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July 14th, 2026 Tip Tuesday – Build Smarter Approval Flows with Approval Configuration 🔐
Approvals can help you add the right guardrails, but they can also slow recognition down if they are too broad or too layered. Awardco’s updated Approval Configuration gives you more flexible If/Then routing, which means you can be more intentional about when approvals happen and who should review them. Done well, that…
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Brief Survey: What Makes Executive Recognition Difficult?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczgzbTQS5z91KGoELvPmV16pHCKvUAtu_vlZ0iz6Y75vN13g/viewform?usp=header Take the survey ⬆️ How involved are your senior leaders in employee recognition? We’re gathering feedback from the Awardco Admin Community to better understand the challenges organizations face when encouraging…
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August 4th, 2026- Tip Tuesday - Use Approval Flows To Catch Recognition Mistakes Early
Use Approval Flows To Catch Recognition Mistakes EarlyApprovals can be really helpful when you want a little more control over recognition, especially for higher point amounts, specific programs, or edge cases that need a second look. But too many approvals can also slow recognition down, and timely recognition is where a…
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April 28th, 2026- Branding Your Awardco Community Homepage
A well-branded homepage helps employees immediately recognize they’re in the right place, reinforces your culture, and sets expectations for how to engage. This article walks through how to access the branding settings, explains each key element, and shares best practices so your Main homepage looks polished on both…
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April 14th, 2026 Tip Tuesday – Mastering Roles & Permissions 🔐
Every week, our support team fields questions similar to "How do I make someone an admin?" or "Why can't my manager see their budget?" The answer almost always lives in one place: the Permissions tab. This Tip Tuesday is your guide to understanding how roles work, how to assign them, and how to avoid the most common…
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Executive Recognition in Practice: Surfacing the Challenges
We are gathering input from our Awardco Admin Community to help understand and validate the common challenges we see with executive recognition - specifically, why recognition from senior leaders often breaks down in practice and what organizations can do to make it easier, more visible, and more consistent. Please take a…
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Feed integration
Any best practices or suggestions on integrating the feed to SharePoint, Teams or similar applications? Specifically, we would like to be able to display the feed in some internal systems, with the ability to filter for certain parameters (location, department, etc.), in order to drive better visibility to recognition…
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August 25th, 2026 Tip Tuesday - What the Strongest Recognition Programs Have in Common
When admins ask what makes a recognition program actually stick, the answer is rarely a single launch tactic or reward choice. Across Awardco client stories, a clear pattern shows up: the strongest programs are built around purpose, visibility, and consistency over time. They are designed to reinforce the right behaviors,…
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Non-Discretionary Awards for Non-Exempt Employees
Do you allow managers to issue non-discretionary awards through Awardco? And, if so, how do you manage that for overtime calculation purposes? Currently, we allow managers to issue non-discretionary awards in Awardco. For example, our claims area will run a competition then issue awards for the employees who processed the…
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May 19th, 2026 Tip Tuesday - Make Nomination Programs Easier to Run and Easier to Scale 🏆
Awardco officially launched Awardco Nomination™ last week, which is exciting news for admins who have been piecing together nomination workflows through spreadsheets, forms, and manual follow-up. This new program brings nominations into Awardco in a more structured, scalable way, which helps reduce admin lift, creates a…
