Excellence in Motivation Earns Incentive Magazine’s Motivation Masters Award for Support of the Acushnet Healthwise Wellness Program

Dayton, OH, December 06, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Excellence In Motivation (EIM) has been named one of 13 finalists in the first annual Motivation Masters Awards competition sponsored by Nielsen Business Media’s Incentive Magazine. As a finalist, EIM will receive the 2009 Motivation Masters Award in the Wellness Program category. EIM will also be in the running for the Overall Motivation Masters Award, to be presented at the Las Vegas Incentive Marketplace December 7, 2009 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

Excellence In Motivation earned this award for supporting “HealthWise—Wellness for Life, an Acushnet Company Associate Initiative” developed by Acushnet Company, manufacturer of Titleist, Cobra, FootJoy and Pinnacle golf products. Program goals are to encourage specific health and fitness behaviors, improve lifestyles and reduce healthcare costs. EIM provided the following incentive services: custom website creation and hosting, online management reporting, participant support and system administration, “Learn ’n Earn” educational reinforcement and monthly award payouts via reloadable prepaid Visa cards.

According to Dave Laclede, EIM’s Director, Client Account Management, the HealthWise program continued to generate significant results in 2008. “Acushnet employee participation exceeded 80%, 90% of associates completed healthcare screenings, 73% of associates were actively engaged with a HealthWise coach and mental health medical claim costs decreased by 52%.”

Excellence In Motivation, Inc. is a full-service performance improvement company headquartered in Dayton, OH. It provides support for many Fortune 1000 clients through a network of strategically located sales offices. EIM creates comprehensive performance incentives and business-improvement strategies aimed at positively changing the behavior(s) of one or all of the audiences that matter most to our clients’ business performance: employees, channel partners and customers. For more information about EIM, visit www.eim-inc.com.

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