This is one of a series of guides for collaborative environmental research and advocacy projects. "Choosing How to Track Progress" takes with the goals that the garden members prioritized for the upcoming year in the previous workshop, helps you choose how to measure progress towards the goals and points you towards fun and "field-proof" measuring activities. This guide covers how to do this on paper or on an online spreadsheet. 

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####Planning this event

**Ahead of time:** 

* Arrange to set aside an hour to review the goals prioritized by the garden members at the end of the previous workshop, [Setting Goals](http://publiclab.org/wiki/setting-goals). 
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**Materials to have on hand:** 

* Depending on whether the leadership team prefers to work on paper or online, either: 
  * Draw a four-column x 5-row table on paper and xerox it for each garden leader
  * Set up an online spreadsheet you can all use, perhaps in GoogleSpreadsheets or in ethercalc

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####Activity 1:

This activity is designed for you to do individually. Create a matrix to: 

* List your goals 
* Quantify your goals (as objectives)
* Design the how you will work toward the goal (program design)
* Choose how to measure progress towards your goal (metrics) 

Goal|Objective|Program Design|Metrics
:-------------------------:|:-------------------------:|:-------------------------:|:-------------------------:
Goal 1|.|.|.
Goal 2|.|.|.
Goal 3|.|.|.
  
Here's an sketch of how you can begin: 

[![unnamed.png](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/008/563/medium/unnamed.png)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/008/563/original/unnamed.png)

Here's an example from an actual garden in Newark:

[![Screen_Shot_2014-08-15_at_3.49.37_PM.png](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/006/300/medium/Screen_Shot_2014-08-15_at_3.49.37_PM.png)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/006/300/original/Screen_Shot_2014-08-15_at_3.49.37_PM.png)


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####Activity 2: 

Bring the draft matrix to review with your most involved collaborators.

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####Activity 3:

Once the matrix reflects your intentions fairly well, bring it to the whole group.