Leadership

Leadership, Governance and Planning: Large Congregations

Lori Rubin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:55:47 -0500

Start: Feb 29 2012 - 1:00pm

End: Feb 29 2012 - 2:15pm

A Sacred Trust: Effective Leadership Skills and Governance that Works: We can’t lead in a vacuum – the work of leadership is done within a larger system. Whether you are on the board, a member of a committee, part of the executive committee, or a staff member, working within a well-defined governance structure can help to clarify roles and responsibilities. These sessions will highlight effective models for structuring and managing the congregational board as well as explore the key elements to effective Jewish congregational leadership. As well, determining values that underlie congregational life can provide the framework for a viable approach to engaging and vibrant Reconstructionist Judaism.

NOTE: To maximize communal learning, congregations are encourage to form a team (including clergy) and sign up for all three sessions designed for your congregational size, see http://jrf.org/pearl/sessions/2012

Expected Preparation:

http://jrf.org/pearl/2008/how-to-successfully-integrate-and-use-reconstr...

http://jrf.org/pearl/2011/Leadership-and-Governance/1

http://jrf.org/pearl/2011/Leadership-and-Governance/2

To listen to the recording of this call, go to: http://jrf.org/node/3312

Leadership, Governance and Planning: Medium Congregations

Lori Rubin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:52:11 -0500

Start: Feb 28 2012 - 1:00pm

End: Feb 28 2012 - 2:15pm

Expected Preparation:

http://jrf.org/pearl/2008/how-to-successfully-integrate-and-use-reconstr...

http://jrf.org/pearl/2011/Leadership-and-Governance/1

http://jrf.org/pearl/2011/Leadership-and-Governance/2

Leadership, Governance and Planning: Small Congregations

Lori Rubin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:48:40 -0500

Start: Mar 5 2012 - 1:00pm

End: Mar 5 2012 - 2:15pm

Expected Preparation:

http://jrf.org/pearl/2008/how-to-successfully-integrate-and-use-reconstr...

http://jrf.org/pearl/2011/Leadership-and-Governance/1

http://jrf.org/pearl/2011/Leadership-and-Governance/2

Leadership Skills and Governance that Works II

Lori Rubin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:40:24 -0500

Start: Mar 28 2011 - 12:00pm

End: Mar 28 2011 - 1:15pm

A Sacred Trust: Effective Leadership Skills and Governance that Works, PT. 2 (first session on Mon, March 21st): We can’t lead in a vacuum – the work of leadership is done within a larger system. Whether you are on the board, a member of a committee, part of the executive committee, or a staff member, working within a well-defined governance structure can help to clarify roles and responsibilities. These sessions will highlight effective models for structuring and managing the congregational board as well as explore the key elements to effective Jewish congregational leadership.

Listen to the audio as you view the power point below.

Leadership Skills and Governance that Works I

Lori Rubin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:37:01 -0500

Start: Mar 21 2011 - 12:00pm

End: Mar 21 2011 - 1:15pm

A Sacred Trust: Effective Leadership Skills and Governance that Works (Part 1): We can’t lead in a vacuum – the work of leadership is done within a larger system. Whether you are on the board, a member of a committee, part of the executive committee, or a staff member, working within a well-defined governance structure can help to clarify roles and responsibilities. These sessions will highlight effective models for structuring and managing the congregational board as well as explore the key elements to effective Jewish congregational leadership. This year we ask participants to deepen their learning by signing up for both sessions on a given topic. The follow-up to this session is Mon. March 28, noon EST. Please register separately at www.jrf.org/pearl

Listen to the audio from this call here as you view the power point below.

Leadership: Delegating: What to Keep and What to Give Away?

Lori Rubin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:32:54 -0500

Start: Jun 17 2010 - 12:00pm

End: Jun 17 2010 - 1:15pm

Before a congregational lay leader, such as a board president or committee/project chair, delegates to others, an appropriate structure, clear goals and satisfactory lines of communication need to be in place in the congregation. This session will explore these key elements along with the importance of engaging people with the right skills and talents for appropriate positions and cultivating them as potential new leaders for the congregation. The basics of what to delegate, to whom, when and how to follow up successfully will also be addressed.

The audio recording of the call can be found here: http://jrf.org/node/2779

Executive Directors: Is Your Congregation Ready?

Lori Rubin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:00:27 -0500

Start: May 11 2010 - 12:00pm

End: May 11 2010 - 1:15pm

What role do executive directors play in Reconstructionist congregations, and how do you know when your congregation is ready to explore the idea of hiring one? Join executive director/lay leader teams from two JRF affiliates: Chapel Hill Kehillah (Chapel Hill, NC) and Congregation Beth Evergreen (Evergreen, Colorado) to hear the process by which these two congregations developed a position, interviewed, hired and maintain an executive director position. Also learn about the newly formed group, CEDAR (Congregational Executive Directors and Administrators in Reconstructionism), which provides informal professional networking for JRF executive directors and senior administrators.

You can listen to the audio recording of this call at http://jrf.org/node/2680

Dynamics of Growth: “Branding” and Marketing Reconstructionist Judaism

Lori Rubin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:26:49 -0500

Start: Jun 10 2010 - 12:00pm

End: Jun 10 2010 - 1:15pm

Creative “branding” and marketing of Reconstructionist Judaism is crucial to the growth of individual Reconstructionist congregations and havurot and to the movement-as-a-whole. The work of the new JRF Marketing Advisory Group, which consists primarily of five professionals in marketing or related fields, all of whom are members of JRF congregations and generously donating their time to this project, is focusing on this important goal. This interactive conference call will share some of the wealth that is being developed by this committee.

The audio recording of this call can be found here: http://jrf.org/node/2778

Strategic Planning for Smaller Congregations: Mission, Vision, and Values

Victoria Cangelosi — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:26:11 -0500

Start: Mar 25 2008 - 10:00am

End: Mar 25 2008 - 11:30am

Embarking on Strategic Planning for Smaller Congregations: Mission, Vision, and Values

It’s hard to know where you are going if you don’t first know where you are. Strategic planning cannot take place without first undertaking strategic thinking: what are the mission, vision, and values of our community? Explore ways to think about these key issues, models for creating cohesive statements that respond to them, and challenges and opportunities of doing this work in a smaller congregation.

Download a resource packet.
We highly recommend "Acting Strategically: A Manual for Synagogue Planning," written by Dr. David A. Teutsch and published by Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal. Download this important resource.
You can download the audio recording of this call by clicking here: http://jrf.org/node/2624

Leadership: Building and Sustaining an Effective Governance Structure

Victoria Cangelosi — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:18:51 -0500

Start: Mar 20 2008 - 10:00am

End: Mar 20 2008 - 11:30am

Boards That Work: Building and Sustaining an Effective Governance Structure

We can’t lead in a vacuum – the work of leadership is done within a larger system. Whether you are on the board, a member of a committee, part of the executive committee, or a staff member, working within a well-defined governance structure can help to clarify roles and responsibilities. This session will highlight effective models for structuring and managing the congregational board.

Download a resource packet

You can listen to the audio recording of this call by clicking here: http://jrf.org/node/2622