Benefits of Employee Engagement

The importance of employee engagement cannot be overstated; it is vital to any organization’s success. So how do you engage your employees? Reward and recognition programs can be highly effective tools in driving employee engagement. When designed and implemented properly, employee recognition programs can elevate engagement levels. Employees will become…

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Do You Know How Your Programs Are Really Doing? Could You Change Them if You Needed to?

Reward programs can be highly effective tools in driving the two things that matter most to businesses right now: engaged employees and sales force effectiveness. When designed and implemented correctly, employee recognition programs elevate engagement levels, which, in turn, drive improved organizational outcomes. Workers who are emotionally and intellectually committed…

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Get a Leg Up on Program Performance Through Behavioral Economics

Incentive planners are always looking for an advantage—a way to strengthen their business case and optimize outcomes. That’s an area in which we shine. In addition to leveraging proprietary incentive technology, Madison incorporates the science of behavioral economics to help our clients get more motivational value from their employee recognition…

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Gen X in the workplace
2023 was a historic year — ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) novelties took the world by storm, India passed China to become the most populous country, and the workplace became the most diverse in history. As Baby Boomers continue to retire later and Gen Z enters the workforce, we...
The Top 5 Destinations for Incentive Travel in North America

A shoutout in a team meeting, a Starbucks gift card, a pat on the back—they’re all great ways to celebrate a job well done. But when you want to recognize your team for overachieving on something big, like exceeding lofty sales goals, it calls for something better. Go big or go home, right? When your […]

3 Technologies Gen Z grew up with and its impact in the workplace
Black and white TVs. Dial-up internet. Typewriters. Cursive writing. Are you feeling old yet? Us too. Many of these novelties of yesteryear are now nothing more than memories for many of us. But for Gen Z? They never got to experience the joy of learning cursive or waiting five minutes...
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