Globoforce To Sponsor And Present At Recognition Professionals International Conference



Globoforce (http://www.globoforce.com/corporate/eng/index.html), the leading worldwide provider of strategic, on-demand employee recognition (http://www.globoforce.com/corporate/eng/rewards_recognition.html) solutions, today announced that the company will be a sponsor of and present a concurrent workshop session at the Recognition Professionals International (RPI) 11th Annual Conference at the Marriott Newport Beach Hotel & Spa in Newport Beach, Calif., April 27-30.

In a concurrent workshop on Tuesday, April 29, at 1 p.m., Derek Irvine, Globoforce's Vice President of Global Strategy, and Mary Kennett, Amgen's Senior Manager of Human Resources, will discuss how a Fortune 500 company like Amgen - the largest biotechnology company in the world - orchestrated the successful conception, development, implementation and launch of its strategic employee recognition program.

Irvine's presentation will outline the importance for today's multinational corporations to explore and define their recognition ambition, the corporate standard for and five tenets of strategic recognition, and how strategic recognition (http://www.globoforce.com/corporate/eng/rewards_recognition.html) can be leveraged to positively impact an organization's employee engagement (http://www.globoforce.com/corporate/eng/rewards_recognition.html) levels. Kennett will provide "real-world" examples during her presentation, highlighting how Amgen's global employee recognition program is closely tied to the company's values and leadership attributes.

Globoforce offers today's forward-thinking companies the most advanced and robust online global employee recognition technology solution in the industry and is the only recognition provider that offers locally relevant rewards to all participants across the globe through an innovative, multi-language, multi-currency platform. According to a recent Watson Wyatt study, companies with an effective employee recognition program enjoyed a 109-percent three-year median return to shareholders compared to 52-percent for those without such a program.

RPI is an international non-profit association of employers from a wide variety of industries representing all levels and departments. RPI has over 800 members, 81 percent of which are human resources, compensation and management professionals, and 19 percent are providers of recognition-related services and products.

For more information about Globoforce and Amgen at the 2008 RPI Annual Conference, visit http://www.recognition.org.

About Globoforce

Founded in 1999 and co-headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts and Dublin, Ireland, Globoforce is the world's leading provider of on-demand, global, strategic employee recognition solutions for Global 2000 companies. Globoforce delivers an innovative, easy-to-use, on-demand software solution that engages employees across the globe, transforming the way enterprises motivate their workforce. Globoforce's blue-chip customer base, which includes Amgen, Avnet, Dow Chemical, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Intuit, Procter & Gamble and Reuters, reflects the importance of recognizing and engaging the workforce in the 21st century. For more information, visit www.globoforce.com.

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Globoforce To Sponsor And Present At Recognition Professionals International Conference