Fun at Work Day 2010

Fun at Work Day, also known as National Fun at Work Day, always occurs April 1 - at least according to some websites. Other sites claim the date is always January 28 in the United States. Still others claim that the event occurs in 2010 on January 30.

International Fun at Work Day is always on April 1 - unless the date falls on a weekend. According to playfair.com, Thursday April 1, 2010 is the Fourteenth Annual International Fun At Work Day.

It's not unusual for holidays to have different dates for National and International celebrations. For example, National Teacher Appreciation Day is May 4, 2010 in the United States, while most countries celebrate October 5, 2010 as World Teachers Day.

So when is Fun at Work Day 2010 in the United States - January 28, January 30, or April 1?

The truth is, we don't know. Feel free to chime in on the subject using the comments section.

And remember, every day can be Fun at Work Day with Funny Employee Awards!

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Funny Awards for Restaurant Staff

I'm looking to create some funny awards for restaurant staff. Working in the food service industry is a constant source of humor from both customers and coworkers. What better way to blow off some steam than with a little humor? I need ideas for waiters, waitresses, hostesses, kitchen staff, cooks, busboys - anyone involved in food service.

These are for employee awards that you might hand out to coworkers at an end-of-the-year awards ceremony. Plays on restaurant terms like weeds, 86, busing, etc. make great award names. Or focus on common characteristics like always mixing up orders, forgetting the daily specials, or most likely to drop a plate. Examples might be:

• The Eighty Six Award - for the wait person who is always out
• The Weed Whacker Award - for being able to handle any situation
• Jack and the Beanstalk Award - for best upsell

If you look around this site, you'll find tons of free award ideas you could use for food service professionals. Awards like these can be used for any worker - not just those who work in an office environment:

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I really just need ideas and terms specific to the restaurant industry. Don't worry too much about making the awards funny - I can do that. If I get a strong enough response, I'll put the collection together in a new eBook as a companion to my current best-seller Funny Employee Awards. And if I up use your funny award idea in the eBook, I'll make sure you get a complimentary copy when it comes out.

Please submit your award ideas here, post them in the comments section, or email me directly.

Fake Trophies - Funny Fake Awards

A lot of people come to this site looking for fake trophies. Luckily, we have some very real awards that make great fake awards for your next gathering. These novelty trophies feature gold figurines mounted on a black marble base. The funny award text is engraved directly onto the plaque for posterity. I chose humorous figurines and gave the awards names that could have multiple meanings for a wide variety of occasions:

	Big Mouth Bass Award For... biggest gossip; most talkative; swimming upstream; stinking up the joint; always angling for new business; hooking the biggest new client... See this funny award
	Burning Rubber Award For... racing away from work the fastest; racing into work the fastest; speeding past the competition; fastest completion of projects; longest commute... See this funny trophy
	Rear End Award For... always showing your backside; working your a** off (hardest worker); backing out of (tight spots, tough situations, deadlines, etc)... See this gag trophy
	Big Kahuna Award For... excellence in surfing the Internet; bringing in a tidal wave of (sales, clients, new business, etc); riding out the waves; rising to the top... See this fake trophy
	Golden Turkey Award For... worst idea; always in a spirit of Thanksgiving; gobbling up (sales, funds, office supplies, etc)... See this funny trophy
	El Matador Award For... cutting through all the bull; dodging the bull; riding out the bull; smoothly handling angry customers; grace under pressure... See this fun trophy

Take some time to explore our web site. We also have free fake certificates, fake award certificates, fake certificate templates, printable fake certificates, and much more.

Think of the possibilities... Buy some fake trophies and have a real funny awards show!

Funny Awards for Real Estate Agents

I'm looking to create some funny awards for real estate agents. Let's face it - the industry could use a few good laughs this year. And with office party budgets getting cut, fun awards are a great way for realtors to cut loose and have fun without breaking the bank. I need ideas from real estate agents, apartment managers, appraisers, office staff, mortgage brokers - anyone involved in the real estate industry.

These are for awards that you might hand out to coworkers at an end-of-the-year awards ceremony. Plays on real estate terms like absentee owner, A.R.M, easement, junior lien, short sale, etc. make great award names. Examples might be:

• The Short Sale Award - for the agent always coming up short on sales
• The Absentee Owner Award - for the boss who is never in the office
• The Sham Wow Award - for the agent always cleaning up messes

I really just need ideas and terms specific to the real estate industry. Don't worry too much about making the awards funny - I can do that. If I get a strong enough response, I'll put the collection together in a new eBook called "Funny Awards for Real Estate Agents" as a companion to my current best-seller Funny Employee Awards. And if I up use your funny award idea in the eBook, I'll make sure you get a complimentary copy when it comes out.

My preference is for you to submit your award ideas here. But you can also post in the comments section or email me directly. 

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Workplace Humor - Humor in the Workplace

CIO magazines outlines the benefits of workplace humor in their recent article, "Making IT Fun Again". While we've long been huge advocates of the topic, this article presents a good in-depth case study of how one specific company used humor in the workplace to achieve specific morale and productivity gains.

Dave Patzwald, CIO of Schneider Electric N.A., a provider of energy management solutions, understood the benefits that workplace humor can bring: greater productivity, better camaraderie, happier workers. And now is a critical time to make humor a priority, says Stuart Robertshaw, retired psychology professor and author of DrHumor.com. "With the bad economy, people need a reason to look forward to coming to work," he says. "Happy people go the extra mile; they're more creative and ultimately produce better products."

Read the full article at CIO.com. And for further reading on the topic of humor in the workplace, check out these books:

There's No I in Office: 4293 Meaningless Phrases to Keep Your Coworkers Smiling While Avoiding Actual Conversation Contrary to conventional wisdom, the greatest challenge in today's office environment is not how to keep from being stabbed in the back by corporate climbers; it's how to avoid burdensome friendships with well-intentioned but energy-sucking office mates.

	The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance The authors advocate creating a "carrot culture" in which successes are continually celebrated and reinforced. Dozens of recognition techniques include the obvious ("When a top performer is going on a particularly long business trip, upgrade her ticket to business class") to the offbeat ("Hire a celebrity impersonator to leave a congratulatory voice-mail message on an employee's phone").
	Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace Creativity is crucial to business success. But too often, even the most innovative organization quickly becomes a "giant hairball"--a tangled, impenetrable mass of rules, traditions, and systems, all based on what worked in the past--that exercises an inexorable pull into mediocrity. Great for any manager looking for new ways to invigorate employees, and any professional who wants to achieve his or her best, most self-expressive, most creative and fulfilling work.
	101 Funny Employee Awards: Your Complete Guide to Organizing a Humorous, Entertaining, and Rewarding Recognition Ceremony Around every place of business, there comes a time when it’s necessary to give those who toil there a “thank you” that’s bigger than just dental coverage. And that’s where the employee recognition awards ceremony comes in. Just make sure your ceremony isn’t dry and boring by handing out creative and funny certificates. "Funny Employee Awards" includes 101 printable award certificates plus 6 blank award templates for creating your own funny awards. A staple of workplace humor!

Office Superlatives - Most Likely Superlatives Ideas for Business, Work

Office superlatives are a great way to add laughter to this year's holiday office party. You remember superlatives from high school: most likely to succeed, most popular, friendliest... Don't worry, I didn't get one, either. But now is our chance! The workplace is full of potential superlative awards.

The Loch Ness Award for least likely to be found.

Business superlatives can be good or bad, usually taking the form of "most likely to" or "least likely to". They typically take the form of "[Award Title] for most/least likely to [attribute]." There are lots of people in the office who are worthy of work superlatives. They include:

• the employee always eating other people's food
• the person most likely to lose paperwork
• the worker most likely to forward annoying emails
• the person most likely to put their foot in their mouth
• the employee least likely to arrive on time
• the staff member most likely to be surfing the Internet instead of working

The hard part in creating office superlative awards is making them funny. After all, the idea is to create a few laughs, not awkward tension. That's why we've assembled a team of top comedians and office workers to do the work for you. The result: 101 Funny Employee Awards. Download the certificates and start handing out office superlatives right away!

Reward Employees with the Gift of Laughter!

Have the Best Staff Party Ever! That's the headline I chose for our first direct mail postcard. You can check out a mockup of the postcard below. The back reads:

Reward with the Gift of Laughter!

Make your next staff meeting unforgettable! These funny awards are perfect for any organization.

• Low Cost way to have the best staff party yet.
• Presentation Tips will save you time and preparation.
• Over 100 Awards guarantee something for everyone.

For office parties, staff recognition, employee meetings, annual ceremonies or any occasion that needs more laughs!

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And of course it has all of the requisite contact info. I would normally outsource a design project like this, but I was pressed for time and ended up taking the photo and doing the layout myself. I think it turned out pretty good. What do you think?

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