There are also some ad hoc programs around the country, such as an effort by some California CIOs (http://www.ciofocusgroups.com/aboutus_ciofg.html) to inject a stronger IT component into educational curricula. By serving as university guest lecturers, sitting on university advisory boards and even raising funds for IT scholarships, they're aiming to improve IT education at universities across the country. I'm sure there are similar efforts under way elsewhere; I just haven't heard about them.

Although it'd be nice if such efforts were more systematized and scalable, what I learned from Maynard was the impact a single individual can have on others, even huge numbers of people -- raise your hand if you played trumpet in high school. And by the way, in case you're curious, when I saw him play last year at age 77, Maynard still had it -- he could still touch the sky. And he was loving it.