Looking for special ways to raise employee morale? This week’s newsletter has ideas for November – Appreciation Month – and other months and days to celebrate in November.
ConfidenceCenter.com’s Weekly Newsletter – Oct. 15, 2013
November calendar
This week’s newsletter has ideas for November – Appreciation Month – and other days to celebrate in November.
Word and Quote of the Week
*** Power ***
*** There is nothing as powerful as an idea whose time has come.
– Victor Hugo
Trivia Question of the Week
Q. When baseball was first played in the mid 1800s, how many innings were in a standard game? (Answer at the end of this newsletter.)
Employee Morale Booster
Special Days to Celebrate in November
Appreciation Month
Why wait until Thanksgiving? Take the whole month to appreciate everything and everyone that is a part of your life.
Appreciation makes you feel good. It also improves your relationships.
Activity ideas:
Make a Gratitude List. Write down everything that you appreciate. Have at least 100 things on your list. This will make you stretch your thinking to the many things we take for granted.
In a group of 5-7 people, take turns saying one thing that you appreciate. See how many times you can go around the group until everyone runs out of ideas. Observe the positive energy that gratitude creates.
Write Thank You letters everyone you know in your company or organization. Be specific about one thing you appreciate about each person. Thank you letters can be saved and re-read over and over, and may be treasured for many years.
More Celebrations for November:
FAMILY STORIES MONTH –
www.scrapbookstorytelling.com
AMERICAN DIABETES MONTH –
www.diabetes.org &
www.diabetes-sight.org
NATIONAL ADOPTION AWARENESS MONTH – with a National Adoption Day usually held on the 3rd Saturday of the month. –
www.NationalAdoptionDay.org
NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH
NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVERS MONTH – to honor family members who care for aging relatives or those with disabilities.
NATIONAL MARROW AWARENESS MONTH –
www.marrow.org
NATIONAL HOSPICE MONTH –
http://www.nhpco.org/
Special Event Days to Celebrate in November:
7 – NATIONAL MEN MAKE DINNER DAY – Or you could have men make lunch at work day. Go to this great site for the rules and great recipes and ideas.
www.menmakedinnerday.com
5 – ELECTIONS – Local elections will be held
3 – SANDWICH DAY – the birthday of John Montague, the Earl of Sandwich who invented the sandwich as a time saving nourishment in 1792.
3 – DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS (U.S.)
11 – U. S. VETERANS DAY for information
go to http://www1.va.gov/vetsday/
13 – WORLD KINDNESS DAY – Performing acts of kindness make both the receiver and the giver happier. Celebrate Kindness Day at your company. Learn how
at: www.actsofkindness.org
18 – 22 – AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK – Make lifelong learning for employees part of your company’s mission. Schedule a training session for your employees this week.
21 – NATIONAL GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT DAY – The American Cancer Society (ACS) holds the Great American Smokeout® each November to help smokers quit cigarettes for at least one day, in hopes they will quit forever. Celebrate the Great American Smokeout at your company.
See a list of the free brochures available to encourage smokers and dippers to quit.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/ped_10_4.asp
and get some more ideas at:
http://www.whyquit.com and
http://www.quitsmoking.com/kopykit/reports/smokeout.htm
27 (AT SUNDOWN) – DEC. 5 – CHANUKAH – This joyful Jewish Holiday begins at sundown. Festival lasting eight days. www.holidays.net/chanukah
28 U. S. THANKSGIVING DAY – Ask each employee to make a gratitude list and post them the week before Thanksgiving where they can be read by all.
Answer to This Week’s Trivia Question
Q. When baseball was first played in the mid 1800s, how many innings were in a standard game?
A. There was no specified number of innings. The game was over at the end of the inning in which one of the teams scored 21 runs.
Joke of the Week
Q: Why won’t the Lion eat the Clown?
A: Because he tastes funny.
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(c) Copyright 2013 Harriet Meyerson.
