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Unlocking Community Conversation
The document emphasizes the evolving definition of community and the importance of personal connections within it, encouraging conversations that reflect congregants' interests. It highlights strategies for fostering engagement in religious spaces, advocating for a community-driven approach to discussions. The content invites participants to explore how to revitalize personal elements in synagogue life through meaningful dialogue and collaboration.
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- 2. Connections that changeour lives The changing definition of community The “Power of Personal” Unlocking the community conversation
- 3. wdydwyd?* *why do youdo what you do? (Tweet your answer using #cantorsconvention) @askdebra
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- 5. The Science ofConnecting http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/opinion/sunday/hello-stranger.html?
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- 8. The Changing Definitionof Community
- 9. *From Who MovedMy Cheese? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Moved_My_Cheese%3F
- 10. It’s a Pivot Well-placedtime spent, not 24/6 Let go of control…but still retain control No one is a stranger, everyone is a potential community member The technical piece is the easy part
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- 13. Data: Power ofPersonal
- 14. What makes TempleIsrael a kehila? (a community)
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- 20. Unlocking the Conversation diagram courtesyof Darim Online Org Stakehol ders
- 21. It’s Not ReallyWhat You Want to Talk About… http://www.flickr.com/photos/47390431@N08/5549926350/
- 22. It’s What TheyWant To Talk About http://www.flickr.com/photos/32454422@N00/4074805374/
- 23. Figuring this outis a commitment Stronger community It’s a process that takes time
- 24. You Do ThisAlready
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- 29. Knowing the Conversation: TempleEmunah diagram courtesy of Darim Online Living Jewishly in Lexington, MA Finding a Jewish community What is the intersection here?
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- 33. Meets mission Fulfills whatcongregants want to talk about Offers opportunity to be heard Is valued Conversation
- 34. Offline Online • It’sone way, it’s two-way • It’s virtual and real • Your online conversation supports the offline conversation, and vice-versa
- 35. whwtic?* *what happens whenthere is conversation?
- 36. The Mussar Institute’sGenerosity Week
- 40. What Does YourCommunity Want to Talk About? Use #cantorsconvention http://www.flickr.com/photos/88133570@N00/2945003307
- 41. Reflections… Religious life isinherently personal: How have we let it become broadcast? Let’s take back the personal elements of what makes a synagogue a kehila. No one is a stranger, and strangers like connecting. The definition of “community” has changed, and everyone wants one.
- 42. …and a Prescription Commit to “finding the conversation”’ Think about what you want to learn from the congregation over the next two weeks Talk about this with staff and board leadership Spread the work: Make it a community-wide endeavor Hold a “lunch and learn” one Shabbat p.s. Don’t be surprised if your social strategy begins to reveal itself!
- 43. What Is ThePotential?
- 44. THANK YOU!! Debra Askanase DigitalEngagement Strategist http://communityorganizer20.com Twitter: @askdebra Slideshare: http://slideshare.net/debask (617) 682-2977 debra@communityorganizer20.com
Editor's Notes
- #8 We’ve come to care about these HONY, even though they are strangers to us. We comment on them, and their stories are compelling because we want to know them: they are part of our community (geo NYC) and our community (virtually).
- #9 KEY POINT: Changing conceit of the word “community” from a place you live on the ground, to a group of folks with shared interests, activities, values, etc. Traditionally, community was the place you lived. Geraldine Blake, chief executive of Community Links, defines her community as "a group of people that I share values, activities, hopes and dreams with". "They are traditionally defined as a place, but they can be a community of interest," she adds. An alternative meaning is of a collection of people with something in common. "People are networked into different groups," she says. "If you sit and map an individual and compare five or six individuals you would find that each one has lots of different connections. http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2013/may/03/community-spurs-fans
- #10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Moved_My_Cheese%3F Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, published on September 8, 1998 Stop trying to find the old community. New community is not in a place, but in the connection.
- #36 Report-backs
- #38 Generosity Week is an annual project of The Mussar Institute (TMI) intended to foster personal spiritual development through guided practice of generosity. The purpose of this group is to have a place where those who are really interested in trying Generosity Week are supported by others.
- #40 Generosity Week is an annual project of The Mussar Institute (TMI) intended to foster personal spiritual development through guided practice of generosity. The purpose of this group is to have a place where those who are really interested in trying Generosity Week are supported by others.