Business Challenge update
Dear Bike to Work Day Company Coordinator:
The Business Challenge is heating up as we move into June, with Davis Partnership Architects currently in the overall lead. Here's a list of the Top 20 organizations based on their overall Effort Index as of the morning of June 2.
Company Name | Number of Employees | Number of Registered Participants | Effort Index | Davis Partnership Architects | 130 | 69 | 4.28 | International Mountain Bicycling Association | 33 | 21 | 2.58 |
Boa Technology
| 143 | 39 | 2.31 |
Plexus
| 77 | 28 | 2.26 |
Diablo Media
| 21 | 14 | 2.16 |
Jacobs 200
| 200 | 42 | 2.10 |
La Sportiva
| 28 | 15 | 2.00 |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
| 2460 | 137 | 1.95 |
Pivotal Labs
| 32 | 15 | 1.88 |
miRagen Therapeutics
| 40 | 16 | 1.79 |
Gates Corporation
| 450 | 53 | 1.77 |
National Jewish Health
| 1700 | 103 | 1.77 |
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
| 13 | 9 | 1.77 |
Group14 Engineering
| 33 | 14 | 1.72 |
Galloway
| 90 | 23 | 1.71 |
PetroDE
| 11 | 8 | 1.71 |
CA Technologies (Rally Software)
| 250 | 38 | 1.70 |
Mentor Graphics
| 120 | 26 | 1.68 |
36 Commuting Solutions
| 5 | 5 | 1.58 |
Muller Engineering Company
| 80 | 20 | 1.58 |
To help orient your company with the Effort Index, here are a few yardsticks to keep in mind as you and your organization strive to push to the top of Business Challenge rankings.
If you have this many employees | You need this many participants to achieve an Effort Index of 5 | You need this many participants to achieve an Effort Index of 6 | 100 | 71 | 85 | 150 | 87 | 104 | 300 | 122 | 147 | 500 | 158 | 190 | 1000 | 224 | 268 | 3000 | 387 | 465 |
Here are a few simple suggestions to help you promote Bike to Work Day. In your messaging to coworkers, try to answer a few of the basic questions they might have about biking to work, such as: - The location of shower facilities.
- Tips for refreshing after the morning ride.
- Locating a safe bicycle route on MyWayToGo.org or Ride the City.
- Breakfast station locations on the way to work and nearby water stations or bike parties on the way home. Encourage participants to enter their origin and destination information on our station locator map.
- Tips on safe bike riding and tips for new riders.
T-shirts: The deadline for T-shirts orders is coming up. To receive shipped orders by June 21, we recommend coordinators place Boulder T-shirt orders by June 10 and regional T-shirt orders by June 13. Thank you and please let us know if you have any questions. Sincerely, |
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