Are you a manager, supervisor, school principal, department head or other front-line leader who doesn’t need to be convinced of the power of staff recognition to boost morale, increase engagement and improve retention?

Do you want staff members to feel appreciated for how they contribute and for what they achieve?

Do you want to create and maintain a work environment where everyone feels they are valued as individuals and where they feel they belong—where they feel comfortable being themselves?

Is your day full and your budget for staff recognition limited?

If you answer yes to these questions, Thanks, Again! More Simple, Inexpensive Ways for Busy Leaders to Recognize Staff was written for you.

What’s in the book?

Thanks, Again! is filled with hundreds of staff recognition tips, tools and techniques, which are divided into 30 themes, plus a bonus section of more than 100 tips that didn’t fit any of the themes but were too good to leave out.

Each theme begins with a brief introduction (as short as a sentence but no longer than a few paragraphs), followed by relevant ways to recognize staff, most of which are succinct (although a few did need to be longer).

Here is just a sample of the themes covered in Thanks, Again!

• Filling Your Staff Recognition Tool Kit
• Making Staff Recognition a Habit
• Building Commitment from Day One
• Linking Staff Recognition to Career Goals
• Including Family Members in Your Staff Recognition Plans
• Staff Recognition Goes Green
• Recognition by Everyone: Unleashing the Power of Peer Recognition
• Recognition for Staff Who Work Remotely
• Diverse and Inclusive: Recognition for Workplaces Where Everyone Feels They Belong
• A Penny-Pincher’s Guide to Staff Recognition
• Staff Recognition Timesavers
• A Verbal Eraser and Other Words that are Barriers to Recognition

There are also conversation starters for book club discussions and staff recognition mastermind groups.

Why am I crowdfunding to publish Thanks, Again?

Your support will help cover costs associated with publishing and launching a book:

Editing$3,000

Layout and Cover Design$4,000

Website Design$ 750

Launch Event$ 1,000

Marketing/PR$ 2,500

Incidental Expenses $ 1,500

Total$12,750

Who am I?

For more than two decades, I have been writing and speaking about how to hire, engage and retain the right people.

In 2011, I published Thanks! GREAT Job! Improve Retention, Boost Morale and Improve Engagement with High-Value, Low-Cost Staff Recognition.

Thanks, Again! is my second book filled with tips on how to thank staff members, co-workers and even the boss for what they do.

FAQs

When do you expect that Thanks, Again! will be published? Thanks, Again! will officially be launched in the fall, but supporters of this campaign will receive their book prior to the launch date.

What if you do not reach your funding goal? The publication of Thanks, Again will happen. We will find a way.

What will you do if you raise more than your fundraising target of $12,750? If I exceed this fundraising goal, I will be able to create a Staff Recognition Journal, which will be available for purchase.

Is shipping included in the price of books and other perks?. Shipping costs will be added at checkout. The number of pages and size of the book were considered when writing the book to minimize shipping costs.

Where can I use the coffee card? Your choice: Second Cup, Tim Hortons or Starbucks.

I would like to have more than five people attend the webinar. Can I get extra copies of Thanks, Again? Additional copies of Thanks, Again! can be purchased at a 20 per cent discount, plus shipping and taxes.

What are the workshop topics? You have a choice from three workshops: Staff Recognition: One Piece at a Time, Improve Staff Retention Without Spending Buckets of Money, or Interview Right to Hire Right. All are intended to be half or full-day programs.

What are the convention/conference keynote topics? There are several possibilities related to staff recognition and hiring. If you are interested, please contact me to identify what’s best for your organization or association.

How can I get more information before I commit to a workshop or keynote presentation? Send me an email (nmscott@telus.net) or use this calendar to schedule a telephone conversation.

When can I schedule a webinar, keynote program or on-site training workshop? Will these only be available after the book is published? The scheduling of programs is not dependent on the publication of Thanks, Again! If you choose to schedule your program before the book is published, you will be sent your books as soon as they are available.

Is the speaker’s travel and accommodation included in the price for the convention sessions and on-site training workshops? The price does not include the speaker’s travel and accommodation, which will be arranged in consultation with you.

Will webinars, workshops and keynote presentations be customized for my organization? Prior to your workshop, keynote or webinar, I will schedule a conversation to learn more about your organization, the challenges you are facing and any questions you wish answered during your program.

What if I want to have more than 20 people attend one of the workshops? The regular price for workshops is $175 per participant, with a minimum of 20 participants (i.e., $3,500). For this promotion, the charge for additional participants is $97. This is a reduction of 45 percent.

Thanks for supporting my campaign to bring Thanks, Again! to the world.