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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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Designing Sales Meetings That Drive Business Outcomes, Not Just Attendance
Annual sales meetings often represent one of the largest internal investments an organization makes each...
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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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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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The Danger of Too Many Reward Choices

Choice. The very word conjures up feelings of autonomy and independence. It connects us to a value we hold so dearly, freedom; or in this case, the freedom to choose. But when does choice—or at least the act of choosing—become more of an imposition than anything else? When do too…

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Getting More From Your Programs

How do you get a greater impact from your employee recognition and sales incentive initiatives? By understanding the role behavioral economics can play in shaping the structure of each program element. This edition of Performance Perspectives will examine how the 5 pillars of reward programs; rule structures, communications, reward offerings…

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How Badges Expand the Impact of Employee Recognition

When it comes to maximizing the impact of their employee recognition programs, HR leaders are always looking for ideas that are not just new but more efficient as well. That desire to do more with less would explain why the uses of badges—symbols that highlight a worker’s competencies and accomplishments—are…

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How HR Can Use Employee Recognition to Support Marketing’s Goals

Marketing leaders are always looking to improve outcomes. In an economy that is people-driven, this represents a golden opportunity for HR to leverage the recognition programs they manage to add deeper value. But how do they begin the process? What does it sound like when they introduce the concept of…

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What Can One Industry Teach All Others About Employee Recognition and Engagement?

High engagement is important for any business. In our talent-driven, knowledge-based economy, organizations that pay close attention to their engagement strategies to gain a discernible leg up over rivals. And while businesses across many categories have successfully implemented programs one industry in particular—the professional services sector—has outshined all others. Why…

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Madison Awarded Two Badges from Crozdesk for their Employee Rewards and Recognition Solutions
The Global Rewards and Recognition Leader wins the Happiest Users and Quality Choice Badges November 23, 2020 (New York, New York) – Madison, a global leader in employee Social Recognition, is excited to announce its win of two badges from Crozdesk.com, the most advanced business software discovery platform. Powered by...
Ask Madison: How have employee rewards and recognition programs changed now 7 months after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic?
In March 2020, the United States saw the start of official programs to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus across the country. While timelines and strategies varied from locale to locale, the beginning of the most wide-spread recommendations to implement safety measures began taking shape during early Spring and...
HR as the White Swan: Season 3, A Podcast Series from Madison
Hosted by Elliot Clark, CEO of HRO Today, and featuring Judd Weisgal, Senior Vice President of Madison, this series provides HR teams with the tools to navigate the current "Black Swan" event and serve as the "White Swan" leaders who turn negative energy to positive. Each podcast is a quick-listen...
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