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Monday, April 13, 2009

The judges said...

Our KnowledgeWorks Foundation project earned a Gold Award in the 2008 Council on Foundation annual awards. You can learn more here or read my piece of the story on Cleveland Heights High School beginning here.

One of the judges gave us a perfect score.

* “The reports are well written, informative and reveal the compassion and dedication of the educators. Fantastic insights… The visuals balance the text. The handwritten quotes or stories bring the reader in to the human side of the story. Excellent initiative and strategy. The organization is connected to its audience and clearly cares about the future of each student.”

* “This material is outstanding. Beautifully written, simply designed, relevant and compelling content… Great use of spot color, big b&w photos, clean. This is impressive. If I lived in Ohio, I would support it.”

* “Great stories highlighting individual teachers. Interesting to have multiple freelance writers and their take on the story. There is a lot to read – will people read all of them? Pictures are good at reiterating & telling the story. Good response but seems like an expensive project.”

We produced five books in total and I think that last judge's comments were geared toward the expanse of work. All told, this was a fantastic project. I was glad to be a part of it.

4 comments:

virtuallori said...

Congratulations! It's a great accomplishment.

Wendy A. Hoke said...

Thanks, Lori! Hope all is well in your world.

Marc Monseau said...

Well done. You certainly do seem to be working on some exciting stuff.

Wendy A. Hoke said...

Thanks, Marc! Nice to hear from you after all these years.