Code names offer a rich, and too often neglected, source of deal toy ideas. Why do code names inspire so many memorable and successful deal toys? Code names tend to provide ready-made design ideas because they also tend to be both colorful and...
Code names offer a rich, and too often neglected, source of deal toy ideas. Why do code names inspire so many memorable and successful deal toys? Code names tend to provide ready-made design ideas because they also tend to be both colorful and...
Yes, lawyers do, in fact, get deal toys. That's been the case since the practice of giving out deal toys first took root among investment bankers and dealmakers back in the 1970's. But that's probably not the most relevant or illuminating...
Here are a couple of creative sparks for distinctive tombstone award designs Tombstone awards tend to have their own built-in cachet and perceived value. Even the most conventional tombstones have tremendous significance for recipients---for the...
Coming up with creative deal toy ideas can be a chore for bankers Especially when they’re faced with the same predictable, stock design suggestions. Fortunately, there are a number of imaginative–though commonly overlooked— design...
Settling on an appropriate budget for commemorating a financial transaction isn't always so straightforward. Budgets for finance awards or tombstones are typically a function of the size of the deal. For the most part, the larger the deal, the...
If may be new to deal tombstones or, as they're also more commonly known, "deal toys". To the extent you do know them, they might seem like a waste of time, money, and effort. The word "toy", after all, usually tends to denote something that,...
Investment banking deal toys seldom reflect the complexity of their underlying transactions. Take, for instance, the deal toy commemorating Dell’s landmark acquisition of EMC. The $67 billion transaction, the largest tech deal in history at the...
It’s understandable that employee awards and recognition programs might have taken on added significance during the past several years. After all, employee engagement is a very real and immediate workplace challenge. A recent...
Most corporate award ideas are anything but inspired. Which isn't surprising. A quick online search will show that corporate awards tend to cluster around two very different and distinct categories. On one hand, you're likely to see ready-made,...