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IRF Launches ‘Third Thursday’ Education Series

Webcasts aimed at professionals in Recognition, Motivation and Engagement

St. Louis – September 15, 2013 – The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) announces the creation of an ongoing education series targeted at professionals involved with incentives, recognition, engagement and motivational meetings. The sessions, dubbed the ‘Third Thursday’ Education Series, will take place on the third Thursday of every month, beginning in June of 2013 and running through May of 2014. The sessions will take the form of webcasts that will be posted on the IRF site at 2pm Eastern time/11am Pacific on the appointed day.

“We’re very excited to offer industry education that targets professionals in the HR, Sales, Marketing and Meetings industries,” says IRF President Melissa Van Dyke. “This series provides a solid information stream on using incentives, recognition and motivational meetings to engage employees, clients and channel partners.”

Initial sessions included Release the Power of Research: Hot Topics and Trends in Employee Engagement, Incentives and Recognition and R&R Means Business: A How-To on Building the Business Case and Maintaining Program Funding. The remaining schedule is:

•       Using Reward and Recognition to Meet Cross-Organizational Needs -- September 19, 2013
•        How to Integrate Business Meetings and Incentive Travel -- October 17, 2013
•        Balancing Program Owner and Participant Needs in Award Funding and Selection -- November 21, 2013
•        2014 Trends in Engagement, Incentives and Recognition -- December 19, 2013
•        Designing Communication Strategies that Get Results -- January 16, 2014
•        How to Tame Business Challenges using Digital Solutions -- February 20, 2014
•        Optimizing Social Media in Incentives and Meetings -- March 20, 2014
•        IncenTED presentations on Social, Mobile, Digital Innovations -- April 17, 2014
•        Release Brilliance: Show Up, Be Accountable, Drive Results -- May 15, 2014


For complete session descriptions, speakers and other information, please visit http://theirf.org/.Third-Thursday-Incentives-Recognition-Engagement-Education.6100481.html

About the IRF:
The Incentive Research Foundation (www.TheIRF.org) funds and promotes research to advance the science and enhance the awareness and appropriate application of motivation and incentives in business and industry globally. The goal is to increase the understanding, effective use, and resultant benefits of incentives to businesses that currently use incentives and others interested in improved performance.