URL: http://www.wfcresources.com/

Website review: The main driver for this site is to provide tools, training and insight for employers in order for them to build their respective work places into businesses that provided a work life balance with engaged workers.

The key audiences here are employers who are looking to improve their worker engagement.

Information available on this site does provide credible tools for employers to leverage. The challenge is that it focuses on just the employers and what they can do to make their employees more productive.

While the site has references to key topics like flexibility, job sharing, wellness, it was all focused on making employees more productive, while at the same time keeping the company whole. This by itself, challenges the credibility of the product.

The end focus overall was a business trying to build a business in selling workplace productivity under the guise of establishment of work life balance. Sharing where the company can actually save money by executing some of the items noted. One of the key elements that were a focus was improvement of employee engagement. With briefings that noted when employees were engaged, they were willing to provide more efficiency in the work place. Now, those items noted are key items in driving employee engagement, but don't believe that this site has the employee needs true at its base. The focus is to sell product to companies looking to garner the best employees while implementing programs that in some cases may only provide the image of work life balance. This links directly to our course this semester as a highlight of the challenges at Amerco and other companies who want to drive the best efficiency, while at the same time ensuring they aren't over exposed.

URL: http://www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu/

Website review: The key elements of this site is to enhance and build on father and family development, with the overall intent of building a better base for raising children with fathers in their lives. This site is supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which is a related site on helping kids succeed.

The key audiences here are those who are looking for insight, assistance or a way to collaborate to improve the lives of the children who are the product of divorced or single parent families.

The information provided is focused on improving childrens lives. Taking a look at the programs in Father Facts and figures, it puts into contrast the problems faced by children when fathers are not involed and the related scenarios that it may occur.

Elsewhere on the site, in reviewing legislation, is that while the organization itself is working to improve the life of the child, the legislation was primarily geared towards the lower income families in need of assistance or help. In addition, there was a focus on child support enforcement. While child support enforcement is needed, it seemed that having that legislation tied into the center split the direction needed in enabling fathers to be fathers.

Reviewing the briefs of the site, the audience focuses more on changing the legal culture in order to give the father an even role in the raising of children.

In short, as it was reviewed, the site seemed a little mixed and could affect its overall credibility. On one hand, advocating for father involvement with children, while on the other focusing on the challenges poor families, child support enforcement, or those who were previously incarcerated. So in my humble opinion, the credibility was lessened given the mix of messages that were presented.

The link to our studies this semester was really to point out the affect on children when there aren't two parents involved in the upbringing. The impact that those children may endure given that the father figure may be absent. The site was satisfactory in pulling together thoughts on ways to improve the children's lives, but missing the overall focus when splitting off on the legislation focus.