Creative Zionist Network

Opportunity Moving to a Post-Digital World: Creative Economy Traditional Jewish structures based on Industrial Age models do not speak to new generation New generation is made up of prosumers – marginalized geeks and rootless socially minded entrepreneurs seeking roots

Creative Zionist Network: an Information-Age framework, harnessing the potential of a global Jewish People rooted in the Jewish State Vision

Node Structure Community Space Creative Space Resident Space

Model London Buenos Aires Paris Bombay Moscow Interrelated network of nodes sharing resources and packets of human capital for large-scale social capital creation New York Singapore Jerusalem

Membership Structure System Admins: Staff employed by node to coordinate, educate and mentor Resident Fellows: Intensive incubation Fellows: Free access to full node resources Members: Access to community space and options for space use Hadracha: Resident and Visiting Faculty

Proof of Concept 18 Fellows from around the world Over 60 Members and Counting Proto-Node in Jerusalem for 6 Week Period Summer 2007 Institute

Favorable Trends Increased interest in socially-minded entrepreneurialism and incubators ROI120 Bikkurim PLP YCombinator SeedCamp TechStars Emagination Camps

Team Doers, not “Leaders”

Milestones Phase I: Pilot program, summer 2007 Phase II: Regional proto-nodes focusing on Creative Zionism and socially-minded entrepreneurialism Phase III: Summer 2008 – Larger summer institute to train staff and GearWeek for larger community Phase IV: Fall 2009 – Year-long Single or Dual Node Launch; First Node, Jerusalem Phase V: Fall 2011 – Multiple node roll-out as Fellows return to host countries

Get Involved Zionism is the movement to realize the collective potential of Am Israel – and that means that we need you . www.creativezionism.com