Award Force blog Articles Search for: Select type Articles Ebooks Feature focus How to guides Press releases Product updates Webinars Articles 7 Winning reasons to run a competition this year Jan 23, 2024Looking to mix things up this year? Running a competition is a great way to diversify your marketing strategy, engage your audience and increase your online footprint. And, it’s easier than you think to implement! Awards management 2024: ins and outs Jan 11, 2024With in-and-out lists popping up across social media, we couldn’t help but step into the role of professional prognosticator to talk about what we talk about best: awards management! So, what’s in this season? What’s out? Let’s dive right in. What’s new in Award Force Dec 29, 2023As the new year gets underway, we’re taking a moment to reflect on product development highlights. Throughout the past year, we introduced an impressive array of 24 new features and implemented a whopping 144 product enhancements, all designed to streamline your workflow and boost efficiency. We’ve also implemented 12 accessibility improvements to ensure our software works for everyone. 5 End-of-year awards management activities Dec 27, 2023The end of the year is a good time to reflect on the successes of the year and start planning for the year ahead. It’s also a great time to engage with your awards community. Here are five helpful end-of-year awards management activities that guarantee a thriving awards program in the next year. 5 New Year’s resolutions for the remote worker Dec 14, 2023As the end of the year approaches, it’s the perfect time to consider what you want to improve upon in the coming year. Here are some tips for remote workers! GivingTuesday 2023: Award Force gives back to our communities across the globe Nov 30, 2023Award Force recently joined in the global giving movement of GivingTuesday. See how our global, remote team gave back in communities worldwide. How to drive student creativity through healthy competition Nov 29, 2023Creativity plays a vital role in the development of student growth and critical thinking—and one of the best ways to spark the creative spirit can be with a dose of healthy competition. How to jumpstart your staff morale with a GivingTuesday event Nov 13, 2023GivingTuesday is not just an excellent way to give back to the community; it can also be an incredible staff morale booster for your company or organisation. 5 Technologies to help automate employee recognition Oct 26, 2023Employee recognition can be as small as giving kudos in a meeting or online and as big as a program that regularly awards stand-out employees for their efforts. Whether your recognition program is big or small, you can use technology to help you save time and better organise your efforts. How to build diversity into your awards entry form Oct 11, 2023Your awards entry form is an excellent tool for fostering diversity in your awards program. Through your submission process, you can promote and attract diversity into your awards program, opening it up to a broader audience and amplifying various voices and perspectives. An award manager’s guide to cutting program costs Oct 2, 2023Recognising champions of innovation and advancement through an awards program is an amazing way to ignite some excitement in your community. But, like any marketing or outreach program, it can quickly weigh on your budget. Rubric best practices for creating a fair and balanced assessment Sep 18, 2023Creating a fair and balanced scoring rubric can help you solidify your assessment procedure and build integrity in your review process. Learn how to integrate best practices into your scoring rubric. Award Force turns 10: a decade of empowering recognition through values-based growth Sep 11, 2023Since 2013, our software has served to revolutionise the awards management process, introducing the first SaaS solution dedicated solely to awards managers to help them save time, reduce administrative overhead and improve the overall experience for all program participants. How to provide meaningful employee recognition without breaking your budget Aug 31, 2023Employee recognition is a concept that has proven to be full of benefits. And while some may assume for it to be impactful, it has to be elaborate and luxurious, it’s completely possible to build an employee recognition program that matches your budget. How to simplify your accreditation process Aug 8, 2023Accreditation helps to ensure quality and give compliant entities their well-deserved recognition. Simplifying your accreditation process will save time and encourage interested organisations to apply. Accessibility: in content, product and training Jul 17, 2023Accessibility is not just for engineering teams. It’s for everyone— the people who make content for social media to those who write help centre articles and, also for people giving presentations. How to make your awards nomination process easier for everyone Jul 13, 2023An awards nomination entry process can add credibility to your awards program, put your brand in front of more eyes and improve the quality of your submissions. But a nomination requirement also requires a bit more management from the awards organisers. Here’s how to do it successfully. 6 Tips for running a successful association awards program Jul 12, 2023An association awards program can identify and recognise impressive achievements in an industry, motivate its members and nurture solidarity in the community. Here’s how to run one successfully. Award Force recognised as perennial leader in customer service Jun 30, 2023The client success team at Creative Force has been announced as a winner in the 18th Annual 2023 Globee® Awards for Information Technology. 5 Worthwhile ways to use an online awards gallery Jun 28, 2023When it comes to awards programs, an online gallery can provide a showcase of your program’s best entries. It can serve as yet another place to recognise the achievement in your industry and community. « Older Entries Next Entries »
7 Winning reasons to run a competition this year Jan 23, 2024Looking to mix things up this year? Running a competition is a great way to diversify your marketing strategy, engage your audience and increase your online footprint. And, it’s easier than you think to implement!
Awards management 2024: ins and outs Jan 11, 2024With in-and-out lists popping up across social media, we couldn’t help but step into the role of professional prognosticator to talk about what we talk about best: awards management! So, what’s in this season? What’s out? Let’s dive right in.
What’s new in Award Force Dec 29, 2023As the new year gets underway, we’re taking a moment to reflect on product development highlights. Throughout the past year, we introduced an impressive array of 24 new features and implemented a whopping 144 product enhancements, all designed to streamline your workflow and boost efficiency. We’ve also implemented 12 accessibility improvements to ensure our software works for everyone.
5 End-of-year awards management activities Dec 27, 2023The end of the year is a good time to reflect on the successes of the year and start planning for the year ahead. It’s also a great time to engage with your awards community. Here are five helpful end-of-year awards management activities that guarantee a thriving awards program in the next year.
5 New Year’s resolutions for the remote worker Dec 14, 2023As the end of the year approaches, it’s the perfect time to consider what you want to improve upon in the coming year. Here are some tips for remote workers!
GivingTuesday 2023: Award Force gives back to our communities across the globe Nov 30, 2023Award Force recently joined in the global giving movement of GivingTuesday. See how our global, remote team gave back in communities worldwide.
How to drive student creativity through healthy competition Nov 29, 2023Creativity plays a vital role in the development of student growth and critical thinking—and one of the best ways to spark the creative spirit can be with a dose of healthy competition.
How to jumpstart your staff morale with a GivingTuesday event Nov 13, 2023GivingTuesday is not just an excellent way to give back to the community; it can also be an incredible staff morale booster for your company or organisation.
5 Technologies to help automate employee recognition Oct 26, 2023Employee recognition can be as small as giving kudos in a meeting or online and as big as a program that regularly awards stand-out employees for their efforts. Whether your recognition program is big or small, you can use technology to help you save time and better organise your efforts.
How to build diversity into your awards entry form Oct 11, 2023Your awards entry form is an excellent tool for fostering diversity in your awards program. Through your submission process, you can promote and attract diversity into your awards program, opening it up to a broader audience and amplifying various voices and perspectives.
An award manager’s guide to cutting program costs Oct 2, 2023Recognising champions of innovation and advancement through an awards program is an amazing way to ignite some excitement in your community. But, like any marketing or outreach program, it can quickly weigh on your budget.
Rubric best practices for creating a fair and balanced assessment Sep 18, 2023Creating a fair and balanced scoring rubric can help you solidify your assessment procedure and build integrity in your review process. Learn how to integrate best practices into your scoring rubric.
Award Force turns 10: a decade of empowering recognition through values-based growth Sep 11, 2023Since 2013, our software has served to revolutionise the awards management process, introducing the first SaaS solution dedicated solely to awards managers to help them save time, reduce administrative overhead and improve the overall experience for all program participants.
How to provide meaningful employee recognition without breaking your budget Aug 31, 2023Employee recognition is a concept that has proven to be full of benefits. And while some may assume for it to be impactful, it has to be elaborate and luxurious, it’s completely possible to build an employee recognition program that matches your budget.
How to simplify your accreditation process Aug 8, 2023Accreditation helps to ensure quality and give compliant entities their well-deserved recognition. Simplifying your accreditation process will save time and encourage interested organisations to apply.
Accessibility: in content, product and training Jul 17, 2023Accessibility is not just for engineering teams. It’s for everyone— the people who make content for social media to those who write help centre articles and, also for people giving presentations.
How to make your awards nomination process easier for everyone Jul 13, 2023An awards nomination entry process can add credibility to your awards program, put your brand in front of more eyes and improve the quality of your submissions. But a nomination requirement also requires a bit more management from the awards organisers. Here’s how to do it successfully.
6 Tips for running a successful association awards program Jul 12, 2023An association awards program can identify and recognise impressive achievements in an industry, motivate its members and nurture solidarity in the community. Here’s how to run one successfully.
Award Force recognised as perennial leader in customer service Jun 30, 2023The client success team at Creative Force has been announced as a winner in the 18th Annual 2023 Globee® Awards for Information Technology.
5 Worthwhile ways to use an online awards gallery Jun 28, 2023When it comes to awards programs, an online gallery can provide a showcase of your program’s best entries. It can serve as yet another place to recognise the achievement in your industry and community.