Re: Motivating/awarding co-workers for edits...

[Laurie Rubin <lmr -at- SYL -dot- NJ -dot- NEC -dot- COM>]

I recently tried before and after incentives that I gathered from this list:
I attached a lollipop (I used blow pops and tootsie roll pops) to each
doc for each reviewer.   To get the reviews back (at all, as well as quickly)
I made available donuts to everyone who gave me the review by a specific date.
Food is a great incentive to almost anyone!
Laurie
 > PCarman <HARRIS -dot- PCARMAN -at- IC1D -dot- HARRIS -dot- COM> asks-->
>    I was curious if any of you have any sort of motivational/award system
>    for rewarding your co-workers for the edits they provide.

>    For example, finding the most errors, returning edits on time, and
>    providing the most information from the get-go.

>    My co-workers and I would like to set up some sort of positive reward
>    system, and we would like to know if you have ever worked with
>    anything like this.
> =========================
> Just some comments:

> 1. Finding the most errors. Not good because what if John is the
> best writer you've got and Jane could use some improvement.
> Whoever is *lucky* enough to be assigned Jane's work to edit will
> most likely amass the most errors found.

> 2. Returning edits on time. This could work as long as there is
> some kind of consistent gauge used to assign suspenses.
> Otherwise, referring to the previous example, the person
> *unlucky* enough to edit Jane's work may more often miss
> suspenses.

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