Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

The 4 communication styles every manager should know

There are four main communication styles: passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, and assertive communication. Read about them, their signs, and how to support your team regardless of their communication style. Knowing how to effectively communicate with your team is critical. Communication is a key component of everything we do at work. Getting our own work done, collaborating with team members, delegating work to teammates, and sharing progress reports all depend on effective communication.

Your guide to RACI charts, with examples

Can you identify exactly who’s doing what by when for each task, milestone, and deliverable in your project? If not, you might need a RACI chart. RACI is an acronym to help teams clarify project roles and figure out who the responsible party is for any given task. Whether you've never heard of RACI before or you’re considering creating a RACI chart for your next project, here’s everything you need to know about how to create and use these charts.

Event proposal template: Free download and step-by-step guide

Like a resume, an event proposal showcases your event management skills and experiences for potential stakeholders to consider when deciding who will run an event. Use our event proposal template and follow these seven steps for writing an impressive proposal. Whether you're organizing an industry-wide seminar or seeking sponsorships for an upcoming tradeshow, a winning event proposal illustrates why stakeholders should trust that your event will be a success.

What's new in Asana | September 2024

Welcome to the September edition of What’s new in Asana. First, copy charts from dashboards and paste them into external applications for presentations and documents. Next, archive inactive portfolios to maintain a focused view of current work while still retaining access to historical records. Finally, use AI chat to quickly and easily follow up on and add comments to multiple tasks. For a full list of what’s new this month, check out our Release Notes in the Asana Help Center.

Requirements Management 101: Your Step-by-Step Guide

Requirements management helps you ensure your final project deliverable meets the needs of stakeholders. Simply put, a requirement is something stakeholders want or need, and requirements management helps you fulfill that need. Read on to learn how requirements management works, then do it yourself with six simple steps. It’s Friday night and you’re about to order pizza. You’ve got the phone in one hand and a list of requests from your friends in the other.

How Asana drives impactful product launches in 3 steps

There’s no secret recipe for the perfect product launch. It takes weeks, months, or even years of careful planning and coordination across teams. With more than 20 years in product marketing and experience working on countless launches, Eric Bensley, Head of Product Marketing at Asana, knows firsthand the value of a successful launch. According to Bensley, "there's nothing more critical for product marketers than a product launch.

How to Asana | Getting started

Welcome to Asana. Let's get you started in just a few minutes. Everything starts with a project. Create one from scratch, use a premade template, or import an existing spreadsheet. With your project created, it's time to add tasks. The actionable, bite-sized pieces of work needed to get your project done. Give every task an assignee and due date so it's clear who's doing what by when.