The Shortest, Most Important Technology List
Everywhere you look there is a top 10 Technology list. From the top 10 science and technology innovations underway in 2014 (including an underground hotel in Shanghai) to the Tech 10 list of tablets to Time magazine’s recently identified Top 10 Tech Movies of the Millennium (Spoiler alert: Gravity won first place), we are at no shortage […]
What Lies Beneath: Taking a Deeper Look
In 1905 a curious 13 year-old boy named Ben Sands re-discovered what is now famously known as The Lost Sea located in Sweetwater, TN. Listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as America’s largest underground lake, the Lost Sea is part of an extensive and historic cave system called Craighead Caverns. Used by the […]
Outstanding Customer Delight: Taking a Lesson from a Pal
LEAN Frog team members were recently in east Tennessee supporting the First TN Superintendent’s Study Council. While in the area, we were able to see the legendary Pal’s Sudden Service fast food restaurant at the original location in downtown Kingsport, TN. You see Pal’s is not your ordinary burger joint. Started in 1956 by Pal […]
Reach Out and Read: A Great Prescription for Young Developing Minds
Getting off to a good start in reading is critical to children’s academic success. The non-profit organization Reach Out & Read prepares America’s youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. They work with pediatric health care providers to incorporate pre-literacy counseling with families […]
Providing Big Value-Add to Students and Parents with a Little Creativity
Everyone in public education is searching for ways their school system can increase the value they bring to students and their parents. We often focus on that one big thing that will make students, parents and the community realize that public education is valuable, that one initiative that will generate support for education funding. Well […]
Everyone Needs/Deserves a Great Coach
We probably all have a “Greatest Coaches of All Times” list. Here in the Southeast that list would probably include legendary college coaches like Pat Summit of Tennesse’s Lady Vols and Paul “Bear” Byrant of the Alabama Crimson Tide. These coaches are revered not only for their championships and their winning records, but for their […]
8 Simple Things You Should Start Measuring in Your Non-Instructional Areas… and How They Should be Measured
The first step in improving anything is to measure it. We have known this for years, going all the way back to our college days when we were first introduced to the likes of Peter F. Drucker, famous writer, management consultant, and university professor. Drucker is credited with the quote, “What’s measured improves.” This principle […]
Breakfast in Classroom: Improving Our Schools… One Bite at a Time
Non-instructional areas, such as the Child Nutrition Program (CNP), can significantly impact the finances, academics, and community relations of a school district. Many Child Nutrition Programs suffer from inefficiencies such as low participation rates, high food costs, and high labor costs. Some districts even operate at a financial loss, requiring the district to supplement CNP […]
LEAN Frog at the National Conference on Education in the Music City
The National Conference on Education will be held in Nashville, Tennessee February 13-15 at the Nashville Music City Convention Center. LEAN Frog members will travel up I65 to showcase some of our impressive results we’ve had assisting public school systems in their non-instructional areas such as Transportation, Human Resources, Child Nutrition, Digital 1:1 initiatives, Maintenance […]
Connect 2014 – Madison State of the City Address, Proudly Sponsored by LEAN Frog
Madison, AL – LEAN Frog Business Solutions, Inc. is pleased to be a Silver Sponsor at Madison’s Premiere Gala Event of the Year: Connect 2014 – Madison State of the City Address. This 5th annual event, Connect 2014, will celebrate connections between the City of Madison, regional local governments, area businesses, residents, and those interested […]