Implement a Basic Holiday Corporate Gift Program
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Nov 14, 2009
Once you settle upon the budget for your corporate Christmas gifts and you’ve decided to follow a program where your gifts will reflect long term loyalty and company longevity, the fun part begins! This is the time to select your corporate Christmas gifts.
Suggestions for Budget-Minded Corporate Gifts
Holiday Gift Baskets
This is a perfect Year 1 gift and it can be tailored to the specific recipient or can be delivered in a more generic format. To personalize a basket for an individual, consider what his or her hobbies, recreation activities and passions are:
- If your office mate is a movie aficionado, a basket that includes several classic movie DVDs, a well written movie guide book (Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin each have great guides available online at Amazon), a selection of microwave popcorn, and a gift certificate to the local Cineplex would be perfect.
- For the colleague who loves to relax by cooking, assemble a gift basket of gourmet foods, cooking ingredients, and a book that discusses wine pairings, along with a couple of unique cooking tools.
Holiday Floral Arrangements and Plants
Consult with a florist to select the perfect arrangement for your budget. An even better idea is to gift a live plant that can continue thriving even after the holiday season. Imagine the impact that an evergreen cypress tree or a flowering hydrangea will have across multiple years of growth.
Experiential Gifts
These types of corporate Christmas gifts are fabulous to receive and simple to give, making them ideal for many situations. This type of gift matches the recipient with an experience that he or she would appreciate:
- For a die-hard football fan, tickets to a Big Ten football game or even an NFL game would be the perfect gift.
- However, for a theater maven, tickets to a matinee showing of the latest Broadway export plus permission to leave work early to catch the show are ideal. How about dinner reservations and a gift certificate for two to the newest four-star restaurant for the Food Network junkie in your office?
- By knowing your friends and colleagues and be keeping to your budget, you can find some great gifts that will be very much appreciated.
Expanding Your Budget for Years 2 and Above Without Going Crazy
The simple answer to this dilemma is to take your Year 1 style gifts, and expand them with additional gift certificates or even Visa gift cards or American Express gift cards. This action will allow your gift recipient to maximize his experiential gift, to add to her gift basket, or simply to pay off some of their own Christmas expenses.
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