last mile relief league
DESCRIPTION
A presentation aid for the 2012 Georgia Tech Grand Challenges Program.TRANSCRIPT
HuntressHuman resources coordinator :1. Recruits volunteers2. Utilizes volunteers effectively3. Receives feedback of disaster situations and analyzes methods and improves for future
SupermanCoach:1. Facilitates communications between all departments2. Ensures cohesion between teams3. Sets standards of performances4. Observes group processes and motivates and supports teams
Green LanternCommunications coordinator:1. Creates and maintains means of communication between team members in affected regions
2. Installs telephone lines and Internet connections or provides alternate means of communication accordingly
AquamanRegional intelligence:1. Collects information about culture, society and inner workings of affected regions2. Educates the team about affected areas3. Provides translation services
FlashTransport and supply chain:1. Designs and improves transportation for delivery of supplies2. Calculates travel distance and most effectual routes and methods to travel quickly
The Dark KnightSecurity coordinator:1. Aware of and responds to security threats2. Posts and manages security forces Accordingly
Martian ManhunterMedical coordinator:1. Recruits and organizes health care professionals2. Procures and inspects health supplies3. Ensures safe delivery of supplies
Wonder WomanGovernment relations:1. Coordinates and communicates with other
helping nations2. Coordinates
deployment of medical teams3. Plays the role of a
PR in the team
CyborgReconstruction coordinator:1. Clears debris for citizens and for teams to work effectively2. Reconstructs buildings and damaged roads
Problem: Inefficient distribution of medical supplies, food and other commodities in disaster struck areas.
Solution: Various departments concentrating on specific tasks that, when brought together, make an effective team and expedite the last-mile relief process.
Why team work?“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” -Andrew Carnegie
Team Dynamics:• Autonomy of not only team but each of its members - Each member has the authority to do as they see fit to the overall effectiveness of the disaster response.• Coach - facilitator, motivator, observer, goals-setter. • Process mapping will be highly used.• Clear boundaries between departments/teams. • Interdependence between all members
Maragh Girvan, Victoria Contreras, Rukmini Mullapudi, Dhruv Karunakaran, Frazier Woodruff, Wayne Lu, Siddhartha Kahali