Most of us are familiar with the gold, silver and bronze medal awards given to athletes at the Olympic Games, but few are aware of the long history of the medal as an award medallion. The first recorded instance of a medal being given as an award comes from the works of the ancient historian Josephus. In his account of Alexander the Great’s conquests, Joshepus relates that Alexander awarded the Hebrew King, Jonathan, a “golden button” for his service to Alexander’s campaign.  Armed forces all over the world have since adopted the medal as a recognition of a soldier’s service or exceptional gallantry. Perhaps the most well known of these medals is the Medal of Honor, which is awarded, often posthumously, to US soldiers who display exceptional gallantry in combat.

The award medal can also be used as recognition for less solemn achievements. As mentioned, they are used to honor the accomplishments of athletes and can even be used to recognize someones academic and personal achievement.

Medal Awards for Sports

Medals are a great way to recognize both individuals and entire teams for their achievements. Medal awards are especially suited to youth sports organizations. Tournaments can be made even more exciting with a medal award at stake! Often times, youth sports organization design the tournament so that there will be a first, second and third place team or individual. This is a great opportunity to honor the achievements of not only the top dog with gold medal awards, but also the second and third place athletes with silver and bronze medal awards.

Medal Awards for Academic Achievements

Instead of a bulky trophy or a flimsy certificate that can get lost, stained or torn, a medal is a durable way to recognize someones intellectual and academic achievements. A medal award can be  engraved and shows that you recognize the unique academic achieve of the recipients. Medal awards are often used at science fairs, spelling bee’s and other academic competitions.

Medal Awards with Motivision Awards Reno

Motivision Awards in Reno is your one stop shop for all of your award needs. We offer a large variety of promotional and personal award styles from medals, trophies and certificates to engraved crystal awards and promotional apparel. Whatever your award ceremony, competition or company needs, Motivision Awards has what you need. Come stop by our products page and contact us today. We look forward to hearing from you!

 

 

 

One of the most difficult parts of modern marketing is making your brand stand out against the crowd of logos, slogans and advertisements. Branding requires patience and a measured introduction of the concepts and ideas related to your company or product. The strategy needs to be consistent across several mediums and convey a similar if not exact message about your product or company. And there are many ways that a branding strategy can be implemented. One of the best, long lasting and effective methods of branding is to use Customized promotional items. Let’s take a look.

What are Customized Promotional Items?

Customized promotional items are items that you can use to make your company stand among the crowd. From uniforms, t-shirts and other wearable promotional products to mugs and pens, promotional products consist of anything you can put your company name on.

Benefits of Customized Promotional Items

Your logo on a pen or a mug is a long last advertising opportunity. It differs slightly from a TV ad though. While TV ads are designed to get a message to a large number of people once or a few times, a promotional product is more focused. A promotional product like a mug is a constant reminder to the owner that your company and services exist. Promotional products are like a customer anchor. They keep your customer mindful of your product and coming back to you when they need the service that you provide. Because of this, promotional items are great long term advertising investment.

Another benefit of using promotional products is the sense of professionalism they signal to potential customers. Uniforms are a common use of wearable promotional items that are good for both branding and creating a professional appearance.

Customized Promotional Items with Motivision Awards of Reno

Motivision Corporate Awards is a promotional product distributor and proud member of the Advertising Specialty Institute. We are proud to offer promotional products, advertising specialties and much more to our clients.

These promotional products help advertisers get more exposure and better return on investment than many traditional methods of marketing, such as TV, Radio, Magazines and more.

Promotional Products like  mugs, pens and t-shirts are memorable and provide a better cost per impression for businesses, clubs and other organizations to get their name and message out to the world.

Come check out our promotional products and contact us today! We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Are you a manager who needs to boost morale around the office? A coach who needs to inspire your team into the next season? A fundraiser who wants to honor and recognize the largest contributors to your cause? If you said yes to any of these, then you should think about the many awards and trophies that you can give to your team, or your employees, or your gracious contributors.  Awards and trophies are a great way to show your appreciation. Let’s take a look at some of the most popular types of awards and trophies.

Engraved Awards and Trophies

If you want to add a personal touch and really display the accomplishments of the award recipient, the best way to do this is to have the award engraved with the name of the person and the achievement for which they are being recognized. An engraved plaque is a classy way to show your appreciation for a top donor to a cause.

Crystal Awards and Trophies

With their clean cut design, smooth surfaces and eye catching beauty, custom crystal awards are reserved most often for the recognition of professional achievement. A custom engraving of frost glass on a transparent crystal background conveys both elegance and high regard. With a custom crystal award, the recipient will be sure that their hard work and accomplishments have truly noted.

Plaques

A custom plaque is essentially a wall mounted trophy. The ornate designs of the margins can be catered and customized to the event, award recipient or organization. Custom Plaques can come in a wide range of materials from solid metal to wood to the elegance of crystal. And like the crytal awards, a custom plaque conveys a sense of professional achievement, an accomplishment of studious labor and long nights. With a custom plaque, your employees will be certain that their contributions are appreciated.

Awards and Trophies with Motivision Awards in Reno

Motivision has a wide variety of awards and trophies that can be customized for your event and they are made for SHOWING OFF!

From traditional column trophies to specialty designs and resins, Motivision can make something that highlights your event’s achievements.

Our design team works closely with you to meet your budget needs and offer a variety of choices.  From small marble single column trophies to a completely custom molded acrylic award, we can get you where you want to be.

A custom award is a great way to show your team, employees or any persons deserving of recognition that you really care. And the personal touch that can achieved with a custom award tells the recipient that they have not achieved a cookie cutter accomplishment. No, a custom award says that they personally deserve it and that you were caring and thoughtful enough to customize the award to showcase their accomplishment.

There are a variety of different styles and mediums in which custom awards can be created. Let’s take a look at some of the most popular custom award types.

Custom Trophies

When it comes to custom awards, there are few items as popular as the custom trophy. A custom trophy is great for kid’s sports teams. They can be individualized for each member of the team, highlighting their jersey number, position and accomplishments. If you need a tournament trophy for a team, a custom trophy is a great way to go. The tournament custom team trophy can be engraved with the event and the names of all the teams that have won it in the past. If it is an annual tournament, like the Stanley Cup, the engraving can be updated every year.

Custom Crystal Awards

With their clean cut design, smooth surfaces and eye catching beauty, custom crystal awards are reserved most often for the recognition of professional achievement. A custom engraving of frost glass on a transparent crystal background conveys both elegance and high regard. With a custom crystal award, the recipient will be sure that their hard work and accomplishments have truly noted.

Custom Plaques

A custom plaque is essentially a wall mounted trophy. The ornate designs of the margins can be catered and customized to the event, award recipient or organization. Custom plaques can come in a wide range of materials, from solid metal to wood to the elegance of crystal. And like the crystal awards, a custom plaque conveys a sense of professional achievement, an accomplishment of studious labor and long nights. With a custom plaque, your employees will be certain that their contributions are appreciated.

Custom Awards with Motivision Awards

No matter what your custom awards needs are, Motivision Awards in Reno can help get you the perfect award for your recipient. Whether its trophies, medals, crystal or plaques, Motivision Awards has what you need. Come check out our products, apparel and custom awards and contact us today!