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Be a Visionary. Be a Leader. BE CONNECTED. |
2008 KESHER Leadership Training Seminar
Schedule LTS is brought to
you by the Men of Reform Judaism’s Allen B. Gardner Leadership Training
Scholarship Fund, TaMaR and the Hagshama Department of the WZO, and the
KESHER URJ College Department Friday March 28, 2008 4:00-6:00pm Arrival and Check-In ***Please arrive at
the UT Hillel no later than 6pm & attend Group Welcome in your Shabbat
attire! 6:00-6:30pm Group Welcome 6:45-7:00pm Pre-Shabbat “Happy Hour” at UT Hillel 7:00pm Shabbat Services Led
and Coordinated by
Students of the 8:00pm Shabbat Dinner With and Courtesy of the 9:00pm Mixin’ It Up! 9:30pm Kesher Council Round Robin KESHER
Student Leadership Council: Samantha Dresser, Chase Foster, Dan Garwood, Jill
Goldstein, Mira Lyon 10:00pm Oneg
& Israeli Dancing 10:30 End of Program Saturday March 29, 2008 8:45am Breakfast (Optional) 9:00-10:15am Shacharit Shabbat – Morning Services Led and Coordinated by Aaron Cravez, Marshall
Voit, Dan
Garwood, D’Var
Torah with Joseph Skloot,
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Sarah Smiley, Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion, 10:20-10:50am 11:00-12:00pm Workshop Block #1 6
Steps to Revolutionizing Your Kesher/Hillel Dan Garwood, Learn a revolutionary
way of organizing leadership and participation in your campus community. Learn how to make the leadership responsive
to the needs of the community and how to engage your community in leadership. Successful Event Planning: Looking at the Details Stefani Rozen, Assistant Director, URJ Greene
Family Camp Every event starts and
ends with a big picture. The stuff in
the middle is what counts! Working with hotels, camps, your college Hillel -
no matter where your event is, you'll have to work the logistics to your
favor. We'll talk about how to make
the details work for you. Moving Prayer: Taking Risks with Services on
Campus Joseph Skloot, Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion, Sarah Smiley, Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion, Whether you are an experienced shaliach tzibbur (prayer leader) or
new to the job, you know that creating inspiring and appealing services is
hard work. Join two experienced shlichei
tzibbur to explore creative ideas and techniques for making the prayer
experience on your campus smart and spiritual. The workshop will include
discussion, practical tips and demonstration.
That's soooo Stereotype! Sarah Fields, We'll set out to explore the nature of inclusive
programming and worship as it relates to the inclusion of Jewish LGBT,
questioning, and coming out students on our college campuses. 12:15-1:00 Lunch
– A Taste of Tex-Mex 1:15-2:15pm Workshop Block #2 Become
a Master of Marketing Jeff Goldman, Founder, Russell-Shaw Marketing
Agency What does it take to successfully market a Kesher
program in a campus environment? Spend an hour exploring the possibilities
with an advertising veteran who has successfully marketed everything from
Microsoft to Miller Lite. Jewish Summer Camp as a Career Stefani Rozen, Assistant Director, URJ Greene
Family Camp Curious how to
continue life after college at camp and get paid for it? Camps look for a wide variety of skills and
educational backgrounds for their full time staff. Nothing but Nets Social Action Initiative Mira Lyon, One person dies of malaria every thirty seconds
... and many of those deaths are preventable. A simple $10 bednet can protect
a family of four from deadly mosquitoes, and together we will make sure that
everyone has access to this life-saver. KESHER has undertaken a project with
the URJ and much of the continent to raise money for Nothing But Nets to buy
and install these nets in area in Meeting Face-to-Face with “the
Meeting” Melissa Goldman, NFTY Director of Operations and
Special Projects. The nuts and bolts of
making any meeting go your way. Put Down the Falafel & Step Away from the
Camel: Dotan
Harpak, KESHER Shaliach If I had a dollar for each time I saw a camel,
I’d be one rich Jew. Seriously. How many times have you seen an 2:30-3:25pm Forum/Panel: Shabbat &
Worship: On the College Campus and In the Reform Movement MODERATOR:
Aaron
P. Taylor, LTS 2008 Assistant Coordinator, Balancing
Tongues: Hebrew v. Vernacular Rabbi
Benjamin Sternman, Congregation Beth Israel, Between Suggestions and
Mitzvot Rabbi
Susan Lippe, Congregation Beth Israel, Morgan
Lord, Polytechnic Institute
Sasha Friedman, Cantor
David Reinwald, Congregation Beth Israel,
Rabbi
Steve Folberg, Congregation Beth Israel, 3:30-4:00pm Forum/Panel Discussions Balancing
Tongues: Hebrew v. Vernacular Chase Foster, Between Suggestions and
Mitzvot Zach Newburgh, Instrumental Music:
Participatory or Performative Marshall Voit, The Bogus Bar Mitzvah Herschel Colbert, 4:15-5:15 Workshop
Block #3 Fundraising
& Brainstorming Awesome Programming with Little Money Liza Levine, Campaign Director, Jewish Community
Association of The title says it all!
Find out
ways to fundraise and be resourceful that you may not have thought about
before - how to target people with money to fundraise for events, make things
affordable, being creative with money, etc. Engaging those Former NFTYites in Kesher Hilary Oleon, KESHER Program Associate Sarah Smiley, Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion, Are you a former NFTYite struggling to find a comfortable or familiar
Jewish place on your college campus? Are you a Reform Jewish leader on your
campus, struggling to figure out how to engage former NFTYites in your
programming? This workshop, led by former NFTYites, will troubleshoot
engagement issues on campus and brainstorm ways to increase former NFTYites’
involvement. Creating Creative Alliances: Partnerships on
Campus Deborah Shapiro, Regional Director of Admissions
& Recruitment, HUC-JIR Joseph Skloot, Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion, Find out the best way
to get people to your programs and the good word out about Hillel and Jewish
life on campus. Gain practical skills along with understanding the mitzvah
and Jewish value of Creating Alliances. Leading with Song, Not Just Songleading Sasha Friedman, Dan Garwood, It's Friday night, you
walk into your local Hillel, schmooze a bit before the service begins, and
then . . . ? Does someone start playing a sweet song on a guitar? Does the
service leader introduce him or herself? Does loud music come over an
amplifier played by a Gene Simmons look alike? Hopefully you don't encounter
the latter too often, but chances are that you encounter some variety of
music, reading, English, and Hebrew in your Shabbat services. In this
workshop we will discuss how service leaders, song leaders, and participants
can enhance their prayer experiences with song. No previous musical
experience is necessary, and believe it or not, you don't even need a guitar
(but if you happen to have a harp on hand, we could have a great time J ). We will provide
helpful hints, songs, and resources for successfully using song in your
Kesher and larger Jewish communities. Please come with ideas, questions, and
your positive and negative experiences with song in any Jewish service or
venue. A-W-K-W-A-R-D with a capital "AWK" Samantha Dresser, Need some strategies
on how to navigate awkward situations? This workshop will discuss how to cut
down on the awkwardness that might happen during your KESHER events, as well
as how to reach out to people in your community who may feel socially
isolated. So whether you're feeling awkward, or it's the other people that
are awkward, this workshop can help. 5:15-6:40pm Free Time 6:45-10:00pm MEET AT HILLEL IN YOUR BATHING SUIT: Havdalah,
Good Ole Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:00am Optional Shacharit 9:20-9:50am Targeted Speed
Programming, Darchei David Award, and Breakfast Munching 10:00-11:00am Workshop Block #4 Jewish Community Life After
College Deborah Shapiro, Regional Director of Admissions
& Recruitment, HUC-JIR College is not
forever. What will you do next? Take an in-depth look at why we choose what
we choose and the values that dictate these choices. Resources will be
provided. Connecting Local Synagogues with Campuses Dan Steiner, KESHER Program Associate For better or worse,
the Reform Movement is congregationally-focused. How can college students, based on campus,
connect with synagogues within their community? And how do we, as a movement, convince
students and congregants alike that the synagogue can complement life on
campus, and vice-versa? An introduction to the
student anti-genocide movement and to the crisis of TaMaR: World Jewry from a Progressive/Reform Perspective Chase Foster, KESHER is the North
American snif (branch) of Tamar (Tnuat Magshimim Reformit) the young
adult movement of the World Union for Progressive Judaism and ARZENU. What
are some of the problems facing world progressive Judaism and what can you
do? Come discuss! 11:00-11:30am Closing Events: Evaluations, Wrap-Up, and more you won’t
wanna miss! 12:00pm L’Hitraot! Bye! Hasta Luego! |
©2005-2008 Leadership Training Seminar
The KESHER Student Leadership
Council's Leadership Training Seminar is a student-conceived, student-planned,
and student-run event, which is supported by the Union for Reform Judaism's
KESHER College Department, the Men of Reform Judaism's Allen B. Gardener
Leadership Training Scholarship Fund, and by the Hagshama Department of the WZO
through TaMaR.