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Since 1981, we have been creating the finest in premium recognition awards and incentive products. Our reputation is based on providing the highest of quality, exacting service and professional advice. While our keynote products are plaques, trophies and acrylics, we offer a full range of corporate gifts, custom pins, jewelry and promotional products.
“Recognize Excellence with Excellence”
How to Buy the Perfect Award
The desire for validation is one of the deepest human needs. Everyone wants to know that he or she is a valued part of some organization, has done a good job, or has achieved a certain degree of success in sports, academics, business or other field of endeavor.
Giving recognition is therefore one of the most powerful means of rewarding effort, saying thanks, building loyalty, and encouraging performance. Tangible awards – trophies, plaques, ribbons, medals, and other personalized items – have proven to be the most effective way to give recognition, even better than money or gifts.
The staff of The Award Store are all committed to providing the highest level of professional service. They can help you give the perfect award to all sort of achievers. These recognition experts are familiar with the latest awards products and technology and can show you exciting, cost-effective new ways to recognize performance. They have lots of ideas for awards that thrill recipients and make them proud to show others. They can recommend a variety of programs to encourage and reward achievement by students, employees, athletes, volunteers or members. No matter what your budget or need, they can help you find a standard or custom award that’s right for those you want to recognize.
The Perfect Award
The key to successful recognition is selecting the appropriate kind of award. To do so, you first need to be aware of its purpose – of what you want the award to do.
Do you want to show gratitude, recognize membership, mark service to an organization, encourage achievement, or reward accomplishment?
Do you want to emphasize the activity, contest, or competition for which the award is given, or the organization giving the award?
Do you want to create a sense of common belonging, or mark someone for distinction?
Do you want to symbolize the achievement, establish a stronger identity for your organization or match the personality of the recipient?
You have to decide what kind of item would be the most appropriate for the reason you are giving it and for the person who is receiving it. In deciding whether to give a plaque, trophy, pin, desk accessory, or other item, keep in mind that an appropriate award is:
Representative of what is accomplished
Attractive enough to keep in the recipient’s home or office
Consistent with the purpose and image of the organization presenting it
Right for the activity and the level of importance of the achievement
In line with the organization’s budget
Well crafted with the highest quality materials affordable
Many Choices
Because of their training and experience, The Award Store recognition experts can guide you in choosing the right awards for your purpose. There are many ways to recognize people, and the best are not necessarily the most expensive or the first that come to mind. The Award Store professionals can show you a large variety of products and advise you how the many marking methods now available can be used to make distinctive awards that are perfect for your needs.
The Award Store specialists can help you get the most with the funds you have, or determine how much you should budget to meet the objectives. They will also help you schedule your orders to get what you want when you want it without having to pay rush charges. It’s always best to allow us as much time as possible for an order so that we can get all the materials and use all the processes needed to create exactly the award you want.
To give you some idea of the many choices you have for awards, here are some of the most common recognition items and what they are typically used for. Of course, any of these can be used for a variety of purposes, depending on the type of award preferred.
Trophies and Cups. A traditional favourite for sports awards.
Plaques and Certificates. The choice for many achievement and volunteer recognition awards, now available in many different materials and styles.
Medals, Medallions and Pins. Available for all sorts of sports activities, including a large variety of academic, professional, and volunteer purposes.
Ribbons. These marks of excellence come in a variety of shapes, from elaborate rosettes to simple flat strips foil stamped with various designs and messages.
Desk Accessories. Personalized with names and logos, these items are popular for corporate recognition, service awards and member recognition.
Custom Awards. Truly unique, these items often incorporate glass, acrylic, stone and other high-end materials to produce artistic awards the recipients will treasure forever.
These are just some of the possibilities. The Award Store professionals can also show you a variety of advertising specialties, personalized gifts or, promotional products, that would be perfect for your recognition needs. And if you do not see something you like, do not be afraid to ask for their suggestions. The Award Store staff are experts in coming up with ?something different? that will make recipients feel real special.
Part of what makes an award memorable and appreciated is the way it is packaged and presented. The Award Store specialists can show you how to plan for presentations that enhance the perceived value of the item received.
Many Marketing Methods
The Award Store recognition experts can offer many different ways of personalizing awards to produce the look you want at a price you can afford. You can choose a variety of marketing methods ranging from classics like engraving, hot stamping and screen printing to high-tech new processes like laser engraving and sublimation, which produces full colour images on many different kinds of items. Depending on the materials involved, you may prefer the look of sandblasting, embroidery, photometal process, colour filling, pad printing or a combination of methods.
The Award Store professionals can tell you what processes will work best on the materials you select to produce the perfect award for your needs.
The Professional Advantage
The advantages of working with The Award Store professional are clear:
- Knowledge of the latest products and techniques
- The highest quality of awards and recognition items
- Comprehensive, worry-free service
- Innovative ideas and custom programs
The Award Store professionals are your best source for quality awards. They keep informed about the latest recognition products and technology available. They regularly build their skills in seminars and workshops designed to keep them at the cutting edge of the industry.
The Award Store experts have the knowledge, equipment and professional attitude needed to offer you the best awards service possible. Trust them with your needs. You will find they give you the most recognition for your money.
Contact The Award Store at (905) 890-2700 for a no obligation quotation or visit our showroom at 400 Matheson Blvd. East, Mississauga, Ontario.
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