Webinar Archive
Explore past webinars and slide decks on topics ranging from cybersecurity to building inclusive synagogue communities.
Development | Finance | Governance | Leadership | Marketing
Synagogues | LEAP | Other | COVID-19 Specific
Development
Grant Writing & Foundation Relations Workshop
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Aiming to increase your grant funding and support from foundations? Watch this two-hour, online interactive training focused on foundation relations and grant-writing, This engaging workshop was led by Lauren Brownstein of PITCH Consulting and includes some lecture portions, as well as writing exercises, pair or group work, etc.
Participants are expected to come away with greater clarity on how to approach foundations for funding and a deeper understanding of how to write a successful grant proposal.)
Passcode: CJP@2021
Synagogue Fundraising in an Uncertain Time
Monday, March 23, 2020
CJP, the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis co-hosted a virtual discussion on synagogue fundraising during this time of crisis. We asked questions and brainstormed creative ideas for ensuring our organizations meet fundraising needs to serve our communities. We heard from Jennifer Weinstock, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy at CJP, and Judith Kaye, Chair, CJP Committee on Development. We were also joined by David Bernat, Executive Director, Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, and Rabbi Neal Gold, President, Massachusetts Board of Rabbis.
Institutional Resilience: Fundraising in an Unpredictable Time
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
View Jennifer Weinstock, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy at CJP, and Andrea Wasserman, President, Social Profit Ventures, as they have an interactive conversation about what we can do to ensure our organizations meet fundraising goals at this challenging time. Without the usual tools of events and other in-person cultivation opportunities, how can we creatively connect with donors and demonstrate the impact of our work?
Finance
Demystifying Nonprofit Financials
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Elizabeth Jick, former CJP Board Director and former Chair of CJP’s Budget and Administration Committee, David Noymer, interim CJP CFO, and Charlie Glassenberg, Vice President, Risk Management and Investment Partnerships, lead a financial 101 crash course. They provided helpful guidelines that board members and other volunteers should be aware of relating to a nonprofit’s financial statements, investments, and finance committees.
Maintaining and Securing Business Operations in a Remote Environment
Thursday, March 26, 2020
CJP’s Chief Financial Officer, David Strong, and Carmela Caplain, CJP’s Vice President of Finance, discussed helpful finance practices while working remotely.
Governance
Synagogue Series: Governance for Impact
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Based on ongoing feedback from you and other synagogue leaders, we have designed this leadership program to meet your most pressing needs. We are pleased to offer this interactive seminar series facilitated by Nanette Fridman, MPP, J.D.
Nanette is a strategist and coach for values-driven organizations and leaders. She is the President of Fridman Strategies, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in governance, fundraising, strategic planning, and leadership development.
View our first session, Governance for Impact, where we discussed how to optimize important governance practices that lead to stronger boards. See handouts from the presentation:
- Board Matrix
- Board Orientation Agenda
- Board Manual Outline
- Board Self Evaluation
- Board Member Job Description
- Committee Action Worksheet
Running Effective Virtual Board Meetings
Thursday, March 19, 2020
See Cindy Janower, CJP’s Board President, and Marni Allen, Associate Vice President of Board and Volunteer Leadership Engagement, talk about best practices and tips for running effective virtual board meetings. Are you partnering with your board effectively as you are faced with daily decisions for your community? Have you thought about ways to run effective virtual meetings with your board?
Leadership
Engaging Teams Remotely
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Our work world as we know it has dramatically changed. In addition to our overflowing inboxes, we now have to balance babies on our laps, kids who need to be fed, sub-optimal office set-ups, dogs barking during Zoom meetings, and constant interruptions and distractions.
How do we engage our co-workers during these challenging times? How can we continue to keep our teams on track in the midst of overwhelming uncertainty? Beth Tauro, CJP's Senior Director of Partnership Relations and Regional Strategy, was joined by guest presenter and consultant Lisa Hills to explore helpful strategies, tips, and tools to engage your team and enable them to be productive and effective despite this disruption.
A workplace expert and career strategist, Lisa Hills is a management consultant with more than two decades of experience across sectors, focusing on organizational strategy and talent development. Lisa is committed to helping clients tackle workplace issues, guiding them as they navigate everyday challenges and providing them with the requisite tools and practical solutions for success.
Marketing
Marketing in the New Normal, featuring Drew Levy
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Marketing expert Drew Levy led a webinar on outreach in the new normal. Topics included: positive ways of connecting, tone, marketing, and messaging. Get answers to some of your most pressing marketing and communications challenges.
Any organization that attended the webinar will have access to at least one individualized follow-up session with Drew in the immediate weeks after the webinar.
Drew Levy got his start during the digital boom and spent close to a decade planning and managing campaigns for clients across a variety of industries. Wanting to expand his skill set, he then shifted his focus into developing more of a holistic integrated marketing and strategy approach. He currently runs his own marketing consultancy in Boston where he seeks out like-minded and passionate brands to solve their biggest challenges and ultimately help guide them on their path to success.
Synagogues
Emerging Synagogue Trends and the COVID Crisis: Envisioning a Jewish Future
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
In this webinar with Dr. Steven Windmueller , you will learn about the trends influencing synagogues and the ways in which COVID-19 has increased organizational pressure to increase impact and efficiency. Innovative examples were shared from across the country.
Dr. Steven Windmueller is Emeritus Professor of Jewish Communal Studies at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles where he served as director of its School of Jewish Nonprofit Management and dean of the L.A. campus.
Synagogue Series: Solicitation Training
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Are your staff, board, and development committee comfortable asking for the philanthropic support your synagogue needs to be sustainable and innovative? View the third session of our Synagogue Series and learn step-by-step from Nanette Fridman — a 25-year fundraising veteran — about how to make the ask and gain practice in the role of a donor and a solicitor in this interactive session.
Nanette is a strategist and coach for values-driven organizations and leaders. She is the President of Fridman Strategies, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in governance, fundraising, strategic planning, and leadership development.
Synagogue Series: Ambassador Training
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
View the second session of our Synagogue Series facilitated by Nanette Fridman, MPP, J.D. Are your board members strong ambassadors for your synagogue? Learn how to energize and empower your board members to engage prospective members, new members, friends, volunteers and donors. View the tools that ambassadors need and watch some engagement essentials during this interactive session. Leave with ideas for tracking and systematizing your efforts.
Nanette is a strategist and coach for values-driven organizations and leaders. She is the President of Fridman Strategies, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in governance, fundraising, strategic planning, and leadership development.
Synagogue Series: Governance for Impact
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Based on ongoing feedback from you and other synagogue leaders, we have designed this leadership program to meet your most pressing needs. We are pleased to offer this interactive seminar series facilitated by Nanette Fridman, MPP, J.D.
Nanette is a strategist and coach for values-driven organizations and leaders. She is the President of Fridman Strategies, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in governance, fundraising, strategic planning, and leadership development.
View our first session, Governance for Impact, where we discussed how to optimize important governance practices that lead to stronger boards. See handouts from the presentation:
- Board Matrix
- Board Orientation Agenda
- Board Manual Outline
- Board Self Evaluation
- Board Member Job Description
- Committee Action Worksheet
Building Inclusive Virtual Communities: Strategies to Help Your Synagogue Meet Congregants’ Needs in the Age of Social Distancing
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
How do we make sure that our synagogue’s virtual community gatherings and events are inclusive and accessible? What strategies can we put in place to make those who may feel especially isolated to instead feel deeply welcomed? Gateways and CJP’s Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project presented a facilitated conversation to explore this new challenge facing our communities.
Facilitated by Sandy Gold, Director, Gateways Jewish Education Programs
Synagogue Fundraising in an Uncertain Time
Monday, March 23, 2020
CJP, the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis co-hosted a virtual discussion on synagogue fundraising during this time of crisis. We asked questions and brainstormed creative ideas for ensuring our organizations meet fundraising needs to serve our communities. We heard from Jennifer Weinstock, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy at CJP, and Judith Kaye, Chair, CJP Committee on Development. The webinar was joined by David Bernat, Executive Director, Synagogue Council of Massachusetts and Rabbi Neal Gold, President, Massachusetts Board of Rabbis.
Creating Virtual Community
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Watch this webinar presented by CJP, the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis to learn how we can forge spiritual and educational connection while maintaining social distancing. We heard from David Bernat, Executive Director of the Synagogue Council and Rabbi Neal Gold, President of Massachusetts Board of Rabbis. We also heard from Rabbi Andy Vogel of Temple Sinai, Brookline, and Rabbi Elizabeth Bonney-Cohen, Congregation Kehillath Israel’s Assistant Rabbi and Director of Outreach & Innovation, and the Director and Rabbi of Base in Boston.
Other
Sustained Formal Collaborations
Tuesday, May 11, 2020
View consultant Nanette Fridman, MPP, J.D. explore the range of collaborative options that exist from strategic alliances to mergers and everything in between. Nanette is a strategist and coach for values-driven organizations and leaders. She is the President of Fridman Strategies, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in governance, fundraising, strategic planning, and leadership development.
The Art of Coping and Resilience: Thriving During Stress and Crisis
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
We’ve heard about the many challenges organizations like yours are facing due to COVID-19. To help your institution serve our community during this unique time — and at all times — we invite you to watch a resiliency training orientation from the world-renowned Israeli organization, The Community Stress Prevention Center (CSPC). CJP was honored to host Professor Mooli Lahad, Ph.D., Founder and President of CSPC; and Dr. Ruvi Rogel, Ph.D., Deputy CEO of CSPC, who led this virtual session.
The lecture focused on:
- How do we manage uncertainty as individuals? And why does COVID-19 challenge or even threaten this inner mechanism?
- What helpful models can we use as leaders when we look at and plan for our communities?
- How to stabilize the ship in rough seas?
- Is resilience a process or a trait, and can we develop it?
- Where and how can we evoke hope?
Together in Harmony: An Evening of Celebration
Featuring Neshama Carlebach and Rabbi Menachem Creditor
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
During this unprecedented time of social isolation, coming together as a community is more important than ever. View an evening of healing, song, and reflection with Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Scholar in Residence at the UJA-Federation of New York, and his wife, internationally renowned singer and songwriter Neshama Carlebach. We also heard from Rabbi Marc Baker, CJP’s President and CEO, and Ruderman Family Foundation leadership.
WATCH Password: RSIP52720!
COVID-19 Specific
Back to Business: From Bay to Bay
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
CJP partnered with the San Francisco Federation to host A Deep Dive Into the Secure Community Network’s Jewish Community Guide for Reopening Facilities and Resuming Operations in the Age of COVID-19 for Synagogue and Jewish Organization Leaders from the San Francisco and Massachusetts Bay Areas.
This webinar is designed to help Jewish community leaders plan for resumption of operations and reopening organizations. The expert panelists contributed to the development of SCN's Back to Business Guide, and shared best practices and considerations to support decision making in a rapidly changing environment.
Paycheck Protection Program Forgiveness Webinar
Thursday, July 23, 2020
For those who have received funds from the Paycheck Protection Program, the next question to begin addressing is: How will I calculate my loan forgiveness, and document and complete the application for submittal to the bank and the Small Business Administration (SBA)? How do I best maximize forgiveness?
What COVID-19 Teaches Us About Inclusion, Resilience, Belonging, and Hope with Rabbi Menachem Penner and Shelly Christensen, M.A.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
This pandemic poses new obstacles to belonging and inclusion, especially in terms of our spiritual life. Shelly Christensen and Rabbi Menachem Penner, Dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University, offered us strategies to guide, support, and inspire us. Rabbi Penner explored how Jewish values may offer solace and help us find meaning in these difficult times. The webinar included Sharon Shapiro, Trustee, Ruderman Family Foundation; and Jennifer Weinstock, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy, CJP.
WATCH Password: RSIP51920!
The Psychological and Emotional Impact of COVID-19 with David H. Rosmarin, Ph.D., ABPP and Shelly Christensen, M.A.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
David H. Rosmarin, Ph.D, ABPP, Director of the Spirituality and Mental Health Program at McLean Hospital, led this informative webinar explaining how we can help ourselves cope with the current crisis. Dr. Rosmarin drew upon cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal strategies, as well as spiritual approaches such as practicing gratitude, acts of kindness, finding meaning in suffering, radical acceptance, and embracing uncertainty. Dr. Rosmarin was joined by Shelly Christensen, M.A., renowned author, founder of Jewish Disabilities Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month, and leader in the faith community disability and mental health inclusion field; Sharon Shapiro, Trustee, Ruderman Family Foundation; and Sarah Abramson, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Impact at CJP.
WATCH Password: RSIP51320!
Learning From Pandemics Past: Jewish History and COVID-19
CJP Live Event and JewishBoston Vibe of the Tribe Podcast
Monday, April 13, 2020
Rabbi Marc Baker, CEO and President of CJP, and Dr. Jonathan Sarna, the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History in the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, presented a fascinating conversation touching on past, present, and future. They offered the unique perspectives from their work; Marc, as the leader of a large Jewish organization in a time of rapid, profound change, and critical communal need, and Jonathan, a renowned scholar of Jewish history who is also an active member of the community he studies.
COVID-19 has triggered an unprecedented wave of changes to day-to-day life around the world. Existing in a state of crisis is nothing new to the Jewish people, however. History can be our guide during difficult times. What does the past tell us about how we will emerge from the era of COVID-19? How might Jewish life change after this extended period of radical social distancing and economic turmoil?
The event was featured on JewishBoston.com’s The Vibe of the Tribe podcast.
WATCH Access Code: x0*bv9.3
Cyber Concerns in the Time of COVID-19
Friday, April 3, 2020
Times of crisis are particularly daunting in terms of cybersecurity. Hackers, scam artists, and others with malicious intent use the turmoil during these times to their advantage. View this webinar to see some of the common threats and learn about the steps you can take to protect your organization and improve your cybersecurity.
Featuring:
Ted Penfield, Associate Vice President, Information Technology, CJP
Nancy Viner, Vice President of Enterprise Cybersecurity Services, Fidelity Investments
Moderator: Jeremy Yamin, Associate Vice President, Director of Security and Operations, CJP
Clearing and Coaching for Agency Executives in the Time of COVID-19
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Kimberlee Schumacher, CJP's Vice President of Partnerships and Services, led this webinar designed for agency executives with guest presenter Deb Elbaum, M.D., PCC. The increase of stress, uncertainty, and anxiety is affecting all of us. As a leader, it's critical to manage your stress so that you can be effective and help others in your organization and community. In this interactive session, Leadership Coach Deb Elbaum shared a five-step stress management tool and strategies to coach yourself and others to clear out mental stress and make room for more positive, focused, productive thinking.
COACHING QUESTIONS STRESS MANAGEMENT
Crisis Communications During COVID-19
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Julie Somers, CJP’s Vice President of Marketing, led this webinar designed for CEOs and their communications directors. She was joined by Alex Goldstein, CEO of 90 West and former spokesman for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, who discussed communications best practices for organizations during times of crisis. He provided recommendations on how best to engage with journalists and how to manage social media and internal communications during this unprecedented moment. Alex also covered the dos and don'ts of effective crisis communications and gave an overview of the current media landscape as we seek to balance essential messages about COVID-19 with our broader communications strategies.