{"id":3451,"date":"2014-03-25T01:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2013-12-31T11:40:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T17:40:14","slug":"employee-morale-april-fools-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/employee-morale-april-fools-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Morale: April Fools Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s important to have fun with raising employee morale. Enjoy coming up with a friendly practical joke for your staff this April Fool&#8217;s Day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>ConfidenceCenter.com&#8217;s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; March 25, 2014<\/h5>\n<h4>Word and Quote of the Week<\/h4>\n<p>*** Enthusiasm ***<\/p>\n<p>(Download this word on a printable poster in the Employee Morale Center. Info at http:\/\/www.EmployeeMoraleCenter.com)<\/p>\n<p>*** &#8220;The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Eleanor Roosevelt: the longest-serving First Lady of the United States<\/p>\n<h4>Trivia Question of the Week<\/h4>\n<p>Q. What planet was the birthplace of Superman? (Answer at the end of this newsletter.)<\/p>\n<h3>Employee Morale<\/h3>\n<h3>April Fools Day<\/h3>\n<p>Remember, Tuesday is April 1st &#8211; April Fools Day<\/p>\n<p>Practical jokes are a common practice on April Fool&#8217;s Day. The news media even got involved in past years.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, a British short film once shown on April Fool&#8217;s Day 1957 was a documentary about &#8220;spaghetti farmers&#8221; in Switzerland and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees.<\/p>\n<p>See the video of this 1957 April Fool Day report on youtube<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l7yJ8C5TbeY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, have fun next Tuesday as you think up a creative practical joke to play.<\/p>\n<h4>Answer to This Week&#8217;s Trivia Question<\/h4>\n<p>Q. What planet was the birthplace of Superman?<\/p>\n<p>A. Krypton<\/p>\n<h4>Joke of the Week<\/h4>\n<p>I was anxious to be on time for my new evening course. Because it was in an unfamiliar part of town, I left home early but still spent half an hour searching for the center. After finally parking, I dashed in only to discover I was at a different center on the same street.<\/p>\n<p>I popped back into the car and arrived at the right place-15 minutes late. I raced into the building, headed straight for the receptionist and breathlessly handed her my course receipt. &#8220;Could you tell me where my room is?&#8221; I asked.<\/p>\n<p>She looked down at the paper, then smiled up at me. &#8220;It&#8217;s just down the hall, and you&#8217;re in plenty of time. The class starts tomorrow.&#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 2014 Harriet Meyerson, The Confidence Center<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s important to have fun with raising employee morale. Enjoy coming up with a friendly practical joke for your staff this April Fool&#8217;s Day. (This is our creative low-cost morale booster in this issue of our newsletter, Employee Morale Tips. The newsletter also has a motivational quote, trivia, and joke of the week.)<\/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\/3451"}],"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=3451"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3463,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions\/3463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}