Have a great idea?
Click the 'YES' button

When he became provost, Dr. Larry Nielsen promised to create a “culture of yes” at NC State. Now he’s using his Web site as a way for the university community to contribute suggestions and solutions directly to his office – via the YES button.

According to Nielsen, the culture of yes “requires us to think big and act big; to risk a little and admit when we were wrong, and to give ideas a chance rather than expect them to be sure things at the outset.”

To help faculty, staff and students share their “big ideas,” or even small ones, with administrators, Nielsen created the YES button as a virtual suggestion box. Visitors to the provost’s home page will notice a big red button marked YES, which stands for “your effectiveness and efficiency suggestions.” Clicking on the button brings up a login screen and then a form where the visitor is asked to describe not only a problem or issue, but also a suggested solution to the problem.

“I believe that each individual within the NC State community has ideas that matter, and that can help us create a great future for the university,” Nielsen said. “The YES button is a simple way to start a dialogue about where we as an institution want to go and how to get there.”

To submit a suggestion, go to www.ncsu.edu/provost and click on the YES button. Participants must have a valid Unity ID to log in.

Posted Oct. 28, 2005

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