101 Ways To Celebrate People

101 Ways To Celebrate People

In tight financial times, ongoing, meaningful rewards and recognition provide an effective, low cost way of raising morale and encouraging higher levels of performance. Here are 101 ideas to help you embed employee recognition into your everyday work.

1. Create a Hall of Fame wall with photos of outstanding employees.
2. Give employees time off to give blood.
3. Arrange for a team to present the results of its efforts to upper management.
4. Encourage, enable and empower staff to excel.
5. Plan a surprise picnic.

101 Ways Your Smartphone Can Make You Smarter

If you own a smartphone, chances are you're already well-versed in the ability of your device to make you smarter than ever, but there's so much more that you can do. From add-ons to hacks, there are many ways you can make your smartphone even more flexible than the manufacturers intended, so read these tips to make you and your smartphone both smarter and better.


Communication
Turn your smartphone into an even better communication tool with these tools and hacks.

1. Make cheap calls: Connect your smartphone to Jajah's Mobile Web, and you'll be able to save some money on international calls.
2. Broadcast text messages: Sign up with TextMarks, and you'll be able to send out messages to a large group, or just let people see what you're up to.
3. SMS conversations: Don't shy away from your SMS in favor of email -- many smartphones will show you a thread of your messages.
4. Upgrade your messaging: Use Aglie Mobile to get feature-rich instant messaging, photo, video, and voice.
5. Store your contacts: Back up all of your contact data with Zyb.

101 Ways to Say NO to Sex

1. No
2. I've decided to wait
3. I'll let you know later
4. How about a movie instead?
5. I'm not ready
6. It's getting late
7. I want my first time to be special
8. You're crazy
9. I want to be loved, not make love
10. I don't do sex

101 Ways to Personalize Your Wedding

What makes a wedding special? It's all in the details, and we've got some exciting ideas to make your celebration memorable.

By: 

Rachel Griffiths

  Creative "I Dos"

1. Ceremony seating can tie in with your wedding theme, so consider hay bales for a country wedding or satinccushions for the floor of that urban loft, says Sasha Souza of San Francisco's Sasha Souza Events.

2. Worried that the littlest flower girl won't make it down the aisle on her own? Have a junior bridesmaid pull her in a classic red Radio Flyer wagon.
3. Have someone who is near and dear to you do a reading—perhaps a special love poem—or sing an aria from a favorite opera.
4. Lollipops in candy colors, clusters of berries, autumn leaves—get bold with your boutonnieres.
5. If you don't like the idea of getting birdseed or rice in your hair, give guests sparklers, pinwheels or mini-flags for the big send-off.

101 Ways to Love Each Other

I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time. - Calvin & Hobbes

Expressing love to our partners, children, family and friends not only strengthens communication it also improves connection and intimacy. Too often we get distracted by the trivial and forget how important it is to nurture our relationships.

Finding simple, but heartfelt ways to love each other is a source of encouragement for the giver and the receiver. By loving consciously, we discover Love is the force that puts the world back together when it feels like it’s coming apart. It provides a sense of contentment and gratitude deep in our hearts and is the voice that tells us, “Everything will be okay.”

Consider these ways to love each other and help create a world where beauty and grace can fill the hearts of everyone willing to give and then receive Love’s gentle power: