NEC Gala Dinner with Smilie
Nurturing Sustainability and Employee Delight: A Smilie Case Study with NEC Asia Pacific
The Gifting Experience
Client: NEC Asia Pacific
Event: Business Excellence Awards Gala Dinner
Audience: >800 NEC employees and VIP guests
How might we:
Continuously enhance sustainability efforts and employee delight at events while maximizing the impact per budget dollar spent?
The Smilie Experience
the choice of gifts
- Incorporate meaningful gifting into NEC Asia Pacific’s annual gala dinner.
- Reduce waste and provide employees with useful gifts.
- Provide the option for employees to choose charitable donations instead of physical gifts.
The Results
High employee satisfaction
Employees loved being able to choose their gift and praised that “gift options are great” and “thoughtful to be able to donate”.
Contribution to charities
A remarkable 20% of gift choices were donations – $1,640 donated to charities instead of wasted on unnecessary items.
Cost savings
12% of total budget allocated for gifts was saved with options to choose the preferred gift and just-in-time production.
Voices of Delight
Using the Smilie platform for our NEC APAC 2023 Business Excellence Awards Gala Dinner was a game-changer – the user-friendly interface and wide selection of options made the whole process seamless and enjoyable., Thanks to Smilie, we were able to enhance sustainability efforts by reducing unwanted gifts, while ensuring our employees felt valued and appreciated. It was a win-win for everyone involved!
Smilie for Your Events
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