Ideas for Corporate Gifts
- Coffees, teas, cups, coffee makers, teapots
- Food gifts
- Gift baskets
- Desk accessories, such as bookends, pens, globe, maps, figurines
- Drinkware including stemware, decanters
- Vases, sculpture, figurines
- Sports-related items, suchas clothing, memorabilia, tickets, equipment
- Candy dish
- Candles, portpourri
- For some gifts, personal accessories, such as cuff links, tie clip, watch, scarves, wallet, handbag, fragrance are appropriate.
- Gift certificates
- Activity gifts, such as www.experiencegifts.com
- Tickets or gifts certificates to spas, restaurants, concerts, or entertainment venues
- Books: bestsellers, books of interest to the recipient or books on local/regional topic
- Plants and flowers (Sometimes)
Other Resources
Protocol Partners-Washington Center for Protocol, a private protocol services firm, has a well-written "protocol brief" on corporate gift giving.