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It is Time to Move the Wedding Intake Form Online

It is Time to Move the Wedding Intake Form Online

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  There are a ton of ways to improve the method we gather information from people for their lifecycle events. A good first step is to move our wedding intake forms online. When couples first sit down with you, you listen to their stories, and you ask them questions. You try and glean all of the important information you need to do a good job! Many rabbis have a list of questions and write down the answers as they come up in the conversation. However, I think there is a better way. I think you should send an online wedding intake form to the couple and it should be after the first meeting. The purpose of the first meeting. Your first meeting is all about getting to know them. Who…
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Four Reasons to Befriend Your Maintenance Staff

Four Reasons to Befriend Your Maintenance Staff

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As with most jobs, the unseen portions are often the most important. Behind office doors, tucked away in far parts of a building, or in quiet moments with your phone, there are many aspects of our work that are not seen by others. This is true for all of us. It is that much more important to recognize the work of others. In schools, hospitals, synagogues, non-profits, federations, and countless other organizations, one of the most overlooked teams are the maintenance team and janitorial staff. They do countless hours of labor, rarely recognized, and mistakes publicly named. It is incredibly important that we befriend them and recognize their work for a myriad of reasons. 1. It shows that you value their humanity. As we learn in Buber’s I and Thou,…
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The Six Questions to Ask Before Taking on Projects

The Six Questions to Ask Before Taking on Projects

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The most precious resource you have is your time. As a result, you need to be selective when you take on projects and programs. It is easy to come up with an idea and get excited about it, but that doesn’t make it something you can implement. There are important questions to ask before taking on projects become part of your portfolio. This is relevant if you work at a synagogue, day school, non-profit, or really any type of organization. 1. What is the goal? This is probably the most important question of all of them and the one most frequently skipped. Therefore we should ask, what is the goal that you are trying to accomplish? Without this important sign post, it is hard to measure forward movement. This goal…
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