last mile relief league

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Huntress Human resources coordinator : 1. Recruits volunteers 2. Utilizes volunteers effectively 3. Receives feedback of disaster situations and analyzes methods and improves for future Superman Coach: 1. Facilitates communications between all departments 2. Ensures cohesion between teams 3. Sets standards of performances 4. Observes group processes and motivates and supports teams Green Lantern Communications 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 Aquaman Regional intelligence: 1. Collects information about culture, society and inner workings of affected regions 2. Educates the team about affected areas 3. Provides translation services Flash Transport and supply chain: 1. Designs and improves transportation for delivery of supplies 2. Calculates travel distance and most effectual routes and methods to travel quickly The Dark Knight Security coordinator: 1. Aware of and responds to security threats 2. Posts and manages security forces Accordingly Martian Manhunter Medical coordinator: 1. Recruits and organizes health care professionals 2. Procures and inspects health supplies 3. Ensures safe delivery of supplies Wonder Woman Government relations: 1. Coordinates and communicates with other helping nations 2. Coordinates deployment of medical teams 3. Plays the role of a PR in the team Cyborg Reconstruction coordinator: 1. Clears debris for citizens and for teams to work effectively 2. Reconstructs buildings and damaged roads Problem: Inefficient distribution of medical supplies, fꝏd 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 s fit to the overall effectiveness of the disaster response. • Coach - facilitator, motivator, observer, goals-setter. • Process mapping will be highly used. • Clear boundaries betwn departments/teams. • Interdependence betwn all members Maragh Girvan, Victoria Contreras, Rukmini Mullapudi, Dhruv Karunakaran, Frazier Woodruff, Wayne Lu, Siddhartha Kahali

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A presentation aid for the 2012 Georgia Tech Grand Challenges Program.

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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