Name that award.
Please help me name our new "employee of the month" award. My company is launching an employee of the month award, and are having a contest to name it. It has already been decided that the trophy each...
View ArticleHow do I deal with someone who may have helped me, to good end, against my will?
I applied to speak at a conference based on a paper I wrote, and was invited to further write a paper for another journal. I had told one of my co-workers I was applying for that conference. She's...
View ArticleBook Award Recommendations?
My wife and I are starting a "book club" for the two of us. The plan is to read an award winning book each month. The first month we'll read a book that won an award in 2012, the second month an...
View ArticleWhat's under Emmy's skirt?
While opening up the morning news sites I see this picture of Jeff Daniels holding his newly-won Emmy statuette. (Congrats, Jeff). The picture shows a lengthy text affixed to the underside of the...
View ArticleNeed recommendations to make/buy custom military-style campaign ribbons
I help run an annual game convention in DC and I am looking for advice on acquiring some awards for people who participate in one of our tournaments. The event has a wargamming theme and I would like...
View ArticleWhat is a meaningful "years of service" award for a programmer?
I'm in a big company that just sends me PDFs to print and give to people when they get to various years of service. I want to give them something a bit more fun. They are web developers and QA. Some...
View ArticleName my 'Most Improved' Award
My company is handing out an award to 3 plants that have improved this year. It seems weird to hand out a 'Most Improved - Third Place' award. What's a good substitute for 'Most Improved?'
View ArticleOffice Superlative Award Ideas
I have recently been tasked with coming up with fun, different superlative awards for my fellow nurse coworkers to be distributed during Nurse's week (next week). I've got some ideas of different...
View ArticleBest Hugo short story anthology?
What's the best anthology of Hugo Award-winning short stories? I'm less interested in Hugo-winning novelletes and novellas, and the collections I'm seeing from a short Amazon search seem to include...
View ArticleEthics re: asking to be nominated for an award?
Tell me what you think about the ethics of asking a former student to nominate me for a teaching award? I teach at a major university, and I pour my heart and soul into teaching. There is a call for...
View ArticleAll I got was this lousy t-shirt
Tell me about minor feats I could accomplish and receive some sort of award or recognition for doing it. I just learned (thanks, QI!) that if I drive across Highway 50 in Nevada and get a passport...
View ArticleService recognition plaque or award with logo?
A few of my fellow board members are rotating off our nonprofit board this summer and we want to give them plaques or awards with the nonprofit's logo on it. A Google search shows umpteen"fill in the...
View ArticleIt's time for the awards!
Have you/your organisation ever run an awards program? What strategies have you found that help or hinder the management of your awards program? I just got a role to run the awards program for a small...
View ArticleWhat’s up with the Otherwise Awards, formerly Tiptree Awards?
Does anyone have any idea what the situation is with the Otherwise Award, formerly known as the Tiptree Award? The blog on the website had 2 entries in 2023, but no awards have been announced since 2021.
View ArticleWall Award
We want to get a wall stand like this. We would specify dimensions. Is there anywhere online to order this?
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