“A man, let’s call him Al, was walking near a bridge when he heard a loud splash. Al rushed over to the river below and found a man had slipped and fell in. Al jumped in and rescued this stranger.
The stranger, let’s call him Bill, was taken to the hospital where he recuperated for the week. During that week, Al came twice a day to check up on Bill’s progress. Following Bill’s release from the hospital, the two of them continued their communication and developed a strong enduring friendship…”
This story is not unlike many each of us has experienced. An event or happenstance brings us together with someone else that we had never met before, and that meeting develops into a strong lasting relationship. But what changed between the day before the meeting and the day after the meeting to initiate such a strong friendship?
The day before the meeting, the two were unconnected individuals among billions of other unaffiliated individuals. They were just a name or a face in the crowd. After the incident, a bond developed. They were no longer just a random stranger in the greater public. The incident brought them together. They were connected. The relationship became personal.
Recognition systems work the same way. With no recognition systems, the connection doesn’t even begin. With the current recognition systems, the presentation of a name starts the connection. With APIOH – A Place In Our Hearts, the connection develops into a strong heartfelt bond that stays with someone forever.
Let APIOH help create those eternal bonds between those being recognized, those connecting through the recognition, and the organizations that facilitate the ongoing relationship. Let APIOH ‘help make it personal’.