IRF Launches �Third Thursday� Education Series

The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) has created an ongoing education series targeted at professionals involved with incentives, recognition, engagement and motivational meetings. The sessions, dubbed the ‘Third Thursday’ Education Series, will take place on the third Thursday of every month, running though May of 2014. The sessions will take the form of webcasts that will be posted on the IRF site at 2pm Eastern time/11am Pacific on the appointed day. Initial sessions began in June and are archived on the IRF website. The remaining schedule is:

Using Reward and Recognition to Meet Cross-Organizational Needs September 19
How to Integrate Business Meetings and Incentive Travel October 17
Balancing Program Owner and Participant Needs in Award Funding and Selection November 21
2014 Trends in Engagement, Incentives and Recognition December 19
Designing Communication Strategies that Get Results January 16
How to Tame Business Challenges using Digital Solutions February 20
Optimizing Social Media in Incentives and Meetings March 20
IncenTED presentations on Social, Mobile, Digital Innovations April 17
Release Brilliance: Show Up, Be Accountable, Drive Results May 15

For complete session descriptions, speakers and other info, click here.