Functional Corporate Gifts

For today’s organizations the concept of corporate gifts has emerged as an ultimate way to connect with their employees. While we all are habitual to the idea of receiving and giving gifts, it is always a delight for any employee to receive corporate gifts from his/ her organization as a reward for good or efficient work done. For organizations, corporate gifts are not only an easy way to impart a feeling of trust and accomplishment in an employee but also go a long way in inspiring other employees and showing them that the organization cares for them.

While ‘corporate gifts’ is a general word used for gifts that are given at a business level for corporate benefits, their use and applicability is further divided into many different subsets. For example a corporate gift given as a holiday gift is different from a corporate gift given to signify a promotion or as a retirement gift. Likewise, one such category of corporate gifts comes under the functional gifts section. Functional gifts not only provide the benefits of a corporate gift, they also have a utility factor for the employee or client to whom the gift is actually given to.

Functional corporate gifts are generally regarded as the corporate gifts that are useful for the employee in one way or the other. Corporate functional gifts are a great utility for anyone as they can either be used to improve work efficiency or making working a fun thing to do. While pens are a great functional corporate gift, their use is very much restricted; moreover they are such a common corporate accessory that any more pens then a person really needs would make them end in a desk drawer rather then immediate usage.

It is a common understanding that functional gifts have to be functional at the office, which is not the case. Functional gifts can be anything that would have maximum utility to the employee. Rather that being office equipment or a thing used as office stationary, functional gifts can also be simple and affordable things like a purse, an umbrella, a briefcase, or home/desk cleaning kit. The idea behind functional gifts is not to be right in the corporate sense but to have high utility for the employee.

There are many things that can be called functional corporate gifts and are affordable too. A USB pen drive can be called a perfect example of a great corporate gift that is also functional. USB’s pen drives can be bought for a wide range of storage needs, and are also a great utility for storing computer as well as transferring it to other places. A USB, writing pad or a coffee mug with your company logo and name would more then serve its purpose as a functional gift by acting as an useful utility which would not only make your employee remember you but would also be an asset to him. Make your gifts look great by filling them with stuff; for example, while a USB can have a presentation of your company stored in it, the coffee mug could contain confetti or candies for your employees and clients to enjoy and remember you indefinitely.