Leadership Tips & Training Victory Celebrations

Leaders often ask for new ideas for their victory celebrations. I have written tips on victory celebration themes, and ideas for the celebration itself. One question that I have not addressed is, "What types of awards do you present at your victory celebration?" I have developed a list of things to celebrate to help you award individuals for their success beyond weight loss . If possible I would give every person an award for something, and in fact, I have done that very thing!   At the victory celebration it is important that everyone find something to celebrate. I pray this list will help!

Things to celebrate:

    * Perfect Attendance
    * Lower Blood Pressure
    * Lower Cholesterol Level
    * Most Inches Lost
    * Scripture Memory (able to say all 10 verses at the end of the session)
    * Sugar Free for 12 Weeks!
    * 110% Award (for those who went over and above in effort)
    * Sunshine Award   (for the one with the best attitude)
    * Session Goal Award (reached their goal for weight loss that session)
    * Encourager Award (the member who stood out as the encourager to all the members on a consistent basis)
    * Exercise Award (the member who had the greatest improvement in their activity level) 
    * Servant Award (the member who volunteered to help out the most often)


Nancy Taylor
Leadership Training Director


Nancy Taylor is the First Place Leadership Training Director and joined the First Place staff in 1997. Nancy teaches leadership principles to First Place Leaders throughout the country and at Houston's First Baptist Church where she coordinates all the First Place groups. . Nancy also speaks at First Place workshops, rallies, retreats, and conferences, where she delights her audiences with humor and encourages them with boldness. She writes a monthly article, which includes helpful tips for leaders, for the First Place E-newsletter, and was a contributing writer to the Today is the First Day devotional book. Nancy is the resident First Place Bible Concordance because of her love for Scripture memory.