Building Championships

 07/30/2010

MTM Recognition's Oklahoma City headquarters welcomed guests from CBS College Sports recently for a "behind the scenes" look at the making of the NCAA Championship Trophy.   MTM has been the of...

Happy Birthday Special Olympics!

 07/22/2010

July 20, 2010 marked the 42nd Birthday of the Special Olympics movement.    As I reflect today on my 20 plus year involvement with Special Olympics, I think back to Baton Rouge where I volunteered for the firs...

2010 MTM Sales Meeting

 07/06/2010

I hit the ground running with my first Annual Sales Meeting (ASM) experience at MTM Recognition. When I started at MTM in March I heard stories about past ASMs and I envisioned a huge, remarkable event. I was right. I helped in...

Be Nice!

 06/08/2010

A good friend of mine concludes nearly every conversation we have by telling me to “Be Nice.”  He is a nice guy himself and he encourages me not just by saying the words, but by the way he lives.Something happened to me to...

Jack Nortz (continued)…

 05/28/2010

Upon returning from the Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada, to my home town of Syracuse, New York, I was excited about trying my hand at wood carving.  I had seen a wood carving that had inspired me and I was ready to...

Thrill of Tournament Play

 04/05/2010

As I watched the OU women play in the Elite Eight,  I didn’t have to imagine what Abi Olajuwon was feeling as she stepped on the court, having been a fellow post player at a major Division I school.  Rewind to M...

Parsley's Perspective

 03/17/2010

Brian is a Certified Professional Behavior Analyst who travels the world helping organizations change the way they do business. Pulling from his experience as Chairman of a national online recruitment site, Brian knows wh...

Spread the Word to End the Word

 03/03/2010

Today, thousands of Special Olympics athletes and supporters gathered throughout the world, to educate our society about the harmful use of the r-word (retard). People were asked to take the pledge online at www....

Ideal Motivational Perk?

 02/26/2010

Many companies see cash as the ideal motivational perk. This is usually not the case. A recent survey from McKinsey found that three non-cash motivators rise above all other forms of incentive: Praise from managersAttention of...

Kaleidoscope

 01/04/2010

Are the changes in this economy a kaleidoscope or a snow globe?  What is the difference between the two toys –  a twist of the kaleidoscope shatters one image and produces an entirely new one fr...

Happy Birthday to Everyone as Applicable

 09/30/2009

I was recently in Starbucks where they were promoting a “Celebration Mug” which included a pen and a writable area for personalization.  It needed no explanation that by its very definition, celebrations should be personal...

Recognition is Memorable

 09/14/2009

Having worked at a company that manufactures and distributes awards for over 30 years, I’ve seen my share of award presentations and ceremonies, both personally and televised. The really cool thing about awards is that they ha...

Memorable Milestones

 06/25/2009

On November 11, 2007, Morley Safer in a 60 Minutes video said, “The recognition and incentive industry is a $50 billion a year business. Ain't America great?". That’s a staggering number, but probably pretty accurate. With thi...