{"id":240,"date":"2013-05-07T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2013-04-19T14:30:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T19:30:04","slug":"employee-morale-newsletter-mothers-day-recognition-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/employee-morale-newsletter-mothers-day-recognition-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Recognition: Mother&#8217;s Day Recognition Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Here are employee recognition ideas that will make your mom proud. Mother&#8217;s Day is a good time to recognize the value of the mothers in your company.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>ConfidenceCenter.com&#8217;s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; May 7, 2013<\/p>\n<h4>Word and Quote of the Week<\/h4>\n<p>*** Motherhood ***<\/p>\n<p>*** The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. -Theodore Hesburgh<\/p>\n<h4>Trivia Question of the Week<\/h4>\n<p>Q. What Aesop&#8217;s Fable animal assumed the grapes he could not reach were sour anyway? (Answer at the end of this newsletter.)<\/p>\n<h3>Employee Morale Activity:<\/h3>\n<h3>Mother&#8217;s Day Recognition Ideas<\/h3>\n<p>The responsibility on the shoulders of today&#8217;s working mothers is enormous. This week, take the time to recognize the value of the mothers in your company.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n<p>Have a Mother&#8217;s Day pot luck luncheon &#8211; with the men in your company bringing the food. All the mothers bring pictures of their children and take turns talking about their children at the luncheon.<\/p>\n<p>Print a certificate to honor each mother. Include the names of their children.<\/p>\n<p>Gift Ideas for the Mothers in your company<\/p>\n<p>A rose, or a corsage<\/p>\n<p>A gift certificate to a store or restaurant<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the movies<\/p>\n<p>A coupon for an hour off to use whenever she wants<\/p>\n<p>A coupon for a Sanity Day Off<\/p>\n<p>Have a drawing for a massage at a local spa<\/p>\n<h4>Answer to This Week&#8217;s Trivia Question<\/h4>\n<p>Q. What Aesop&#8217;s Fable animal assumed the grapes he could not reach were sour anyway?<\/p>\n<p>A. The Fox<\/p>\n<h4>Joke of the Week<\/h4>\n<p>Our local newspaper lists recipients of school awards. Beneath one photo, the caption read &#8220;This year\u00b9s Perfect Attendance Awards go to Ann Stein and Bradley Jenkins. Not present for photo: Bradley Jenkins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Free Employee Morale Video Series<\/h4>\n<p>See free videos on how to create employee spirit teams: <a href=\"http:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/spirit-teams-2\/\">Get Instant Access to the Employee Spirit Team Magic Video Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(c) Copyright 2013 Harriet Meyerson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are employee recognition ideas that will make your mom proud. Mother&#8217;s Day is a good time to recognize the value of the mothers in your company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}