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Connecting: An Explicit Goal of Program Directors
January 09, 2013
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Guest post by Laura Intfen, Member Services Coordinator at Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park, KS

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11 Ways to Reach the Unengaged
January 02, 2013
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All of us in Jewish life are wondering how to reach the unengaged--and particularly young adults. At NEXT: A Division of Birthright Israel Foundation, we work with both mainstream and grassroots organizations, including many synagogues, to help them find new ways to connect with Birthright Israel alumni and their friends. While I do this work professionally, I’m also part of the demographic we’re trying to reach. Here, I’m offering eleven ways that synagogues can connect to the unengaged:

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Network Weaving is Like Starting a Band
December 20, 2012
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All this talk about ‘developing a network’ and ‘organizational change for the connected age’ can feel both daunting and vague. But really, it’s just like starting a band! (And you’ve always wanted to be a rock star, right?) Here’s how it works in five easy steps.

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Three Legs of the Connected Congregation Stool
December 14, 2012
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Connected Congregations are synagogues that function as communities in the deepest sense of the word.  They are not about the building, the events, the rabbi.  At least not alone. They are about a group of individuals and families with shared values, practice and goals, who feel a sense of sacred obligation to one another.  It FEELS GOOD to be part of a community like this.

As we've been researching connected congregations, working in networks, being a network weaver, and organizational change, we've learned that becoming a connected congregation is more than a new way of developing programs.  It's more than helping people get to know each other better (and deeper) -- though that's important too.

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The Former Congregant
December 10, 2012
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Originally published on Jewish Connectivity

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Project Mishpacha
December 03, 2012
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You know how it’s always the best TV shows that get cancelled

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"Have We Met Yet?" The Power of Casual Conversation for Organizational Engagement
December 03, 2012
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Cross-posted from Deborah's weekly enewletter and column in the New York Jewish Week.

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Determining Your Communal DNA
November 30, 2012
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What is a synagogue? A congregation? A community?

We are more than a nonprofit organization, or a local center, or a collection of people who share certain practices or get together for holidays. It feels significant to me that words like “congregation” and “community” are grammatically singular but inherently refer to a multiplicity. The duality of meaning here is so critical for how we lead, congregate, and self-identify.

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Getting to Know You
November 27, 2012
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It's the start of a new Religious School year and you want to do something to start the year with a bang. It would be good to find a way to help parents and children meet the teachers right away. And it's always nice to use new technology to show that the synagogue is moving with the times. These were some of the aims as we embarked on a new project at The Community Synagogue.

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Blowing up the Bima: Reinventing the Rabbi – Congregant Relationship
October 26, 2012
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Part of the Connected Congregations series.

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Vision and Data: Essential Building Blocks for Successful Synagogue Change
October 10, 2012
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UJA Federation of New York has recently made investments in helping local congregations collect and analyze data in order to make strategic, data-driven decisions about their work and their future.  The results of the project have been extraordinary, ranging from leaders learning how they need to collect different kinds of data, to learning how to use databases for more than contact management, as well as how they can shape their programs and culture to build a sustainable future.

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Your List is Not a Network
September 24, 2012
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Part of the Connected Congregations series

Point of clarification: your list is not a network.

I sometimes hear organizations talking about the number of people they have involved with their work - their network - and then reference the people who have signed up to receive their email updates. That’s great! It’s wonderful that so many people are interested enough in your work and the difference that you’re making that they signed up to get your communications. That can be really important and powerful. It’s just not (necessarily) a network.

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How Seattle Children’s Hospital Went Outside The Box With Its Facebook Page
August 23, 2012
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Darim is hosting a blog carnival (a series of posts from various guest bloggers on a topic) on "Connected Congregations".  The following post from Shel Holtz (originally published on his blog and shared here with persmission) as such profound implications for how synagogues can be supporting and connecting and empowering their community and individual members. 

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Connected Congregations: Launching a Blog Carnival
August 23, 2012
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We are stepping through the threshold of a new age.  Connected, individually empowered, globalized, diverse and personalized.    The technologies of today are far more than digital communication tools – they are transforming society at an increasingly rapid rate, with important implications and opportunities for the Jewish community.

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Why You Need to Embrace Relationship Based Engagement
May 21, 2012
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