The Ice Bucket Challenge and Employee Engagement
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the Ice Bucket Challenge
and Employee
EngagementHas your employee recognition program gone viral?
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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has become the latest viral sensation.
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While the original concept was to give $100 to ALS or face a frozen bucket, many people are getting soaked and donating anyway, which has resulted in hundreds of thousands of videos shared and over $79 million* donated to deserving nonprofits who serve those with this disease.
*As of 8/25/14 http://www.alsa.org/fight-als/ice-bucket-challenge.html
But how is employee engagement like an ice bucket over the head?
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The need to be recognized. Most people would agree that making a donation to medical research is a worthwhile thing to do, although many rarely follow through on it. When that check-writing (behavior) is shared with an entire social network (recognition), people are more likely to participate.
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The need to be recognized. Most people would agree that making a donation to medical research is a worthwhile thing to do, although many rarely follow through on it. When that check-writing (behavior) is shared with an entire social network (recognition), people are more likely to participate.
.The Takeaway: People will change their behavior in astonishing ways, given the right motivation and the chance to be recognized publically for it.
Desire to make a difference. Most people want to make the world a better place. The secret behind this viral campaign is also the key to a well-planned engagement program. When you make it appealing and simple enough, people will behave the way you want them to.
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Desire to make a difference. Most people want to make the world a better place. The secret behind this viral campaign is also the key to a well-planned engagement program. When you make it appealing and simple enough, people will behave the way you want them to.
The Takeaway: Tap into this desire and your employees will accomplish amazing things. Recognize them for it and these behaviors will become ingrained in your organization’s culture.
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Connection to social. Public recognition among social networks is a big part of the ice bucket challenge’s appeal. The lure of being publically recognized can have the same power for your employees, too.
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Connection to social. Public recognition among social networks is a big part of the ice bucket challenge’s appeal. The lure of being publically recognized can have the same power for your employees, too.
The Takeaway: Give employees a recognition platform that integrates what people love about social media with the ability to recognize hard work or achievement of a goal in front of their peers and leaders.
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Leading the way. Images of celebrities and public figures drenching themselves has been another part of the challenge’s appeal. Similarly, leaders of your organization should set the standard for recognition by being active participants.
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Leading the way. Images of celebrities and public figures drenching themselves has been another part of the challenge’s appeal. Similarly, leaders of your organization should set the standard for recognition by being active participants.
The Takeaway: When employees see their leaders get excited about an initiative, they are more likely to get on board… quickly!
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THE COLD, HARD TRUTH ABOUT THE
ALS #IceBucketChallenge
Tim Houlihan, Vice President, Reward Systems Group
BI WORLDWIDE
BIWORLDWIDE.com
©BI WORLDWIDE™ 2014 | Proprietary & Confidential
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has become the latest viral sensation, arriving
with perfect timing at the end of a long summer, when boredom is so rampant
that even a brain freeze starts to seem like a good idea.
Of course, it’s all for a good cause — to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS), the neurodegenerative disorder also known as Lou Gehrig’s
disease. While the original concept was to give $100 to ALS or face the frozen
bucket, many people are getting soaked and donating anyway, which has
resulted in hundreds of thousands of videos shared across social media sites.
So far, over $79 million* has been donated to deserving nonprofits who serve
those with this disease, which is particularly good news to me, as one of my
brothers suffers from ALS.
How is employee engagement
like an ice bucket over the head?
When this many people engage in an uncharacteristic behavior, we get very
interested. Because we’re in the business of studying the science of human
behavior, all of us at BI WORLDWIDE have been following the ALS Ice Bucket
Challenge phenomenon very closely. Our hallway and lunchroom conversations
have tended toward wondering what, if anything, this viral craze has proven
about human behavior. There are a few universal truths that seem to apply,
especially as they relate to our customers and to the business of employee
engagement and recognition.
Here’s what we’re noticing:
Need to be recognized.
Writing a check for $100 for medical research is something everyone
would probably say is a worthwhile thing to do, although most people don’t
get around to actually following through on this good intention very often.
But when that check-writing (behavior) is tied to the chance to show everyone
in your social network how brave, altruistic and trendy you are (recognition),
then people, in droves, will change their behavior and do something truly out
of the ordinary.
Takeaway: People will change their behavior in astonishing ways, given the
right motivation and the chance to be recognized publically for it.
Desire to make a difference.
At their heart, most people would like to help make the world a better place.
And at your organization, most people want to do a good job. The secret
behind this viral campaign is also the secret behind a well-planned
engagement program – when you make it appealing enough, and simple
enough, people will behave the way you want them to. Each time one of your
employees is recognized for a job well done or by demonstrating one of your
corporate values, it becomes an example of exemplary behavior that is likely
to be repeated.
Learn how the Ice Bucket Challenge applies to your employee recognition program by
downloading our article now.
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BI WORLDWIDE uses the principles of behavioral economics to produce measurable results for our clients by driving and sustaining engagement with their employees, channel partners and customers.
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