Strategic Activities: Strategic activities within Namma Kannada are crucial for long-term planning and sustainability. Led by Vinayak Anantharamu and Anil Shekhar, these activities include several key areas:

  • New Initiatives: Plan for pursuit of accreditations from the US and India, implementation and expansion into new school districts and centers, both within the county and out of state. Additionally, relationships with the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and the San Joaquin Kannada Sangha (SJKS) are maintained.
  • Revenue: Revenue generation involves setting course fees, seeking sponsorships, sharing resources with SJKS, and controlling costs. This also encompasses the meticulous management of bank statements, accounting practices, and expenditures.
  • Payments: Payment-related activities include the design, printing, and distribution of materials such as copies, couriers, standees, banners, trophies, medals, stationery, honorariums, year-end gifts, and venue costs. It is essential to maintain cost control throughout these processes.
  • Marketing: Marketing efforts are concentrated on the organization’s online presence, including the website, Facebook, and Instagram. Content creation, messaging, and the production of various collateral materials such as slides, flyers, banners, and standees are part of this domain.
  • Logistics: Logistical planning is critical for successful event execution. This includes coordinating with vendors, arranging venues, sound systems, food, decoration, bouquets, plaques, serving, and clean-up operations.
  • Ecosystem: Developing the ecosystem involves conceiving and planning events, booking guests, advertising, conducting events, and streaming them. These activities are designed to enhance the community's engagement and support.

Cross-Functional Activities: Cross-functional activities bridge various departments to ensure cohesive operations and a unified direction. Managed collectively by Vinayak, Anil, Ashwini, Tejaswini, and Shailaja, these activities include:

  • Course Content: Course content management includes defining the mission, vision, and culture of the courses. It involves establishing the course gradient, developing and reviewing content (including subjects and presentations), and overseeing revisions, publication, and distribution. A hybrid teaching model and post-production feedback are integral to this process.
  • Recruitment and Training: Recruiting and training teachers is a continuous process. It involves advertising, interviewing, onboarding, shadowing, mentoring, and training new teachers to maintain high standards in education delivery.
  • Control: Control mechanisms ensure the quality of messaging, class lectures (context, content, closure), follow-ups on duties, assessment tools, and overall oversight to maintain consistency and quality in teaching.
  • Events: Event management includes planning programs, line-ups, content, directors, selection criteria, performers, practice sessions, and on-stage management (line-ups, mike management). It also involves slides, graphics, video editing, and honoring participants through magazines and other mediums.

Functional Activities: Functional activities are primarily operational tasks essential for the day-to-day running of Namma Kannada. Led by Ashwini, Tejaswini, and Shailaja, these activities include:

  • Planning: Planning involves developing content, lesson plans, and the academic calendar, which includes admissions, holidays, tests, and events. Weekly meetings, continuous learning, post-class updates, progress monitoring, and report cards are part of this ongoing planning process.
  • Program Awareness and Feedback: Raising program awareness and gathering feedback includes communicating program objectives, benefits, structure, and highlights to students, teachers, and parents. It also involves detailing obligations, duties, and efforts required from all parties and gathering endorsements and feedback to improve the program continuously.
  • Student Participation: Encouraging student participation entails fostering commitment, class participation, a positive class attitude, homework completion, test-taking, and feedback collection. These factors are critical for student success and program effectiveness.
  • Technical: Technical activities cover managing logins, content tools, report cards, and event streaming platforms like Googleclassroom,Cahoot, Jamboard, Flipgrid. These tools facilitate the smooth operation of the educational programs and events.

In conclusion, the Namma Kannada management framework is designed to ensure that all activities, whether strategic, cross-functional, or functional, are meticulously planned and executed. Through effective leadership and structured processes, the organization continues to thrive and expand, fulfilling its mission to provide quality education and community engagement.