At Baudville, we're in the midst of choosing this year's winners for our two yearly award programs. In fact, our staff just voted last week on our peer-nominated Luminary Award, which will be announced at our Year-End Holiday Party this Friday night. And, our top leadership are meeting to decide who will be our Inspire Award Winners—who will also be honored this Friday. Exciting times at the ‘ville!

If you’re anything like me, your holiday budget is starting to feel the squeeze. And if you’re anything more like me, searching Pinterest for handmade gifts or free printables to offset some cost, sounds like a giant time sink. <Enter holiday hero music> Baudville to the rescue!

Check out these completely FREE holiday printables to use for your event, interoffice holiday gift giving, or for some just plain silliness!

Ho, ho, …uh-oh! It’s that time of year again; the time when companies gather to celebrate the year’s achievements together. Year-end celebrations often include some team-building fun along with a little letting loose, and unfortunately sometimes things can get a little too loose for their own good.

When making an award presentation, it's important to remember that this may be the one opportunity your recipient is publically recognized by his or her employer. To make the award memorable and effective, plan both the award ceremony and the events leading up to it. Your careful planning will ensure that the value of the award is clearly expressed and communicated.

The last time my Content Task Force got together, it was warm enough to meet outside, but, funny enough, our conversation was all about winter holidays. Our customers wanted to know when our popular Spinner Ornaments and other year-end employee gifts would be available, and our readers were talking about how to handle the holidays in the workplace.