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I've offered 3 Ways to Use Social Media in Your Reward & Recognition System in the past; obviously, Twitter is one of them. The service is now so ubiquitous that my dad tweeted me yesterday to let me know that I don't tweet with my mom enough these days.

If employee recognition / internal communications land on your desk and you're wondering what Twitter's got to offer, here are 3 Tweets that get it right.

1. Years of Service Recognition: @Lochrane [ http://twitter.com/lochrane/status/7985989071 ]

Low-hanging fruit here and a simple way to let them see their name in lights. We're all for it, as long as this comes in addition to (not in place of) an in-person celebration of the employee's contributions to the company.

2. Employees Living the Company Values: @LuminantPower [ http://twitter.com/LuminantPower/status/6671805345 ]

It's important to celebrate the moments when employees embody company values on the clock, but it's all the more powerful when that happens outside of the workplace. Luminant places a high premium on Community and this a great representation of that value. Extra credit for including a twitpic.

3. Manager-to-Peer & Peer-to-Peer Recognition: @ddbrown / @datotel [ http://twitter.com/ddbrown/statuses/7912284392 ]

Here's a CEO taking an opportunity to congratulate employees by name. John, Stephanie and Melissa's managers & co-workers could just as easily do the same. Extra credit for linking to the company's blog post with more information about the awards.

Did we miss a good one? Leave a comment below, or speaking of Twitter, get in touch with us over there at @TheMillerCo.