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  • Resignation, Regret, And  A Shifting Baseline
  • A Quick Look at the Psychology Behind Employee Engagement
  • Creating The Link Between Internal and External Marketing
  • The Great Resignation is Here. Now What?
  • Straight To The Point: The Misfire of Popular Choice
  • Celebrating 45 Years
  • Next Level Performance ranks 8th among 50 small business award winners in NJBIZ’s Best Places to Work.
  • The world is eager to travel.
  • Eight in Ten Americans Working from Home Miss In-Person Meetings
  • Next Level Performance Launches Lunch On Us gift card platform.
  • Reward Preferences: Which Rewards Really Motivate?
  • Incentive Travel: Get Ready for a Comeback
  • 5 Things You Should Know About Incentive Budgets Now
  • Next Level’s Winter Reading List
  • Connor Ashberry Joins Next Level Performance
  • Mike Ryan Joins Next Level Performance
  • Virtual Meetings and Events: Tales from the Front Line
  • Engaging Teams in a Dispersed World
  • Next Level Delivers Real Hope
    During HOPE Week 2020
  • Postponed or Canceled Travel Program? Here’s What You Can Do Right Now.
  • Beat the Competition: Top Performing Manufacturer Incentives
  • Three Channel Sales Incentive Ideas, One Turnkey Solution You Can Deploy Today
  • Mike McWilliams Joins Next Level Performance Leadership
  • Success Story: Project Gratitude
  • Flying Now: What it’s really like to travel during COVID-19
  • Why Marketing into Economic Downturn is the Winning Business Strategy
  • How One Shopper Builds Instacart Customer Loyalty
  • Recession Lessons: Past and Future
  • Incentive Travel: Why You Need Travel Planners Now
  • Kolleen Whitley Receives Recognition as SITE Member Spotlight
  • New Innovations in Virtual Meetings and Recognition Platforms
  • National Nurses Week 2020
  • Women Fighting Hunger
  • Business as [UN]usual
  • Next Level Again Among New Jersey’s Best Places to Work 2020
  • Award-winning Marketing Communications Designs 2019
  • Kids Bring Hope to HOPE Week 2019: Unique Halloween Bags
  • 1st Annual Cookoff, Featuring--Next Level Chili
  • Bucher Travel and Pelican Hill Resort & Spa Named Travel Partners of the Year 2019
  • A Community of Appreciation to Motivate and Inspire Your People
  • Employee Engagement: What’s Your Story?
  • Purposeful Work: Do Something Good Today
  • Next Level Teammate Spotlight – Jennifer Elliott
  • Next Level: Best Place to Work
  • What’s the Best Leadership Advice You Ever Received?
  • Next Level Community: A Service Dog in Training
  • Welcoming Generation Z
  • Community Service: How Next Level is Making a Difference
  • Next Level Performance Honored Among New Jersey’s Best Places to Work
  • Incentive Travel - Behind the Scenes
  • Incentive Destinations: Switzerland Exceeds Expectations
  • Next Level Teammate Spotlight - Lauren Mlinar
  • People Seek Fulfillment, Not Perks
  • Three Must-Know Sales Incentive Statistics for 2019
  • Happy Holidays from Next Level Performance!
  • What's Hot for the Holidays? 2018 Edition
  • How Your Personality Type Could Influence Business Success
  • The Current State of Employee Engagement
  • Happy Thanksgiving from Next Level Performance!
  • Next Level Teammate Spotlight - Jessika Vocht
  • The Employee Experience - A Balancing Act
  • Research Indicates Increased Return on Incentive Travel Programs
  • Sales Incentive Strategy: Are You Ready for the Competition?
  • We Love Our Applaudit Recognition Platform and You Will, Too
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    Sales Incentive Sprint to the Finish
  • 30 Years with Next Level Performance - Gail Martin
  • Traveling the Pacific Northwest
  • Improving Employee Retention in a Strong Economy
  • Providing HOPE In Our Community
  • Doctor's Orders: Travel More
  • Where Do Travel Planners Go on Vacation? 2018 Edition
  • 3 Things To Know About Incentive Programs
  • Employee Engagement: How We Do It at Next Level
  • Is Your Recognition Program Effective?
  • Next Level Teammate Spotlight - Jamie Santiago
  • Flexibility in the Workplace - A Key to Optimizing Results
  • Sales Incentives – 5 Action Items for an Effective Program
  • How to Harness the Halo Effect
  • My Kind of Paradise - The Big Island of Hawaii
  • Wellness: Good for Employees, Good for Business
  • Human Capital - Your Company's Greatest Asset
  • How to Plan an Incentive Travel Program
  • Employee Engagement and Company Valuation
  • What do LinkedIn's Top Companies Have in Common?
  • New Director of Travel Experiences Joins Next Level Performance
  • Next Level Teammate Spotlight – Kolleen Whitley
  • The Three Cs of Employee Engagement
  • Successful Sales Incentives Are Fair
  • 2018 Annual Award Winners at Next Level Performance
  • The Unfriendly Skies: Why United Should Have Gone With Non-Cash Rewards
  • Get Involved in Community Service
  • Are You Up to Date? Trends in Recognition and Rewards
  • Q&A With Jim and Dave Dittman on the Future of Next Level Performance
  • Next Level Performance Wins SITE Crystal Award for “Treasures of Tuscany” Incentive Program
  • An Award-Winning Incentive Program Drives Results for Insurance Company
  • Top 5 Reasons You Need an Incentive Travel Company
  • Why I Love My Job… And Why It Matters
  • Next Level Teammate Spotlight – Shannon Prekop
  • 5 Ways to Keep Your Loyalty and Sales Incentive Programs Relevant
  • The Science of Reward Preference: How Biometrics Prove Once and for All that Cash Isn’t King
  • "Treasures of Tuscany" Wins SITE Crystal Award for Most Effective Incentive Marketing Campaign
  • Next Level Performance Names Dave Dittman as President
  • Regulations for Incentives, Recognition, and Rewards
  • 2008: What Does HR Look Like 10 Years Later?
  • Wishing You the Happiest of Holidays
  • The Science of Rewards and Recognition
  • What's Hot for the Holidays: 2017 Edition
  • Next Level Performance Wins Four MarCom Awards for Incentive Travel Program Materials and a Channel Incentive Program Website
  • Incentive Travel Planning: Budgets Are Up, and So Are the Program Management Challenges
  • Packing a Punch: Packing Hacks
  • Four Ways to Show Your Employees Thanks
  • Top 4 Insights from Research on Incentives in 2017
  • Why Celebrations are Important for Employee Engagement
  • Our Caribbean Friends Could Use a Hand
  • teammate of the quarter
    Next Level Teammate Spotlight – Kirsten Adams
  • Community at Work
  • HR Technology and Employee Engagement Strategy
  • Employee Engagement: What's Hospitality Got to Do With It?
  • Mindfulness at Work
  • Engagement and Incentives: Why Points Programs Are So Effective
  • Sales Incentives: What You Need to Know
  • How Do Top Performing Companies Handle Incentives and Recognition? - New Research
  • 5 Employee Recognition Program Myths Debunked
  • Download Guide: Getting Employee Recognition Right
  • Next Level Performance Gives Back to the Community with HOPE Week, Inspired by the New York Yankees
  • HOPE Week 2017: Commitment to Community
  • teammate of the quarter
    Next Level Teammate Spotlight – Jay Parekh
  • Our 5 Most Popular Blog Articles
  • Back to Basics: Fundamentals of Sales Incentives
  • 8 Employee Recognition and Sales Incentive Program Best Practices
  • Latest News on Incentive Research
  • Send Employee Recognition Anywhere, Anytime with Applaudit Social Recognition Platform
  • How Great Managers Keep Their Teams Engaged
  • Can We Stop Saying ‘Cash is King’ Yet?
  • Where Travel Planners Go on Vacation
  • If You Have This, You Can Forget the Perks
  • Key Components for Incentive Travel
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Help Somebody Else
  • teammate of the quarter
    Next Level Teammate Spotlight - Robert Craig
  • NJBIZ Recognizes Next Level Performance as One of 2017 Best Places to Work in New Jersey for Third Year in a Row
  • Two Next Level Teammates Become Certified Engagement Practitioners
  • Incentives at Sea
  • The Importance of Building Workplace Relationships
  • Iceland: The Restorative Power of Travel
  • The Price of Ordinary
  • How Local Culture Inspires a Trip of a Lifetime
  • Meetings & Incentive Travel: Is flying solo the way to go?
  • Incentives: A Powerful Force for Ethical Capitalism
  • Next Level Performance, a Dittman Company, Launches Applaudit™, the Next Generation of Online Social Recognition
  • Introducing Applaudit: HR Technology for Your Recognition Culture
  • Individual Travel: Inspiring Experiences
  • The Struggle to Stay on Top: The Challenges Top Performers Face
  • Retention: What’s Employee Engagement Got to Do with It?
  • Practicing What We Preach: Annual Award Winners at Next Level Performance
  • Ask an Expert: What's the deal with Social Recognition?
  • In the Workplace: A Millennial Answer to the “Millennial Question”
  • HR Tech Outlook Recognizes Next Level Performance, a Dittman Company, as Company of the Month and a Top 10 Engagement Solution Provider
  • What is Social Recognition and Why Should You Care?
  • TBT: Branding to Boost your Sales Incentives ROI
  • Employee Engagement and Long Hours: More is Less
  • Work Positive: The Impact of Positivity in the Office
  • Get Employee Engagement Right: A Fresh Start in the New Year
  • Wishing You a Happy Holiday!
  • ‘Tis the Season to be Jolly: 6 Tips for Less Stress This Season
  • Next Level Performance, a Dittman Company Wins Two MarCom Awards for Incentive Travel Program Materials and One for Rebranding
  • What’s Hot for the Holidays? 2016 Edition
  • Surviving Holiday Travel in the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
  • Thanksgiving: Strengthening Workplace Relationships
  • Working with Purpose and Commitment
  • Next Level Performance, a Dittman Company, Recognized for Outstanding Corporate Culture with SmartCEO Award
  • A Social Workplace – How Your Office Creates Connections
  • Social Recognition Makes Powerful Employee Connections
  • teammate of the quarter
    Next Level Teammate Spotlight – Andrew Devoto
  • The Right Reasons to Use Sales Incentives
  • Workplace Trust: It’s Not Optional
  • Ask an Expert: Should you consider reviewing your recognition program?
  • Managers are the Key to a Successful Employee Engagement Program
  • Next Level Performance and Founder James Dittman Recognized for Best Practices in Leadership
  • Employee Recognition Programs at Google - Going Beyond the Perks
  • How Much Should I Budget for an Incentive Travel Program?
  • How Much Should I Budget for a Recognition Program?
  • Top Five Sales & Marketing Books to Drive Your Strategy
  • Sales Incentive Sprints: One-Two Punch
  • Next Level Performance Celebrates 40-Year Anniversary by Giving Back to the Community with HOPE Week Initiative
  • Community Service: A Tradition of HOPE
  • Dittman Incentive Marketing is now Next Level Performance, a Dittman Company.
  • The "Good Old Days"
  • Becoming the Brand of Choice. Increasing Consumer Loyalty Through Rewards.
  • Bill on Redemption or Bill on Issuance: Which Billing Model is Right for Your Business?
  • Channel Partners: An Opportunity to Engage
  • How to Create a World Class Recognition Program
  • Should Millennials be Treated Differently in the Workplace?
  • Millennials in the Workplace. What’s Wrong with Them?
  • Rewarding for Years of Service: We’re Glad You’re Here
  • Tax Considerations for Incentive Travel Programs
  • Leadership in a Storm
  • The Top Incentive Travel Trends of 2015
  • The Other 'R': Trends in Recognition
  • International Incentives
  • Inspiring Global Destinations
  • Planning Focus: Gamification
  • Florida: Why Sunshine State Meetings Have It Made in the Shade
  • Taxation and Incentives - It's Not All Fun in the Sun
  • Beyond the Reward
  • Incentive Meetings: It's Time to Get Personal
  • To Truly Reward Employees, Go Beyond the Awards Catalog
  • Spin and Win, a New Rewards Platform Ideal for On-The-Spot Recognition
  • New Agent Rewards Sales Incentive Platform
  • One of New Jersey’s Best Places to Work 2016 by NJBIZ
  • New Real Time Reporting and Activity Dashboards to TotalPRO
  • Dittman Incentive Marketing to launch Next Level Performance, a Dittman Company.
  • Dittman Incentive Marketing Wins Two MarCom Awards for Web Design and Promotional Materials
  • Designing and Implementing an Effective Sales Incentive Program: A New White Paper
  • TotalPRO® Recognition App for Smartphones Launches
  • Dittman Incentive Marketing Named One of New Jersey’s Best Places to Work by NJBIZ
  • Dittman Incentive Marketing Launches New Great Escapes Free Spirit Travel Program
  • Capitol Sales Named Merchandise Supplier of the Year by Dittman Incentive Marketing
  • Fairmont Scottsdale Princess and Italia Connection Named Travel Partners of the Year by Dittman Incentive Marketing
  • Dittman Incentive Marketing Launches New Rewards Mall Experience
  • IMA 2015 Circle of Excellence Award for WESCO Distribution VIP Incentive Travel Program
  • Dittman Incentive Marketing Gives Back to the Community by Celebrating HOPE Week, Inspired by the New York Yankees
  • Dittman Incentive Marketing Launches New Mobile-Friendly Great Rewards Program
  • White Paper on Tax Considerations for Recognition and Rewards Programs
  • International Capabilities for TotalPRO Recognition and Reward Solutions
  • CIANJ Recognizes Dittman Incentive Marketing for Being a “Champion of Good Works”
  • Power Sales & Advertising Named Merchandise Supplier of the Year by Dittman Incentive Marketing
  • Incentive Travel is Good for Business
  • A Comprehensive Approach to Engagement, Recognition, and Rewards
  • Bank Strengthens Internal Brand with Magical Madrid
  • $25m Saved Through Statement Suppression Initiative
  • Luxury Goods Company Increases Fourth Quarter Sales 22% with Targeted Incentive Program
  • Insurance Company Wins with Agent Rewards
  • National Bank Commits to “Do the Right Thing”
  • Company Scores Big with Vegas Group Sales Travel Program
  • Program to Solicit Referrals Generates Over $250 Million in New Business and 8:1 ROI for a Regional Bank
  • Increase in Sales Achieved with Individual Incentive Travel Program
  • Choosing the Most Effective Incentive Rewards: Cash or Non-Cash?
  • Employee Suggestions – an Untapped Resource
  • Tax Considerations for Recognition and Rewards Programs
  • Designing and Implementing an Effective Sales Incentive Program
  • A Roadmap to Engagement
  • How Much Should You Invest in an Employee Recognition Program?
  • How Do You Keep Employees Engaged During the Summer?
  • "Start with Why" to Build an Inspired Team
  • With the Changing Workforce Comes Changing Work/Life Goals
  • Engagement: Crossing the Finish Line
  • Living Our Values: Service
  • The In-Between
  • How to Get Quality Employee Suggestions
  • What Does Social Recognition Mean for Your Program?
  • TMI: Making Time to Do Your Job
  • 5 Ways to Get the Most from Peer-to-Peer Recognition
  • Is There Anybody Out There? The Value of Customer Service
  • Dittman Recognized as One of the 2016 NJBIZ Best Places to Work
  • At Home or Office: A “Gold Star”is Meaningful
  • International Recognition and Global Incentive Programs
  • How (and Why) To Give Spot Awards
  • Ask an Expert: Is Cash Effective for a Sales Incentive Program?
  • Loyalty Programs: Big Spenders or Frequent Flyers?
  • Dittman Receives Companies that Care Award
  • 5 Ways to Motivate your Agents and Sales Reps
  • Living our Mission: Appreciation Through Annual Awards
  • Motivate with Mobile Event Apps
  • Managing Employee Engagement Through a Merger
  • Turn a "Suggestion Box" into an Engagement Program
  • Branding to Boost your Sales Incentives ROI
  • How To Build a Better Employee: Let Them Relax
  • How To Design a Channel Incentive Program
  • Strength from Within - Employee Referrals
  • Employee Engagement: Change is in the Air
  • New Year’s Resolutions Every Manager Should Make
  • Incentive Planners' Travel Wish List
  • Five Rules for Employee Recognition
  • Leadership, True Grit, and Employee Engagement
  • Chicago Makes a Great Getaway
  • Customers Make Great Marketers
  • The Gift of Gratitude
  • Your People, Your Biggest Risk
  • Charming Quebec City
  • How are Rewards Programs Taxed?
  • What’s Wrong with Millennials? Youth.
  • Engagement and Incentives: Going Global
  • Boo! 13 Scary Facts About Employee Engagement
  • Incentive Travel: Are You Ready for 2017?
  • Tapas and Toros - a Trip through Southern Spain
  • Service Anniversaries: Milestones are Meaningful
  • Customer Service = Customer Engagement
  • Time to Retire: Boomer Bust
  • 5 Types of Employees on Parks and Recreation: Which One Are You?
  • Experiences Matter Most
  • How Hubspot Changed Their Sales Incentives to Grow Profitably
  • Travel: Recharge Your Batteries
  • FOMO: What Amazon Knows Will Supercharge Incentives
  • What Summer Camp Taught Me About Employee Engagement
  • HOPE Week 2015: Giving Back is in Our DNA
  • IMA Summit: 3 Take-Aways on International Programs
  • Stockholm: Off the Beaten Track and Well Worth the Trip
  • Are You The Rep's Emotional Favorite?
  • Incentive Travel for 6,000 Top Performers
  • 3 Reasons "Do What You Love" is Bad Advice
  • Does Your Incentive Travel Program Support Your Brand?
  • Multi-tasking is a Myth: Focus!
  • The New Old Boy (or Girl) Network
  • Employee Engagement: Are You Nice Enough?
  • Are Millennials So Different?
  • Surprise! Millennials Travel Differently Than Other Generations
  • There Goes the Talent… What’s Bugging Your Best People?
  • The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Transformation in the Workplace: Beyond Engagement
  • Time-Out! Comp, Benefits, and Development Are Not Perks
  • Travel Destinations: Where Travel Planners Go for Summer Vacation
  • I’m Living Proof: Employee Engagement Works
  • Your Mom Was Right: Practice Makes Perfect
  • Beware of “Me Too”
  • Top 3 Reasons Your Employee Survey Didn’t Engage Anybody
  • Keeping it Simple – Sales Incentives
  • 5 Ways to Fight Back Against Workplace Negativity
  • Coworkation: Work is Changing
  • On the Receiving End: What Recognition Meant to Me
  • Represent the Brand – On or Off Duty
  • Employee Engagement: It’s Not a Perk
  • First Things First: Think Strategically to Build a Culture
  • Confessions of a Recovering In-House Planner
  • I Quit! An Improving Economy is a Risk to Your Business
  • 5 Ways to Use Incentives for Non-Sales Teams
  • Gen X - Who Do You Think You Are?
  • ABCs of Incentives
  • Costa Rica Without the Zip-lines
  • Here's a Head Start . . . Feel More Motivated?
  • Apps, Events, Engagement, Oh My!
  • Nobody’s Perfect… All We Can Do Is Try To Be
  • Friends at the Office – Referrals and Millennial Retention
  • Where Are You Going in 2015? Our Top Travel Destinations
  • What Monkeys Know About Incentives
  • Retaining Employees Is Getting Harder
  • 4 Ways to Stay Motivated at Work This Winter
  • A New Year’s Resolution Just Won’t Do It
  • All I Want Is a Great Experience
  • Becoming the Emotional Favorite with your Sales Agents
  • Wearing Too Many Hats Can Wear Down Engagement
  • With Customer Loyalty, It’s All About Customer Service
  • How Much Should I Invest in a Sales Incentive Program?
  • Employees Think They Want Cash. No, They Don’t.
  • 5 Quick Tips for Motivating and Recognizing Employees
  • Sales Incentives and Unintended Consequences
  • Sales Meetings - Snoozapalooza or Engagement Tool?
  • Anticipation is Half of the Reward
  • When Your Heart’s Not In It
  • 7 Effective Ways to Reward Employees on a Budget
  • Making it Stick. How to Design your Sales Contest so that it Stays in Focus
  • What "Office Space" Teaches Us About Employee Engagement
  • Incentives, Engagement, and Achievable Goals
  • A Millennial's Perspective on Motivation at Work
  • We Really Are All In It Together
  • The Price of Loyalty
  • Invisibility is a Workplace Superpower
  • Motivating Experiences: How to Select the Right Destination for Incentive Travel
  • Four Essentials for a Culture of Success
  • In it for the Long Haul: Recognition and Incentive Programs
  • Individual Incentive Travel: You Need a Vacation. No, Really!
  • Is Social Recognition Social Enough to be Meaningful?
  • How Smarter Customers Inspire Engagement Programs
  • The Daily Grind: Employee Engagement and Burnout
  • The Face of Customer Loyalty
  • Three of the Best - Favorite Caribbean Destinations
  • Eagles, and Chickens and Employee Engagement
  • A Military Model of Leadership and Employee Engagement
  • Creating Brand Advocates with Employee Engagement
  • Why Does Employee Engagement Matter? Because Work Is Personal.
  • Group or Individual Travel: What's Right for Your Incentive Program?
  • How does Hampton Hotels Engage their team? Through Influence & Inspiration...
  • Engagement is Just a Word – It’s the Concept that Matters
  • Top 5 North American Incentive Destinations for Fun and Function
  • Do Loyalty Programs Work?
  • Gamification Is Already Part of Your Incentive Program
  • Road Trip in the American West
  • Employee Engagement? Recognition? What’s the Difference?
  • Driving Sales Engagement – It’s Not Just About the Ping Pong
  • Why a Pulse Survey Isn’t an Employee Engagement Program
  • A Trip to St. Thomas Puts Incentive Travel in Perspective
  • Incentive Travel Trends from the Site Global Conference
  • "Magical Madrid" Wins Site Award for Outstanding Motivational Event
  • Take Me Out to the Ballpark - A Truly Rewarding Experience
  • Five Great Picks for Individual Incentive Travel - Go Where You Want to Go!
  • Recognition for Managers Benefits All Employees
  • 5 Key Steps to Create Strong Employee Engagement Programs
  • To Meet or Not to Meet . . . The Intersection of Incentive Travel and Off-site Meetings
  • Get Ready for the Recognition Revolution
  • How May I Help You? How Wegmans Gets Service Right
  • The “Wow” Factor: Why Cash is Runner-up as a Reward Incentive
  • When a Janitor Doesn’t Just Clean, But Saves Lives
  • Does It Matter If You're Happy?
  • Is Google Employee Loyalty Dead? Does Anybody Care?
  • How Much Does an Employee Recognition Program Cost?
  • Sales Training - Reward Your Reps at Each Stage of the Sales Process
  • Are Slow Selling Seasons Getting You Down?
  • The Culture of Recognition
  • How Google Manages Employee Recognition

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