AWARDCO RESOURCE LIBRARY

Popular recognition and engagement resources

Discover new trends, impactful insights, and everything you need to know about the true power of employee recognition, rewards, engagement, and more.

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Customer Story

Customer Story

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The 80s Called: They Want Their Recognition Programs Back

Learn why legacy recognition programs no longer work for a modern workorce.

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Employee Rewards & Recognition Research Findings

HR professionals prioritize recognition despite challenges of participation, leadership buy-in.

Customer Story

Customer Story

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White Paper

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Return on Recognition™: Measuring the ROI of Employee Recognition Programs

Return on Recognition™: Exploring how modern recognition transforms culture, performance, and engagement—with research, stories, and events like RCGNZ Summit 2025.”

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Customer Story

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Customer Story

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Building a Culture That Thrives on Change

Learn how to maintain a culture of engagement with every employee.

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White Paper

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Customer Story

Customer Story

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White Paper

HR Leaders Playbook: 6 Best Practices for Building an Effective Employee Recognition Program

Why recognition matters, the true ROI, and how to extend recognition beyond the desk with programs that reach every employee, everywhere.

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Employee Turnover Rates by Industry: Trends and Solutions
Jefferson Hansen

Turnover is a costly problem to have—so how do you lower turnover rates?

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Customer Story

Jefferson Hansen

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Jefferson Hansen

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Jefferson Hansen

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Customer Story

Customer Story

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3 Drivers of Employee Engagement ROI

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Customer Story

Customer Story

Paramount

Paramount used Awardco to consolidate their programs, simplify administrative efforts, and scale their recognition and rewards to different demographics across the globe.

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White Paper

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Customer Story

Customer Story

PMG

PMG leverages Awardco to foster a people-centric culture where recognition is seamlessly embedded and highly visible at every stage of the employee journey. This reinforces PMG’s commitment to its people—celebrating those who go above and beyond, while cultivating a high-performance culture rooted in belonging and shared success.

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Customer Story

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AI and the Future of Employee Engagement

Learn about the latest trends and tools (including AI) that are transforming employee engagement.

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Blog posts

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Webinar titled The Motivation Machine: New Data on Employee Engagement, featuring a smiling woman with long dark hair and logos for awardco and HR.com.
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Sep 17, 2026
What actually motivates employees? New research on recognition, reward, and AI

What does Awardco's new data show about the true drivers of employee motivation?

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Sep 17, 2026
Making sense of engagement survey results: benchmarks, heat maps, and more

Recap of Product Pulse Vol. 12, where product leaders went over engagement survey result tools like heatmaps and comparison charts.

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Sep 16, 2026
Employee survey fatigue: How recognition helps close the feedback loop

How to avoid employee survey fatigue.

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Sep 15, 2026
Return on Recognition: the ROI of employee recognition

What measurable benefits does recognition actually provide businesses?

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Sep 14, 2026
How Awardco helps your company track and manage points

What are the ins and outs of employee reward point systems?

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Digital recognition interface showing Esmeralda Lyons recognizing Stephanie Barnes for her work in the last sprint with tags for go-getter, dedication, and communication, and emoji reactions of 10 laughing and 8 clapping. A points card for 15 points from Summit Co. includes a QR code and code 1234 5ACH67 D8EFG. Comments below from Michael Chen saying 'Well deserved!!' (+5 claps), David Garcia saying 'Great job, Stephanie' with fire emoji (+10 claps), and Stephanie Barnes replying 'Thank you!!' with a smiling emoji.
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Sep 14, 2026
Compare the best employee recognition platforms for 2026

Which recognition vendor is right for you?

Research and reports

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The State of Recognition 2027
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Value-driven recognition: Build a positive and sustainable workplace culture
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Total Rewards Trends & Takeaways
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Upping Your Rewards and Recognition Game in 2025
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The Workplace of the Future
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Service Awards Survival Guide

On-demand webinars

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Feb 2024
Episode 27: Updating Users with Bulk User Upload
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Feb 2024
Episode 26: Employee Appreciation Day Preparation
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Jan 2024
Episode 25: 2024 Strategic Planning
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SHRM WEBINAR

Sep 2023
Leadership Buy-In
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SHRM WEBINAR

SHRM WEBINAR

May 2023
Your Culture is Hurting and it's not about the Economy
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HRE WEBINAR

Feb 2023
The Future of Rewards & Recognition

Customer stories

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Janitronics

With 1,900 employees working across hundreds of janitorial customer sites, Janitronics Facility Services needed a better way to reach people, gather honest feedback, and make appreciation visible.

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McCormick & Company

With the launch of Bravo, their Awardco®-powered global recognition platform, McCormick & Company® transformed decades-old manual processes into real-time, intrinsic, inclusive, values-driven appreciation that reaches their 14,000 global employees—70% of which work in frontline and offline roles.

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Crumbl

How Crumbl scaled values-driven recognition across a fast-growing, remote-first workforce using Awardco.

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Utah Jazz

Fan redemption rates have climbed from 50% to 70–75%, and reps have reclaimed hundreds of hours that used to disappear into stacking, packaging, and delivering gifts in person.

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Utah Valley University (UVU)

With more than 7,000 employees spread across multiple campuses, including faculty, staff, part-time workers, and student employees, Utah Valley University (UVU) uses Awardco® to scale its existing culture of appreciation, centralize 50+ nomination award programs, and turn peer-to-peer recognition into the university's most powerful driver of employee retention.

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Customer Story

Dubai Airports

Dubai Airports’ High Flyer program has transformed fragmented recognition efforts into a values-driven platform that empowers managers, celebrates frontline contributions, and embeds appreciation into everyday culture.

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