Employee Appreciation for Remote Workers
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Employee appreciation is vital in any workforce.
While remote work brings with it challenges to the typical company picnic, appreciation dinner, or awards ceremony, that does not mean appreciation is impossible.
Here at Event Solutions, we work to give employees of every kind a day to celebrate their hard work.
If you’re looking for employee appreciation ideas for remote workers, we have plenty of options. In this article, we’ll explore the best ways to give back to your remote employees.
Recognizing The Remote Worker
The benefits of employee appreciation make it vital for remote teams, who literally take work home with them. When working from home, your team often needs to juggle work-life balance.
Recognizing remote workers, whether through a virtual or hybrid event, is a great way to promote their wellbeing. Studies show that appreciation, recognition, and gratitude promote work-life balance and productivity.
Beyond the usual gift cards, there are countless ways to give back to a fully remote (or hybrid) team. We specialize in event solutions, whether your event is virtual or hybrid.
Solutions for Your Award Winning Team
Distance can put things in perspective, like just how important coming together can be. Bringing together remote teams can strengthen their bonds with each other and your company. Appreciation events are a great way to do this. When you’re ready to show your virtual employees appreciation, we are ready to help you.
Vitural Appreciation Events
These virtual events are unlike anything you have experienced before. We’ve re-imagined what it means to attend remotely.
This is more than just watching a presentation. Fun ways for attendees to engage and interact with each other are important. The best part, is they are completely customizable to your individual needs!
Log in, and let’s go! Our virtual appreciation events are on a whole new level of production.
Seamlessly shift from moderator to key speakers to attendee’s questions/comments. Never lose focus with speakers side by side with visual presentation slides/videos. Wow with extra production elements like special effects.
If you’re looking to boost engagement, entertainment options are beneficial. Employee engagement at events is important, especially so for appreciation events. This may seem more difficult for virtual events, but it is not. Consider adding a virtual magician, star guest speakers, or an interactive element.
Cook with Me or Wine Tasting interactives give your remote team a happy hour or a meal. Both options are complete with everything you’ll need sent right to your staff (including branded engraved cutting boards and/or wine glasses!).
Appreciation Luncheon
Food brings people together, especially the act of sharing a meal. With help from our team, you can easily send boxed lunches to your team, wherever they may be. Our appreciation luncheons include branded company swag and inspirational messages, so your employee appreciation gift this year is taken care of.
This option ranges from a simple cold lunch like gourmet sandwiches to a hot meal. Our food and beverage team prepares each meal fresh and we deliver to your home office in top quality.
Virtual Awards Ceremonies
Employee appreciation day ideas for remote workers would not be complete without awards. Whether it’s Employee of the Month or an out of the box award title (see our list of unique awards categories for employees), your team will be thrilled.
We find that crowd participation in awards ceremonies makes them more engaging, thus boosting your ROI. For remote employees, consider setting up a slack channel dedicated to voting on awards. The peer to peer recognition makes winning an award even more meaningful. Taking it a step further, showcase your team’s wins on social media, so they can share it with their loved ones.
Hybrid Events
Hybrid events are great for remote teams. Giving your employees a chance to meet in person grows the bond between them even stronger. This is a great way to boost not only employee morale, but teamwork and camarderie too. Here are some of our top hybrid appreciation event ideas.
Hybrid Dinner
Offering a hybrid dinner is a great way to promote bonding between colleagues, across departments. Host a company-wide appreciation dinner, with remote members joining over video call. Consider tying in you awards ceremony, too. Whether you’re giving thanks to members celebrating their work anniversaries or a job well done over the year, it will be great.
Send sealed dinner options in the mail for those attending virtually. Allowing your team to share a meal from anywhere will make your dinner event even more meaningful.
Hybrid Appreciation Day
In-person appreciation events typically involve lots of fun and games. They may look like a company picnic, or an employees-only excursion adventure. When planning a hybrid day full of fun, utilize the virtual side just as much as the in-person side.
Organizing a hybrid appreciation day with games can look like:
- Combination virtual + in-person scavenger hunt with clues both digital and tangible
- Hybrid game show with participation both in-person and over video chat
- VR games connecting both remote and in-person colleagues for team building
- Leading crafts or games (like bingo) for loved ones on video call and in person
Hybrid Destination Events
Consider hosting a destination event for a fully remote team. Coming together, be it in LA, NYC, or anywhere else, is a great option for those seeking travel. See our top locations here.
Wherever your team travels, let remote workers join in on the festivities via video call. Consider entertainment and engagement options that work both in-person and remotely.
Our event planning agency has worked to produce countless destination events for remote teams. We arranged an exciting week in Vegas for this company. Employees toured the city, soaking up the amazing energy Las Vegas has to offer. We handle all booking, travel arrangements, and preperation so you can focus on enjoying the event, too.
If you look to plan your hybrid event at your own location(s), our event management agency does that, too. We provide all AV equipment, entertainment, and food and drink stations to transform your headquarters into a great event space. We transformed Bell’s offices into an amazing employee event, and we can do the same for yours.
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