When you work in any kind of professional role, it’s important to feel presentable, confident, and recognisable as a practitioner of what you do. This especially applies if you have a role where you’re in a position of trust – such as a doctor, teacher, nurse or care worker. It also applies when you work in a large office, contact centre, factory or another kind of operational area where you might not know everyone by name and need to have a rapid way of identifying yourself and others.
Printed lanyards are extremely useful in a variety of situations, and people who wear them often feel proud to display their lanyards. For example:
– A community worker will be able to identify themself to a client and set that feeling of trust.
– A nurse can immediately identify themself to a new patient and rapidly access secure areas of the hospital.
– Office workers can flow through building security by having branded lanyards that show who they are, and what their role is.
Feeling pride in belonging
When we can identify ourselves with printed lanyards it also creates that sense of belonging and ownership. By displaying our name and other details we can:
– Show who we are and help people to learn our name
– Immediately share details of our role and other necessary professional credentials (for example, a gas fitter might have GasSafe credentials flagged on a lanyard, as well as on their official certificate to rapidly create that necessary authenticity and regulation.)
– Create a sense of pride and ownership in the lanyard wearer – a sense of connection with the brand and the employer that they work for
– A sense of pride in having a certain role and operating in a professional capacity amongst the general public. Many people do wear their lanyards with pride as they convey professional standing, achievement, trust and responsibility. These are all attributes we should rightly feel proud about possessing, and printed lanyards are a quick visual indicator that the individual wearing them is an authentic, trusted and successful professional in their field.
The beauty of personalised lanyards
Nowadays, the world of lanyards is moving on, and many people are also finding great joy in making and choosing their personalised lanyards. These products are extremely versatile and can be used in a range of situations to denote ownership, participation, employment or support. For example:
– Personalised lanyards are great for trade events, where stand and stallholders can identify their role at the event and gain access to the exhibitor area with ease
– Personalised lanyards are ideal for school trips to external premises – or for organised groups such as the Scouts or Brownies, where groups can also quickly show that they belong to a larger party. This can help with security and safety as well as for rapid ID and belonging.
– Lanyards can be used as promotions too, to giveaway at conferences, staff events and other promotional occasions, as an incentive.
Personalised lanyards are also attractive to look at, robust, easy to use and adjust and they last the test of time. With modern manufacturing processes, they are also extremely cost-effective and can be printed in an array of colours and styles, so that the effect is in line with your desired finish. After all, what will make you feel prouder than a really attractive, high-quality lanyard that looks great, is up to the job and which you can instantly put around your neck to show who you are, who you are with and what you are doing there!
Choosing the right lanyards
For your employees, students, participants or customers to feel great about wearing your lanyard, make sure you invest in a quality product. This is important from an environmental and reusability aspect too, as high-quality materials allow you to invest in a product that will be durable. Otherwise the old maxim of ‘buy cheap buy twice’ is likely to come into play!
Tips for creating lanyards that people will feel proud to wear
1. Use a one-stop shop such as Just Lanyards for the biggest range of personalised lanyards and pre-printed lanyards to suit all needs. Whether you need a simple or complex lanyard, you will find the right product, from single colour event products through to detailed screen prints. Just Lanyards can also use high tech processes to create cutting-edge finishes, such as dye sublimation prints where your brand and logo are emblazoned on the lanyard fabric in a high-resolution, full-colour print that catches the eye.
2. Look carefully at the range of products on offer and choose one that matches your budget and needs. Remember that the larger the order you submit, the more cost-effective the finished product will be, as you’ll enjoy economies of scale. Consider too the quality and the likelihood of reusing the lanyard. If you are creating a single-use lanyard for a trade show, church event, school trip or conference, for example, you might choose a more cost-effective version, being mindful that the product may not be used again. However, if you are creating products for work or repeat usage it could be wise to go for the higher quality items which will last and look great.
3. Provide the right branding assets – such as a high-resolution logo and Pantone references for your brand colours, so that the print company can reproduce your branded materials faithfully. If you don’t have these available, however, Just Lanyards can produce design options for you with ease.
4. Customise your end product with the choice of fabric, wording, attachment choice and so forth, and see a visual of the finished product before you submit your order and await speedy delivery! This is the fun bit and it’s worth spending a bit of time getting the finished product to meet your exacting specifications.
Any questions? The team at Just Lanyards are here to help and as specialists, in the field, we can help you to get the right lanyards for your event, group, business or occasion that people will be delighted and proud to wear!