Scaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organization
#11NTCJews - JNMIF & 10 New Rules of the Game
1. The State of the Jewish Digital Nation 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference March 17, 2011 Adam Simon ~ Schusterman Family Foundation asimon@schusterman.org
2. Jewish New Media Innovation Fund www.JewishNewMedia.org $500,000 Competitive Grant Pool Partners Blueprint Research and Design Righteous Persons Foundation Jim Joseph Foundation 305 applications
3. Jewish New Media Innovation Fund Criterion Innovation Contribution to a more vibrant, meaningful Jewish life Immediate impact Reach new audiences Lasting impact on those audiences Measure/understand impact Sustainability and scaling up Capacity to implement Open to sharing
4. Jewish New Media Innovation Fund 75 readers 6 advisors Andrew Mandel – Teach For America Ben Elowitz – Wetpaint David Bryfman - Jewish Education Project Jason Hirschhorn –new media entrepreneur Kari Dunn Saratovsky – Case Foundation Lisa Colton – Darim Online
5. Jewish New Media Innovation Fund Recipients Idelsohn Society Digital Archive (Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation) Haggadot.com (Haggadot.com) Kveller.com (My Jewish Learning) Moishe House Rocks (Moishe House & G-dcast) The G-d Project (Punk Torah) Jewniversity Mobile App (Hillel) UrbanSefer (Morgan Friedman) PocketTorah (Media Midrash) Jewish Journey Connector (Measuring Success)
6. Learnings - Where Are We? Head in the sand Use technology for one-way communication; know we ‘should’ do more Get it
7. Learnings – The Not So Good A website is not innovative “How do I use Facebook better?” is the wrong question Low tolerance for risk Technological expertise ≠ intellectual / content knowledge expertise Naïve understanding of required staff and budget capacity
8. Learnings – The Good Potential is huge! Front-end tools for two-way communication Back-end tools to make use of your data easier and more powerful Opportunity: Put technological and media tools of different organizations in dialogue with each other Excellent models exist
9. On the Horizon: Organizational Evolution Jewish New Media Innovation Fund Sharing gleaned learnings Version 2.0 Modern forms of community and communication Fundamental organizational changes are doable Your role
10. Enjoy… schusterman.org (these slides will be on our blog) JewishNewMedia.org facebook.com/SchustermanFamilyFoundation
11. Ten Commandments for This Age New Rules of the Game Lisa Colton, DarimOnline March 17, 2011 Slides at: http://slidesha.re/11ntcjews
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Notas del editor
Welcome and introsThank Lisa Colton from DarimThank Roben KantorWelcome Holly Ross, NTEN E.D. (in advance)About CLSFF and why we careGoalsTell you what we see as major trends and opportunities in JNMShare learnings from JNMIF
THE THIRD BOX IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS WORKTwo-way communicationOrganizational structure that leverages how people interact and communicate to define their communityNetworks > membershipAlignment of this realization, lay leadership, constituent communications, board, senior staff, etc.
Low tolerance for risk matters because of culture change in previous slide