Happy employee appreciation day! 

Dr. Nelson, the founder of employee appreciation day, didn't just want March 1st to be the only day of celebration, he says " employees should be valued all year round, especially when they have performed well, but the first step is raising awareness about the importance of recognition on the part of every manager Employee Appreciation Day has helped serve that purpose.


One of the best ways to drive awareness and motivate action is through a great visual based on data. Travis Pearl, co-founder of MeritShare thought it would be fun to provide a data visualization of employee appreciation day, so he created a real-time heat map that shows thanks and recognition given on MeritShare's network.
You can see the first real-time heat map for the US here.

With this heat map created by my co-founder of MeritShare in honor of Dr. Nelson and employee appreciation day, I see the future of employee recognition: democratized, data-driven, real-time, and shared.

Let's turn up the heat on recognition, you can get started on MeritShare instantly and show some love.  If you show some appreciation on Twitter, use the hashtag #EAD.

Viva La Recognition Revolution!