Team Performance Reports Improve Team Productivity With CoSchedule

Team Performance Reports Improve Team Productivity With Tracking your teams performance can be†¦ well, challenging, to say the least. With multiple moving pieces Varying project timelinesand deadlines quickly approaching Consistent thoughts can include (but definitely not limited to) the following: â€Å"Are we completing all assigned tasks?† â€Å"Is my team overworked? Or worse, do they have enough work to do?† â€Å"Are we going to be late with a piece of content?† â€Å"Is an item going to be completedat all?† â€Å"How many tasks are overdue?† â€Å"Is an item going to get missed because I wasn’t tracking and supporting my team properly?† Yikes. With everything you have to keep track of already, you can hardly take the time to collect, measure, and analyze data about your team. So the bigger question from all of this is†¦ how can you fix + remediate any issues  if you can’t SEE how your team is performing? I mean as long as blog posts / emails / social media / etc. get out the dooryou’re good, right? Or at leastyou’re good for the meantime. BUT†¦ wouldn’t it be amazing if you could actually see your team’s performance? For instance, a nice gauge of all the items you worked on last month or a comprehensive list of completed, open, and overdue tasks? What if you saw a nice ‘ole 100% completion rate? And some correlating  GRAPHS 🠤“ †¦ created with data that came STRAIGHT FROM YOUR CALENDAR. Too good to be true? Think again :) Introducing  Team Performance Reports from . Gain insight into your team’s overall progress in one powerful report. Pinpoint areas of improvement, spot trends, and set realistic goals for your entire team (without all the tedious data collection). It’s going to make tracking your team much easier†¦ AND allow you the time to make adjustments so you can improve your team’s overall productivity. *GASP* Basically what I am saying is, it’s going to be pretty awesome. Gain Powerful Insight Into Your Team’s Overall Progress  In One Report Chasing down projects and tasks and deadlines is hard enough†¦ so adding another checklist item (like tracking down data and creating reports) when you are already swamped probably  isn’t going to happen. But with Team Performance Reports, we’ve made it easy for you to gain powerful insight into your team’s overall progress in one report, so you can focus on driving productivity and meeting your deadlines NOT scouring the calendar for project updates. It’s about saving you time, so you can focus on the things that matter (like your awesome content plan, of course). Now, let’s dive into how you can start making Team Performance Reports work for you. How to Get Started With Team Performance Reports To get started with Team Performance Reports, head to your Analytics tab on the left side of your calendar and select â€Å"Team Performance.† Your screen will look a little something like this: (!!!!) First,  specify your date range. From there, you can filter by person or project (read on for more details about this), view your overall completion rate and ultimately, grasp the productivity and progress of anything + everything you want to track within your calendar. *fist pump* Now, let’s talk about the SWEET completion rateand because you love data just as much as we do (#nerd), here is a quick explanation of how we get that number: Tasks Completed On Time: Tasks completed within your specified date range that are completed on or before the due date. Tasks Completed Past Due:  All the tasks due in a date range that are completed after the due date, and any tasks that were completed in the specific report date range that were overdue in a previous date range. Overdue Tasks:  Any tasks in the report date range that were not complete before or on the due date AND not completed before the end of the report date range. Basically, you’re going to be a TASK MASTER. #boom

The Benefits of Recycling Plastics

The Benefits of Recycling Plastics One good reason to recycle plastic is that there is just so much of it. Plastics are used to manufacture an incredible number of products we use every day, such as beverage and food containers, trash bags and grocery bags, cups and utensils, childrens toys and diapers, and bottles for everything from mouthwash and shampoo to glass cleaner and dishwashing liquid. And thats not even counting all the plastic that goes into furniture, appliances, computers,  and automobiles. The Need Is Growing As the use of plastics has increased over the years, they have become a larger part of our nations municipal solid waste (MSW)- growing from less than 1 percent in 1960 to more than 13 percent in 2013, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency. As an example of how and why plastic waste is increasing, the International Bottled Water Association reports that the  U.S.  consumed 9.67 billion gallons of bottled water in 2012, compared to 9.1 billion gallons the year before. The United States is the worlds leading consumer of bottled water. A good first step in reducing waste is switching to a reusable water bottle. Natural Resources and Energy Conservation Recycling plastics reduces the amount of energy and resources (such as water, petroleum, natural gas, and coal) needed to create plastic. According to a 2009 study by researchers Peter Gleick and Heather Cooley  from the Pacific Institute of California, a pint-sized bottle of water requires about 2,000 times as much energy to produce as the same amount of tap water. Recycling Plastics Saves Landfill Space Recycling plastic products also keeps them out of landfills and allows the plastics to be reused in manufacturing new products. Recycling 1 ton of plastic saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space. And lets face it, a lot of plastic ends up directly in the environment, breaking down into tiny pieces, polluting our soil and water, and contributing to the oceans Great Garbage Patches. Its Relatively Easy Recycling plastics has never been easier. Today, 80 percent of Americans have easy access to a plastics recycling program, whether they participate in a municipal curbside program or live near a drop-off site. A universal numbering system for plastic types makes it even easier. According to the American Plastics Council, more than 1,800 U.S. businesses handle or reclaim postconsumer plastics. In addition, many grocery stores now serve as recycling collection sites for plastic bags and plastic wrap. Room for Improvement Overall, the level of plastics recycling is still relatively low. In 2012, only 6.7 percent of plastics in the municipal solid waste stream were recycled, according to the EPA. Alternatives to Plastic While recycling is important, one of the best ways to reduce the amount of plastic in our nations MSW is to find alternatives. For example, reusable grocery bags have seen a growth in popularity in recent years, and they are a great way to limit the amount of plastic that needs to be generated in the first place.