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      Recognition Administrator Playbook

      Recognition Programs allow employees to give and receive recognition awards for exceptional actions. Recognition Administrators create Recognition Programs with various awards, which allow employees to easily give and receive recognition.

      Step 1 - Create a Recognition Program

      Step 2 - Purchasing Points in Inspire

      Step 3 - Create a Budget and Allocate Points

      Step 4 - Publishing a Budget

      Step 5 - Communicating Recognition to your Organization

      Step 6 - Managing Active Programs/Budgets

       

      Step 1 – Create a Recognition Program

      In this step, you will:

      • Understand the different types of Recognition programs
      • Create and customize Recognition Programs for your organization
      • Establish your Organization's Recognition Policy

       

      Types of Programs:

      Peer to Peer- Recognition given from one person to another with or without Peer points. Anyone in the company can give this type of award- no approval needed.

      Manager- Given by managers to recognize achievements- employees can nominate peers with Manager awards- Manager approval required

      Click this link to learn more: Setting up Peer to Peer and Manager Awards

      Admin- Significant group or company-wide accomplishments, all employee awards from the Company, or special awards like Employee of the Quarter (Given only by designated Award Admins)

      Click this link to learn more: Setting up an Admin Award

      Automated Service Awards- Annual and Milestone Awards based on date of hire.

      Click this link to learn more: Implementing Automated Service Awards

      Best Practice is to establish a company Recognition Policy and share this with your team along with your company practices. Link coming soon. 

       

      Step 2 - Purchasing Points in Inspire

      In this step, you will:

      • Understand the points purchase process in Inspire
      • Submit a points purchase request to the Inspire support team

      To begin using points in Inspire Recognition, you will need to purchase points using the "Points Purchase for Master Balance" option or by contacting support@inspiresoftware.com

      In the Administration module, navigate to Recognition > Points > Budget, click 'Options' and select Points Purchase for Master Balance. This presents a form to contact Inspire support. Please specify the number of points you would like to purchase, and if this is your first request, be sure to include your organization's desired points to dollars ratio (ie: 10 points = $1 OR 1 point = $1). Note that your organization must use the same point ratio for all programs.

      Purchase Points for Master Balance

      The Inspire team will create an invoice for your team with options of paying by check (via mail), ACH, or Credit Card. Once payment is received, there is typically a 5-7 business day turn around time for points to be reflected in your Master Balance in Inspire.

       

       

       

      Step 3 – Create a Budget and Allocate Points

      In this step you will:

      • Create a Budget and Allocate Points to employees
      After the Recognition Administrator has created a recognition program, they must create a budget and allocate points to users before awards with points can be given.

      Click this link to learn more: Create a Budget and Allocate Points

       

      Step 4 – Publishing a Budget

      In this step you will:

      • Publish a budget
      Once a Recognition Administrator has finished creating a recognition budget and allocated points as desired, the recognition budget is ready to be published.

       

      Step 5 - Communicating Recognition to your Organization

      In this step you will:

      • Communicate the launch of your Recognition program to your organization
      • Document your company Recognition Policy- (see below for example)

      Step 6 - Managing Active Programs/Budgets

      In this step you will:

      • Understand how to manage active programs and budgets 

      After the launch of your recognition program to your organization, use the resources in this link to help you manage the active programs and budgets.