Name tag

A nameplate is attached to or on an object and identifies a particular individual person to whom this article or is to sit with her in any way related. The nameplate can be informed about the membership of a specific organization, a company, a group, as a function or title of the person concerned.

History

Name tags are a form of nonverbal communication. In the past they were Uaan doors, mailboxes, on churches and park benches, etc. in garments attached.

Today they play, attached to the clothes, even in business, in trade, in politics or at conferences of all kinds a role by making it possible to identify the caller and to address him properly.

Systems

Name tags consist of individual components that can be assembled into complete nameplates systems. Door and mailbox name plates are screwed or clipped, set table name tags and glued clothing name tags, ironed, clipped or attached by a magnet system. A name tag is always composed of a label holder, a mounting solution and, optionally, a front panel and / or a visor. The fixing by magnet system was classified as harmless to health by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection.

  • Plastic needle
  • Combi -Clip
  • Tie Clip
  • Magnet
  • Self-adhesive
  • Brooch pin
  • Screwed
  • On strings

Use in commercial communications

Name badges are a modern form of presentation and name common today in all areas in which meet each other unknown persons. They facilitate communication and prove to be cost-effective solution to make a personal meeting. Typical applications include, inter alia, conferences, exhibitions, gastronomy and tourism, retail and services.

Use at trade shows & conferences

As part of a trade name badges are used by the integration of a logo and the representation of companies and to promote the identification of the employee with the company. With different colors, shapes and materials, especially the front panels, it may be the corporate identity of a company carry out.

Links / sources

  • Nonverbal communication of Heiner Ellgring (PDF file; 1.9 MB)
  • Operation of permanent magnet attachment (PDF file, 578 KB)
  • Communication policy
  • Health burden of magnetic attachment for name badges
  • Name tags for MFA facilitate communication with patients
  • Clothing supplement
  • Nonverbal communication
  • Identification technology
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