TIPS FOR GIVING AWESOME CORPORATE GIFTS

Tips for Giving Awesome Corporate Gifts

Tips for Giving Awesome Corporate Gifts

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Let’s talk about the ubiquitous “corporate gift.” You know, “swag bags” at conferences, freebies at sporting events, or personalized return address labels accompanied by a donation request form (anyone else get those?). Whatever it is, most of us can agree that some corporate gifts are really nice, some are just ok, and some (sorry) are useless.

So, if you’re the “giver” of a corporate gift, how do you stand out above the rest? How do you give a gift that someone doesn’t immediately throw in the trash or the “take to thrift store” pile? As the person responsible for selecting, designing, and coordinating Foster Made’s gift giving endeavors, I’ve thought a lot about this subject. We’ve had a long standing tradition as a company of giving gifts—to clients, industry peers, conference attendees, each other, family, friends, and so on. And we don’t just like to give gifts, we like to give good gifts. For us, details matter. From our first client interactions, to our user experience research and custom development work, to the emails we write and the Promotional items we give.

Without further ado, here are 10 tips to consider to give an awesome corporate gift.

1. SHARE YOUR WORK CULTURE
What’s something unique about your company that is fun to share with others? It could reflect the work that you do or the culture of the people who do the work. In the development world, “casual Friday” is, generally speaking, an everyday affair. Or lack of affair, ie. it’s the norm. The ability to wear shorts and a t-shirt to work is a part of our culture.

One of our gifts from the beginning of Foster Made time (including before we rebranded and became Foster Made) has been branded t-shirts. It’s not an unusual or unique gift by any means, but it’s meaningful to us because it’s a part of our company culture that we share with others. And each other. We joke that we supply 50% of the wardrobes of some of the Foster Made team.

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