Links to newsworthy clips about incentive and motivational practices from around the globe.

Posted 11/23/09--Give Back, Get Back by Geraldine Gatehouse for Incentive Online.

Posted 9/4/09--Companies are reluctant to run their businesses when something so unusual is going on. But they must. Here’s why and how: Incentive Magazine

Posted 9/4/09--Recognition Versus Incentives: Incentive Magzine

Posted 9/3/09--Former US President Bill Clinton address National Business Travel Association: Travel Weekly

Posted 9/3/09-- STYLE--> Global Entry, has been expanded from seven to twenty airports: US Travel Assn

Posted 9/3/09--Nearly all major U.S. carriers have moved to outfit some or all of their fleets with in-flight Internet. Incentive Magazine

Posted 9/3/09--See the facts on how Incentive Programs are holding their own in these troubled times: Manage Smarter

Posted 9/3/09--Incentives for Everyone: Travel Weekley

Posted 9/3/09--The Meetings Industry struggle to shake the 'AIG effect': Travel Weekley

Posted 9/3/09--Here's to your health.  Incentive Federation Promotes Health Care Rewards: Incentive Federation

Posted 8/12/09--News from the Incentive Research Foundation: MotivationStrategies.

Posted 8/12/09--Give Back/Get Back column by Geraldine Gatehouse: Incentive Magazine online column, July 2009

Posted 7/20/09--A white paper from Forum for People Performance Management & Measurement. Return of Performance.

Posted 7/17/09--Read how our industry has and will continue to survive. Why Incentive Programs Survive Recessions.

Posted 7/17/09--The Art of Motivation. White paper from Incentive Marketing Association.

Posted 7/9/09--Give Back/Get Back column by Geraldine Gatehouse: Incentive Magazine online column.

Posted 4/29/09--The Evidence-Based Case for Incentives - Read this white paper on the importance of focusing on the facts. To download a copy of The Evidence-Based Case for Incentives, go to: www.theirf.org.

Posted 3/18/09 - Travel Industry Leaders travel to Washington, D.C. to visit President Obama: Incentive Magazine.

Posted 2/27/09 - USA Today speaks about Incentive Travel. USA Today

Posted 2/25/09 - Site SoCal's very own, Geraldine Gatehouse, featured in Incentive Magazine as a columnist: Manage Smarter

Link on the Latest news for U.S. Travel Distributes Toolkit for Meetings, Events and Incentive Travel to see how our industry is responding to attacks on meetings and travel
http://ustravel.org/index.html

Now is the right time to incent: Incentive Magazine

Follow these three tips on How to Sell in a Recession: Sales Force XP

Maritz offers White Paper on the Financial Crisis and the effect on the ME&I Industry: Challenging Economic Climate

Our own Brenda Anderson speaks regarding best practices: Training Magazine

Business Events Turn Practical: USAToday

Wells Fargo Slams Media Account of "Boondoggles": Reuters News

Why Incentive Programs Endure Recessions" (White paper provided by Incentive Performance Center): Incentive Programs Endure Recessions

Corporate Meetings & Incentive Magazine

Recently an interesting article appeared in Corporate Meetings & Incentive Magazine regarding how the economy is affecting their clients' incentive programs for 2009 and beyond.
25 senior executives from the CMI 25 - the magazine's list of the 25 largest and most influential incentive companies in the country spoke out. See what they had to say here.

SalesForce XP Magazine

• Four steps to help your sales team become more spontaneous, innovative and reflexive. Read it here.
• Cutting incentive programs, travel or otherwise, can prove detrimental. Read more here.