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IncentiveDirect newsfeed. December 2007.

IncentiveDirect creates innovative online reward and recognition systems.
We believe that rewards are the currency of inspiration.

This is our final newsfeed for 2007. We hope that you enjoy reading it. If you have any comments or feedback, please send them to martin.gittins@incentivedirect.com.

/01. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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From everyone at IncentiveDirect we hope you have a very pleasant holiday season, and that 2008 brings you prosperity and happiness.

2008 is going to be another inspirational year for IncentiveDirect.

Note that the office will be closed from 24th December until 2nd January. While users can still log-in and use the iD-points system at any time, no orders will be processed or scheduled for delivery during this period.

/02. This year's charity.

Well Child

This year, as last year, we have decided to donate money to charity, rather than sending out Christmas cards.

This year we have chosen the charity WellChild, which provides care and nursing for sick children in the UK.

Find out more at www.wellchild.org.uk

/03. Project Chameleon Sneak Peek 2

Universal forms

We continue to make good progress with the development of the new version of iD-points. We will be in contact with clients during the course of next month to discuss the phased introduction and implementation of the new system.

For this months sneak peek we are going to tell you what we are doing with our forms feature. At the moment, supervisors can set a number of different ways of capturing information, allowing users to earn extra points by completing exams, surveys, or submitting forms.

In the new system, we are combining Forms, Surveys and Exams into one universal forms tool. By simplifying the way that the forms tool works, supervisors will have a lot more flexibility in the way that they create and implement a wide range of communication and feedback features using iD-points.

What we've done is to use some abstract thinking. Essentially, any online test, feedback survey, purchase claim, or event registration is effectively an online form. What make it different are the way that the form is structured, the types of responses allowed, and of course, whether points are rewarded or not.

So now supervisors will be able to set test with no restrictions on number of questions, number of answers, and add images and content to the start and end of a test. They can choose whether to reward points or not.

Simplicity and flexibility lie at the heart of the new iD-points system.

/04. Recent blog entries.

Operations centre

The IncentiveDirect blog is the place to head for our views on incentives and motivation.

Recent entries include:

Feel-good motivational story

"motorists in Sacremento may be in for a surprise if pulled over for the police this Christmas"

Just another Mega-Monday

"This year, according to The Times, the online tills will ring to the tune of £5 billion, with total online sales for December 2007 estimated at £15 billion."

Enterprise software - designed to sound expensive

"If there are two words that strike terror into my heart it's Enterprise Software."

/05. Best of the year.

Radiohead Leona Lews Amy Winehouse

Rather than focus on new products this month, let's look back at some killer merchandise of the last 12 months.

Albums of the year
2007 has been a vintage year for music and here are 3 great albums, with a fine return from Radiohead - one of the great bands - a shining new star in Leona Lewis, and Amy WInehouse, while she may be on the front of the newspapers most days, possesses a belting voice that few can match.

iPod nano

iPod nano
Apple reinvented portable music players again this year with stunning nano range. Never afraid to innovate, the company boldly replaced the old form factor super-slim nano with this little beauty.

Tag Heuer

Tag Heuer Formula One Gents Quartz Watch
Bring the pub home with this beer chiller and dispenser, giving cold beer on tap, right next to your sofa! The most stylish watch yet from one of the luxury brands, the Tag Heuer watch is refined and polished without becoming the ostentation or bling-bling of say a Rolex or a Cartier.

/06. Contact details.

You can contact IncentiveDirect in a number of ways

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