The country is beginning to get Olympic fever and for the events world, ‘legacy’ will be the watchword in the coming months and years. But, what of other venues that have benefited from the Olympic effect? Vancouver is one of our favourite destinations and here’s an update following a recent event there...

How often are engagement and incentive programmes run that primarily address the top and mid performers? How many times is the basis of a corporate engagement strategy “one size fits all”?

A lot of time and money spent improving sales and customer service is focused on employees who are deemed “engaged”. Those sitting outside this definition will no doubt attract the label of ‘poor performers’, ‘laggards’, ‘disinterested’ and be viewed as a “cost”.

On a recent fam trip something rather unexpected and innovative happened. At Dreamtime 2011 in Australia, we were all given a Poken to share our information with the suppliers we were meeting. With an accepting grace I went with the flow, not being too clear  what I had in my hand.  I now Poken, do you? ...

The atmosphere in our office is building as we approach our Christmas party. It is quite amazing the effect it seems to have had on everyone which is why it is surprising for us to hear how so many companies have been scrapping their Christmas parties this year; we know that times are tough and 2012 looks set to be another challenging year but Christmas provides the perfect opportunity to reward, recognise and motivate...

The subject of bucket lists came up in conversation in the office the other day. This was a term I was not altogether acquainted with but I now know to be the list of things you would like to achieve before you, well, kick the bucket.This is not meant to be morbid, but it did get us thinking!...

At times it's nice to bathe in the warm glow of good news and be a little self-indulgent.  So, we're delighted that the dedication of our associates, the trust of our clients and our pursuit of delivering measureable business results for them, has resulted in our best set of results for a decade...