The Coolest Thing I’ve Ever Seen

I’m serious.  There’s a group in Michigan who’s working to fix literacy.  Check out the Michigan NCRC Advocates site which to the naked eye appears deceivingly simple.  If you’re not willing to make the one-click journey then here’s a video from there site that explains what they are up to,

There’s a lot of folks out there who are doing great work in this area, but this one really get’s me jazzed since you can see it…feel it working.  Even better (from my admittedly geeky point of view) is that it is operating at the intersection of innovation, collaboration, business intelligence and organizational effectiveness.  The site is being maintained and extended by (markedly) non-technical folks, its gaining impressive hit rates which may in part be due to the ease of access to information and its having visible results which you can see from the key metrics they have established and are publishing.

Think about the impact this elegant uncomplicated effort is having.  People, families are being moved from food stamps to fiscal stability.  From a purely economic perspective this is neat.  From a social perspective this is phenomenal.

The Michigan NCRC Advocates are cool.  The Michigan NCRC Advocates rock!  Go see the Michigan NCRC Advocates (site)!

 …and then tell me what you think…

 

Tags: Business Intelligence, Workforce Development, Collaboration, Jobs, Literacy, Innovation, Organizational Effectiveness, Metrics, KPI