How do you choose the right corporate gifts to give to the busy executive? Simple: have a look at the items they use on a daily basis and upgrade them! Executives love gadgets and toys, and the younger they are the more likely they are to be impressed by a new version of something that they have been using for a while. Personal Diary Assistants, mobile phones, palmtop computers, laptop cases and a few more items come to mind, but there are almost endless options.

Atomic clocks make great corporate gifts. These clocks are based on the radioactive decay of certain atoms, and as a result lose only a fraction of a second every few thousand years! Atomic clocks come with loads of great features depending on which model you choose. Most of them can be bought for under $100 and they often come with a lot of literature on the subject of atomic clocks.

Another great idea is an LCD photo frame. These are priced a little higher than Atomic Clocks but are great novelty corporate gifts for anyone. Know somebody with too many photos on their desk? With this nifty gadget they can display any picture they choose, and store them all on the picture frame's memory. Most LCD picture frames either have card readers where you can upload more photos or have their own flash memory card that you can remove and insert into your computer's card reader.

If you value creativity and outside the box thinking among your executives, encourage them to create by giving them flash memory voice recorders. These small devices only cost a few hundred dollars and can store hundreds of hours of recorded speaking. They are ideal for anyone who writes or designs for a living, as well as people who brainstorm new ideas. Advertising, marketing and design executives should have one of these gadgets at their side all the time, because you never know when that great idea is going to slip away from you.

If gadgets like these are a little bit out of your budget, how about considering some accessories as corporate gifts? People who buy high-priced gadgets often do not go for the optional extras, so giving these away as gifts is a great idea if a lot of your staff have the same sort of gadget. Items like a universal power adaptor kit cost a little but go a long way as they are the type of item most people would never buy themselves, but are still very grateful to have.

When considering which gadgets to buy your staff and clients as corporate gifts this year, remember that gadgets must perform a function. If they have the latest palmtop computer on the market and you give them a $75 PDA, your gift won't have much effect. If you give them a Bluetooth add-on for that palmtop however, you are bound to impress them.