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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
It takes a great spirit to achieve wonderful things. The "Spirit" Recognition Award is the perfect award to give to those who displayed a fantastic spirit through your process. No matter if you giving this to an individual, business or organization, it will surely be the ideal way to appreciate them. A sculpture award is a wonderful way to show others that you have recognized their supreme efforts.

The "Spirit" Recognition Award has a simple abstract design with an ethereal flame shooting upwards. This unique award, designed by artist Bob Bennett, stands 14" high. The Spirit sculpture award is created in pewter, and is available in one of three finishes: 1) a natural pewter finish; 2) silver plating; and 3) gold plating. Spirit’s black marble base can be customized with an engraving of your choice.

The New Year will bring many new projects to the table. This sculpture award is the perfect way to appreciate those who will do such a great job with them. This is just one of many recognition awards that we offer. You can view them all right now at BennettAwards.net.

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by: Bennett Awards
Monday, December 29, 2008
Custom awards created by Bennett Awards were presented at the prestigious 4th annual Abu Dhabi Awards ceremony. The 2008 Abu Dhabi Awards, which were created by Bennett Awards artist MK Shannon, were bestowed at a ceremony on December 21, 2008, at the Emirates Palace. The awards were presented by His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Price of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The Abu Dhabi Awards honor citizens and residents who live or who have lived in the emirate of Abu Dhabi that have made a contribution to building a greater sense of community and social welfare within Abu Dhabi. These custom awards, which were designed by Bennett Awards artist MK Shannon, have been used for each of the Abu Dhabi Award ceremonies held to date.

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The "Achievement" Recognition award is another beautifully sculpted piece from Bennett Awards. There are many individuals, organizations and businesses that strive for a high level of achievement everyday. This is your opportunity to recognize those people who have reached a level of success that inspires others. This unique sculpture award is a wonderful way for you to show your grand appreciation.

The "Achievement" Recognition Award is an abstract representation of success, fulfillment and high achievement. Flowing lines reach upward to showcase individuals, organizations or businesses that go high above the norm to succeed. This unique sculpture award was created by artist Bob Bennett and stands a magnificent 15 inches tall, including the marble base. The sculpture award is created in pewter and available in multiple finishes. The black marble base can be customized with an engraving of your choice.

Recognition awards are perfect ways to show your appreciation for others. They will fully appreciate you or your organizations fine gesture. These fine sculpture awards will be handsome additions that will last for decades. You can find all of our recognition awards at Bennettawards.net.

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by: Bennett Awards
Friday, December 26, 2008
The corporate world is full of many new and, often, exciting challenges. These challenges, however, can increase pressures on the employees of the corporation. If the employees are not fully recognized for the efforts that they put into the company to achieve its goals and objectives, they can quickly lose their motivation. Once their motivation drops, their productivity suffers.

Corporations employ wide range of motivational tactics to keep their employees satisfied and motivated, helping them to perform their jobs more effectively and more efficiently. Many companies are beginning to use corporate awards to help motivate and recognize their employees.

In addition to improving employee morale and overall job satisfaction, corporate awards can help companies in a number of other ways. By increasing employee motivation, these recognition awards ensure that employees are working at their maximum productivity, helping both them and the company realize their individual and corporate objectives. Corporate awards can also augment the company’s employee relations and public relations efforts, and, by recognizing employee achievements and contributions, significantly decrease attrition.

When planning a corporate recognition event, it is important to plan the event in a very holistic way – all the elements of the recognition event should fit together around a common theme. The corporate awards are a key part of this, and should definitely fit into the theme of the overall event. One way to ensure a coordinated event is to hire a professional event manager. Not only does this leverage the experience and expertise of a specialist, it also alleviates line workers and managers of the execution responsibility.

When selecting the appropriate awards, we encourage you to take a look at our unique, custom sculpture awards. These unique recognition awards are true pieces of art featuring excellent craftsmanship. These are the kind of corporate awards that anyone will feel proud to showcase in their home or office, so your employees will feel grateful to be a part of your organization. Employees will appreciate your recognition of the hard work and the skills that they have invested in your organization. Once your employees have received high-quality corporate awards, it will provide a major boost to your respect and goodwill.

These corporate awards can also feature personalized engravings and messages; for example, a recipient’s name, company logo, or corporate slogan or motto. In addition, the award designs can be customized per your needs through the development of custom corporate awards. For example, a custom award could be created in the shape of your company icon.

With a level of quality and beauty far exceeding that of common trophies and plaques, these corporate awards are a prized reward for the recipient. By selecting an award your employees will prize, you will help motivate and incent your employees to produce at their full potential.

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by: Bennett Awards
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

At BennettAwards.net, we hold a deep respect in our hearts for the world of art and the acts of achievement. We feel that it is absolutely necessary to commemorate an individual who is deemed as perseverant for the betterment of him and/or others, no matter what the consequence or the level of difficulty. The power of determination is hard to come by, and those who possess that commanding quality should be recognized not only to honor them, but also to motivate others who might need a simple nudge of positive influence.

The “Moon Shadow” recognition award is a wonderful example of a sculpture depicting excellence and determination. The upward trajectory signifies the individual who is “on their way up to the top.” This award was created by Tom Bennett and stands 11.5”. In bronze with a high-polish bronze finish, this award will look amazing on a customized black marble base. Whether given as an award at an official ceremony or a sculpture for a gift, the recipient will beam with pride at the sight of this recognition award. Take a gander at our selection of recognition awards to find the one that best suits your purpose.

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by: Bennett Awards
Friday, December 19, 2008

During the holiday season there are individuals, companies and organizations that go above and beyond to help families experience the best holiday that they can imagine. These organizations help those in need have a great holiday in many ways. For reasons like this BennettAwards.net has created the "Family Circle" Recognition Award. This beautiful sculpture award would be a great way to recognize these people that help others during this wonderful "family" time of year.

The "Family Circle" Recognition Award conveys the love and support of family, whether it’s a natural family, or a family-like organization. The three figures in this sculpture award flow endlessly from one to another, forming a bond of unbroken circles. This sculpture award was designed by artist MK Shannon and is available in two different sizes. This unique award is available in three different finishes. The black marble base can be personalized with the engraved message of your choice.

Recognizing those who help others is a fantastic thing. Family is one of the most important aspects in each of our lives. This wonderful award will surely show these special people that you appreciate their fantastic efforts in helping others. Stop by BennettAwards.net to view this sculpture award today.

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by: Bennett Awards
Thursday, December 18, 2008
One question we often get is about the finish/plating options available on our pewter sculpture awards. We are always happy to discuss this, as this is one of the special attributes of the unique recognition awards that we provide.

In most cases, there are three plating finish/options for our pewter sculpture awards. The first is a natural, brushed pewter finish. The second is a gleaming silver plating. The third is a rich gold plating. All of these options produce beautiful sculpture awards – the choice really boils down to what is most appropriate for the event or presentation. On the Recognition Awards and Sports Awards pages of our Bennett Awards website, you can see photos of different sculpture awards featuring each of these finish options.

Some of our unique awards feature a combination of plating options. For example, the sculpture award “Circle of Life” is often produced with a natural brushed pewter finish on its body, and silver plating on its head.

This finish and plating options also apply to our pewter custom awards. When you engage in a custom awards project with us, and the award medium is pewter, you can choose which plating option to incorporate into your custom awards design.

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by: Bennett Awards
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Recognition Awards are a great way to recognize an individual, business or organization for their fantastic efforts. With the New Year quickly approaching, now may be the time to start thinking about whom you would like to show your appreciation too in the upcoming months. Here at BennetAwards.net our award-winning artists will customize any of our unique sculpture awards to fit your individual needs. All of our recognition awards can be customized to fit your specifications. The black marble bases can also be personalized to add that special touch. Here are just a few of our wonderful sculpture awards that you may choose from.

· The "Accolade" Recognition Award
· The "Aspire" Recognition Award
· The "Appreciation" Recognition Award
· The "Brilliant" Recognition Award

These are just a few of our unique awards. By browsing our site you will surely be able to find the award that fits your occasion. Our wonderful staff will work with you to customize your award in many ways. Stop by BennettAwards.net the next time you need a beautiful sculpture award.

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by: Bennett Awards
Friday, December 12, 2008

A person’s vision for something great is an inspiration that reaches many people, even more so if the vision is carried out. That dream can create meaningful changes that reach others lives and change them forever. An inspiration is a great gift that should be nurtured and cherished so that it can flourish.

The Vision recognition award distinguishes those who have had an inspiration or a vision and carried it out. The impressionistic figure sways as it reaches to the sky. The arms then turn in to the legs of another impressionistic figure, holding it up and reaching further into the sky. Bennett Award’s artist MK Shannon designed this rousing recognition award. It was created in pewter and it is available in one of three finished: natural pewter, silver plating, or gold and silver plating. The marble base can also be personalized.

For your next awards ceremony, or just because you want to, show someone your recognition by giving them the Vision award.

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by: Bennett Awards
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Custom awards are an ideal way to develop a recognition award that is unique and specific to an organization’s requirements and personality. Which off-the-shelf recognition awards can meet the needs of many events and organizations, sometimes presenting organizations want to infuse something unique and exclusive in the recognition awards that they present. In some cases this is a unique embodiment of something specific to the presenting organization – a logo, for example, in the case of corporate awards. In other cases, the custom awards may reflect the about the event or occasion for which it is being presented, or something germane and personal to the individual recipient.

There are many different options for creating custom awards. When people think about custom awards, they immediately think of new designs that are developed from the ground up for a specific need. While this is certainly one option for creating custom awards, there are a few other paths that can also yield recognition awards that are unique and customized to the needs of the customer. Four different options for creating custom awards are outlined below, moving from the least to most complex.

Option 1: Existing Designs with Custom Engravings

Any existing recognition award can be customized with a personalized engraving on its marble base. The client may want to specify the event name, the name of the recipient, the name of the award, the name (and perhaps logo) of the presenting organization, the presentation date, or a particularly applicable quote. This information, which is unique to the client, is engraved in the award’s black marble base using either a silver or gold filling.

These personalized engravings can be written in a number of different fonts, and organizations can even incorporate specific organizational logos on the marble base of the sculpture awards. Alternatively, another option is to affix engraved plaques to the bases of the custom awards. As above, these plaques can also contain information written in a variety of fonts and utilizing different logo designs.

Option 2: Existing Awards with Custom Elements

Some existing sculpture awards offer the ability to create custom elements that are incorporated in the award. Bennett Awards, for example, offers a number of different recognition awards designs that meet this requirement. One of our sculpture awards (Appreciation), for example, is a figure holding an object. This object, in turn, can be engraved with text or images of the customer’s choosing. The standard objects we stock are hearts, stars, and a child. However, we can easily create an object that is customized to the needs of a customer – a hammer, for example, for a construction company.

Option 3: Existing Designs Re-Sized with Custom Engravings

Sometimes just by modifying the size of existing sculpture awards organizations can create custom awards to match their requirements. As noted above, the marble base of these custom awards can be customized with personal engravings using a variety of font styles and graphic elements.

Option 4: New Custom Designs

If the customer desires a totally different and unique awards design, then a new, custom awards design can be created from scratch. The artists and account managers work on different raw ideas for the custom awards based on the customer’s requirements and inputs. The first step of this process is to develop rough sketches of the recognition awards design that can be discussed and modified with the customer. Once a sketch is selected, then an initial model is developed in either clay or wax. Again, this is reviewed and modified until it meets the customer requirements. Once the model is finalized, a mold is created, and the final custom awards are produced using this mold. The final step is to match this custom awards design with marble bases. As discussed above, these marble bases can then be personalized with custom engravings speaking to the unique nature of the event or recipient.

As you can see, “custom awards” can mean many different things, and there are a variety of options to choose from when creating custom awards. We work closely with customers to fully understand their needs, and help them select the right course of action to achieve the custom awards that they desire.

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by: Bennett Awards
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Reality shows seem to be the "in" thing as of late. The past few years, American Idol has done a segment when the Idols give back. In this special, the contestants of American Idol works with the community to raise money, deliver food and products, providing medical care, and teaching life and literacy skills. They work with the disadvantaged areas in the country. This special that American Idol runs won the show the "Brilliant" Sculpture Award by the National Association of Television Program Executives. The award ceremony is called the Reality Innovators and they award the shows most giving and helpful to the community. Rick Feldman, the NAPTE President and CEO, presented the Bennett Award to Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer, who accepted the award on behalf of American Idol's producers.

The award that BennettAwards.net created for the NATPE is of a star that exquisitely hangs over the side of the base. Bennett Award’s artist MK Shannon designed the unique sculpture award that depicts leadership and extraordinary passion. They had the base engraved and personalized for American Idol. For any awards ceremony, BennettAwards.net will create a perfect award for the occasion.

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by: Bennett Awards
Monday, December 8, 2008
Receiving recognition awards for showing skill or accomplishment in a particular field brings with it the feeling of excitement and joy. These awards play an important role in our lives, as they serve as long-lasting mementoes and souvenirs reminding us of our achievements and accomplishments. These awards can be presented for a virtually unlimited number of events or occasions – work-related accomplishments, academic achievements, personal or organizational milestones, or humanitarian efforts.

Companies present these awards to encourage the recipients to continue to perform at their full capability. Many times, these recognition awards are presented to employees to help boost their morale, resulting in increased dedication, satisfaction, and productivity. They can also be presented to employees as a simple but significant way of saying “thank you” for a job well done.

Often, these recognition awards are presented to employees or business associates at highly visible company meetings and events, helping enhance the company’s internal and external positioning.

The recognition awards can serve as a physical representation of the success achieved by the recipient. Apart from showcasing the success of the recipient, it also contributes to memorializing the fulfillment and achievement of a particular task, job or competition.

The unique designs incorporated by our recognition awards can represent important concepts, such as ambition, determination, and excellence. If desired, the designs of our recognition awards can be fully customized to your particular needs. These unique recognition awards are also available in different finishes, such as a natural pewter finish, silver plating or gold plating. Shining marble or granite bases can add to the grace and style of the achievement award.

To help commemorate the occaison, the bases of our recognition awards can be customized to include the name of the presenting institution, its logo, the name of the recipient, and any other detail, such as the name of the award or the purpose behind it. By adding a personalized engraving, you can make your recognition award speak directly to the accomplishments and achievements of the recipient.

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by: Bennett Awards
Friday, December 5, 2008

The mustang is an animal that represents honorable qualities. This impressive animal strongly depicts freedom, independence and a strong will. Hardy survival and a strong, fighting spirit are just a few characteristics that the mustang signifies. It would truly be an honor for someone to be rewarded the Mustang Recognition Award. This sculpture award shows your special person how much you truly appreciate them.

Created in an impressionistic style, this recognition award stands 10" tall, including its marble base. The award is created in pewter and is available in either of the four finished: a natural pewter finish, silver plating, bronze plating, or gold plating. The design of the mustang is open and shows the horse in a gallop. Award-winning artist MK Shannon created this sculpture award. The person who receives this beautiful piece will feel extremely privileged by the meaning behind this brilliantly designed sculpture award.

This sculpture award stands for power and determination. To effectively top off the piece the mustang's black marble base should be personalized with a special and unique engraving. This sculpture award is more than just a piece of art, but an exceptional token. You can view this award, or any of our other recognition awards at Bennettawards.net.

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by: Bennett Awards
Thursday, December 4, 2008

The "Bookends" Recognition Award is a new design created by artists Bob and Tom Bennett. Recognition awards are a wonderful way of showing appreciation to those who have worked hard to complete their tasks. Appreciation comes from the heart and is surely respected by others. This unique sculpture award is a fine piece of art designed by award winning artists.

The "Bookends" Recognition Award consists of two figures - one male and one female - struggling to hold up the books between them. The design of this sculpture award represents the persistence and hard work of the task at hand. Both figures stand at 8 inches tall, including the marble base. Created in pewter, this award available in a silver-plating finish, a gold plating finish and a natural pewter finish. As with all Bennett awards, the black marble base can be customized with the engraving of your choice.

This high-quality sculpture award will recognize the importance of the person, business or organization that receives it. Recognition awards make beautiful gifts to those who mean the most to you. The "Bookends" Recognition Award can be customized to fit your your specifications. View Bennettawards.net to find all of the latest recognition awards we have to offer.

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by: Bennett Awards
Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Custom awards, or sculpture awards, are wonderful for a great many occasions. For whatever the purpose, one of the artists at BennettAwards.net will work with you to design a personalized award or sculpture award that best suits your needs. While working collaboratively with the artist a custom award will be tailored to depict the exact creative image you are looking for.

Recently, Keith Shannon, of BennettAwards.net, created a custom award for the owners of the luxury suites in Tampa Bay’s football stadium. The sculpture award is of a pirate ship. From the flags and sails, to the ship itself, the intricate detail is astonishing. This award for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers shows that the artists are dedicated to developing the finest work of art for their clients. Our excellent customer service will quickly show that we are dedicated to build you the ultimate award. With the end of the year quickly approaching, you can have a beautiful custom sculpture award created just for your needs.

Consider a custom award for a company, organization or a special person. With the incredible detail and care that will be shown, you will surely be pleased with the outcome. You can beat the holiday rush this season. Simply stop by Bennetawards.net to place your order today.

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by: Bennett Awards
Monday, December 1, 2008
Are you looking for corporate awards that are absolutely perfect your next corporate recognition event? Then your search for the most unique, highest quality corporate awards should start and end with custom sculpture awards. Custom sculpture awards are classic, timeless pieces of art that capture and memorialize the essence of your special corporate presentation, and create a lasting icon for you recipients that will forever remind them of their recognition.

The custom sculpture awards are not like common trophies or plaques that will end up in an employee’s drawer. These custom corporate awards are finely showcased as mementos that will stand the test of time and make the recipient recall and relive those vibrant, colorful and unforgettable moments of their life.

These unique, custom sculpture awards also help to enhance the integrity and image of the corporate presentation and event. The custom corporate awards are special and beautiful pieces of art that can be proudly displayed by the recipients on the shelves of their homes or offices.

One of the best parts of using custom sculpture awards for corporate awards is that they cater to the needs and requirements of a broad range of companies. They can be customized for the event, the recipient, the presenting organization, or some combination thereof. One of the primary ways to personalize these corporate awards is through the use of personalized engravings upon their marble bases. The can also be personalized through the choice of finishes – for example, many awards are available in pewter, gold or silver plating.

These corporate awards can be easily customized along a number of different dimensions, including design, size, material, and finish. Organizations can choose the style and design that best fit their needs as well as their tastes.

These custom corporate awards are a totally unique and visible way to highlight the achievements of their recipients. As described above, their marble bases support personalized engravings including information such as presentation date, recipient name, or the name of the presenting organization. Also, these custom engravings can use many different font styles, and include graphics such as organizational logos.

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