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10/14/25 Tip Tuesday – The Importance of Pre-Funding Bulk Awards
Getting ready to plan big year-end employee appreciation awards or holiday bonuses? 💸🎁🥳 This week's tip is all about how to ensure your bulk awards run smoothly and without a hitch! If your organization is billed retroactively based on the amount awarded or redeemed each month, you must pay extra attention to maintain…
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11/4/2025 Tip Tuesday - Limits vs. Budgets: Choose the Right Financial Guardrail!
Are you trying to control how many points your employees give through a recognition program? You have two main tools in Awardco—Limits in Recognition Programs and Budgets—and knowing when to use which can save you a lot of administrative headache. This week, we're breaking down the best use cases for each financial…
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7/15/2025 Tip Tuesday – Automating User Data: Less Admin Work, More Impact! 🚀
Are you looking for ways to lighten your administrative load while ensuring your Awardco platform always has the most accurate user data? You're in luck! Automating user data updates is a powerful way to keep everything precise and secure, freeing you up for more impactful work. Maintaining accurate user data is crucial…
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8/26/2025 Tip Tuesday - Listen to Your People with Surveys
One of the most powerful things you can do for your employees is listen to them. Understanding what they need, what's working, and what could be better is the first step toward building a truly great workplace. But how do you get that feedback in a structured, actionable way? With the Awards Surveys feature, you can easily…
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5/27/2025 Tip Tuesday - Give Back with Awardco Giving! 🎗️
Want to empower your employees to make a difference with their recognition points? Look no further! Awardco Giving allows your team to convert their earned points into charitable donations to causes they care about. It’s a powerful way to promote social responsibility and align your company’s values with employee goodwill.…
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9/16/2025 - Tip Tuesday: Unlock Platform Power with Metadata 🔑
Maybe you know about metadata, but are you really using it to its full potential? Metadata is the secret ingredient for making your Awardco platform smarter and more automated. By adding a little extra info to your user file, you can unlock powerful features that save you time and make your recognition programs more…
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10/7/2025 Tip Tuesday - It's That Time Again... Holiday Recognition Prep! 🎁
It's hard to believe, but the holiday season is just around the corner, and now is the perfect time to start planning your holiday programs! Getting a head start ensures a smooth, impactful, and stress-free awarding season for you and your employees. Here are the top three things to start considering right now to prepare…
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10/28/2025 Tip Tuesday – Guide the Way with Recognition Presets! ✨
Are your managers and employees sometimes unsure of the right point amount to give in a recognition award? Do you want to ensure your awards are consistent and equitable across your organization? This week’s tip is all about a quick win in your program settings: Award Presets. Recognition presets are predefined point…
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💡 Tip Tuesday – Combat Notification Fatigue with Smart Defaults! 🔔
(With yesterday being the American holiday Veteran's Day, this tip is a day late!) We're all drowning in notifications these days. In a recognition platform, receiving too many generic alerts can make truly important messages (like an approval needed, or a new recognition received) easy to ignore. This week’s quick win is…
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7/8/2025 Tip Tuesday – Adjusting User Point Balances
Ever needed to make a quick adjustment to a user’s point balance? Whether it’s adding a few points or correcting an award made in error? Today’s tip is all about how to add or remove points in the platform. Let’s break it down! 👇 ✅ Adding Points There are two main ways to add points to a user’s wallet: Send a Recognition…
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6/11/2025 Tip Tuesday - Keep Recognitions Flowing with Delegates! 🤝
Want to ensure recognition approvals never get held up when someone's out of office? Enable your users to assign delegates! This feature allows designated individuals to step in and approve recognitions, ensuring smooth operations and timely appreciation for your team. What it Does: The Delegates feature empowers users to…
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10/22/2024 Tip Tuesday - Unlock Manager Insights with Role-Based Dashboards!
Want to give managers instant insights into how their teams are using the platform? With Role-Based Dashboards, managers can: Track who’s logging in, recognizing peers, and redeeming points. Identify top performers and even open a recognition for them directly from the dashboard. To set up these tailored views to track key…
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9/9/2025 Tip Tuesday – Point Expiration: Putting Your Points to Work
Want to encourage employees to redeem their points and stay engaged with your recognition program? Point expiration is a great way to do that. It can also help your organization with financial planning by reducing the liability of outstanding points. So, how does it work? Let's dive in. 👇 Why Use Point Expiration?…
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9/30/2025 Tip Tuesday - Increase Security & Convenience with Single Sign-On!
Single Sign-On (SSO) is a secure way for your employees to log in to their Awardco account using the same credentials they use for your company's directory. Think of it as a master key for all their work applications! If you're using an Identity Provider that supports SAML 2.0 (like Okta, Entrust, or Microsoft Azure Active…
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7/1/2025 Tip Tuesday – Manually Queueing Service Awards: Bridging the Gaps! 🌉
While Awardco's Service Award Automation is a game-changer for celebrating anniversaries, what happens if an award gets missed or needs a one-off adjustment? Don't worry, you can easily queue up individual service awards manually! This quick tip will show you how to ensure no anniversary goes uncelebrated, even if it falls…
