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Employee Recognition Blog & Award Ceremony Ideas

  1. Clear Image - Trophies2Go's 2019 Vendor of the Year

    Acrylic Star Awards Our best-selling acrylic star awards are manufactured by Clear Image, our 2019 Vendor of the Year!

    At Trophies2Go, most of our awards come as trophy parts that are sold by vendors across the US.  One of our acrylic award manufacturers is Clear Image Inc and they have been chosen as our 2019 Vendor the Year!

    Based in Arizona, Clear Image has been creating lucite awards in-house for over the past 30 years.  A family owned business, they are one of our few suppliers who creates their products in the US, not oversees in Asia.

    What my employees love about Clear Image is their ability to create custom acrylic awards for our customers.  The trophies we create for Pokemon are made at the Clear Image facility.

    Nominated by our designer Lori, she says that Clear Image manufactures many of our acrylic awards, including all of our acrylic stars, our acrylic block awards, and all of our custom awards for Pokemon.  She also loves how it's easy to do custom award requests with them.  They offer fantastic quality and fast turn-around time.  They can even embed items in acrylic, which is a service our customers like.

    Our Production Manager Tom added that they provide high quality products at competitive prices and excellent customer service to our team.

    Thank you Greg and Gloria for the excellent acrylic awards and fantastic service you provide our company!

    Cheers!

    Jessica

  2. Engraved Tumblers - 2019 Trophies2Go Product of the Year

    Roosevelt High School cups for my friend Ron!

    For our 2019 Product of the Year, multiple employees nominated our Engraved Tumblers -  the ultimate drink holder!  In a wide range of colors and sizes, our engraved Tumblers can be customized with any logo or name, perfect for a sports team, corporation, or just a fun gift for friends!

    Made of double walled stainless steel, our tumblers keep hot liquids steaming hot and cold drinks icy cold; in fact, ice stays frozen for up to 24 hours!

    Our tumblers keep drinks up to temperature for 2x as long as a standard tumbler.  Lead and BPA free, the outer coating of the tumbler is laser engraved to silver for FREE with a name or logo of your choice. Hand wash only, our personalized mug includes a plastic lid with drink hole for straw. We offer large 30oz tumbers, standard 20oz tumblers, and short 10oz tumblers.  They are also available for wine in two sizes!

    What I love about these tumblers is they can be customized for any occasion.  They are my favorite gift to give to friends and family.

    We made wine tumblers for our trip to Walla Walla, Wa for wine tasting!

    I made them for my daughter's cheerleading team, my friend Whitney made them for her teammates after they landed a huge corporate account, my other friend Peggy gave them as Christmas gifts to "Her Ladies"!  So versatile, our tumblers make a practical gift that everyone loves.  I use my cup daily, in fact I have one on my desk as I write this post!

    Nominated by Lori, Tom, and myself, our personalized tumblers are easy to engrave, wash and wear well.  A great gift and a well-deserved 2019 Product of the Year!

    Cheers!

    Jessica

  3. Funny Awards for the Holiday Office Party

    Holiday party! Bring on the laughs!

    With the holidays approaching, it’s time to plan the office party.  You can do a stuffy button-ed up event, or you can lighten up, add some laughs and have some fun!

    That’s where we come in, as we have hilarious business awards and joke trophies for your office party.  Host a contest or competition and give funny awards for the best (or...worse)!  Call out the clowns of your group, poke fun at the your colleagues and make a memory that will be discussed around the water cooler for years to come!

    Tips for Funny Trophies

    Honey Badger For the office go-getter, the Honeybadger trophy makes a perfect award!

    Match your party theme.  For example, If you are having a bowling event, make the awards bowling trophies.  For an Ugly Sweater office party, choose Ugly Sweater Trophies.  For Karaoke, it's microphone trophies for the team.  You get the idea.

    OR do individual awards to match the person.  For example, the person who runs late gets a clock, the deal maker gets a sales shark, biggest baller gets a bomb trophy, greatest of all time gets a GOAT trophy.  Get creative and have fun with it!

    Engraving matters.  Be clever and specific when etching a message on your trophy.  Any trophy can be transformed into something funny with a brilliant message.  Be sure to spell the name correctly!

    Order early.  Make sure to get your awards before your party in case there's any breakage, etc.  It puts your mind at ease knowing this task is completed.

    Funny Trophy Ideas

    Here are some of the funniest trophies we’ve seen come through the door over the years:

    For your beast of a seller, this trophy is a winner!

    Sales Shark:  This best selling bobblehead shark trophy is perfect for your favorite sales rep.

    Horse's Butt:  For the biggest jackass in the office, we have two popular options, the Horse Bobble Butt trophy and the Horse's Rear Trophy.

    Cry Baby:  Got a whiner in the office?  This cry baby trophy is THE trophy for them, everyone will love it.

    Honeybadger:  A nasty go-getter that won’t take no for an answer, Honeybadgers show no fear and eat that cobra!  For the tenacious person that just goes for it, then the Honey Badger Trophy is for them! Add names to the sides to make it an annual award.

    Monster Sales:  For the guy or gal who crushes your sales numbers, this hunky hulk monster trophy smashes and slays the competition!

    We don't judge.

    Funny Name Plates:  Come up with any saying, we can engrave it on a plastic name plate.  See ideas in the picture (we don't judge)

    The Dundee Trophy:  An Office classic!  A businessman or business woman trophy.

    The “No Award” - Just engrave a base with no topper.

    Other Awards include Light bulb trophy for innovative ideas, gears trophy for teamwork, and puzzle piece trophy for problem solving.

    The key is to put some thought into the person and choose something that fits the event or their personality.  Check out our funny office awards to bring laughs and smiles to your event!

    Cheers!

    Jessica

    Editor's Note:  This post was originally published November 2017.

  4. Guide to Kids Trophies by Age

    New team parent?  Not sure what are the best trophies to order for your team?  We can help!  Find suggestions below for the BEST trophies for kids by their age and ability.

    Guide to Kid's Trophies by Age

    Lots of trophy options to award every player!

    Preschool - The Littles- Ages 4-6: For your youngest players, go small. A sports figure attached to a base makes a great first trophy.

    Our Happy Cup Soccer Trophy is the perfect option for your youngest players!

    Grade School - The Middles Ages 7-9: For kiddos in elementary school, a trophy with a small column is a great choice. Medals are also popular, as they are easy to store and can be clipped onto a backpack.

    Middle School - Tweens - Ages 10-12: Resin trophies or larger column trophies are good awards for team accomplishments, such as playoff wins.

    High School:  Teens - Ages 13+: Trophies and plaques are given to tournament winners, champions, or special honors, such as Team Captain, Most Inspirational, or MVP. Participation trophies are not usually given to older athletes.

    There's been much backlash in the news about participation trophies. As a mom, I get it, but I do see value in giving a small token of appreciation to younger players at the end of the season. Read my blog post on Participation Trophies for a fresh perspective.

    Here's to a great season!
    Cheers!

    Jessica

  5. Made in the USA Award Plaques from Tropar Manufacturing

    Tropar Manufacturing located in Ennis, Tx.

    This past weekend I was visiting family outside of Dallas and made a stop at Tropar Manufacturing, located in Ennis, Texas.  This company is one of our top 3 suppliers and was our 2016 Vendor of the Year.  Tropar makes many of our art glass awards, quickship acrylic awards, glass awards and all of our high quality plaques, including all of the plaques we offer that are "Made in the USA".

    Kathy Woods, our Customer Service Rep Extraordinaire (and one of Tom's favorite people), gave me a tour of the facility.  Kathy oozes southern hospitality and generously took time out of her day to show me around Tropar's three warehouses.  She introduced me to the people who create beautiful awards for our customers.

    The shipping warehouse for Tropar, with Kathy my tour guide!

    At Tropar, I saw their shipping facility where they send awards across the country, their manufacturing facility where they cut out the medal plates for the plaques they sell, and their assembly warehouse where all of their plaques are put together.  This is all done here in the USA, with real people and real jobs!  It was impressive to see.

     

    My take away from this visit is that Tropar employees truly care about the products they sell.  Made with care and craftsmanship, LOVE goes into each and every plaque they make, which in turn goes to you, our Trophies2Go Customers!  Their products are top notch.

    These plates are made and assembled in Texas.

    If made in the USA matters to you, your purchase of Tropar plaques keeps jobs in our country.  Also the love and care that goes into each award is apparent, their quality is second-to-none.  The visit to our supplier Tropar makes me proud to sell their products and I will be adding even more to our website soon!

    Cheers,

    Jessica

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