Why technology and process belong at the center of Jewish professional well-being Originally published in eJewish Philanthropy, 2025 When Barry Finestone published his courageous op-ed urging the Jewish communal sector to care for its professionals, he named the crisis clearly: Our educators, clergy, social workers and organizational leaders — the people who hold up Jewish life […]
Think about it. Before we even fully wake up in the morning, we’re on our phones. We get life updates from friends and family via text. We order groceries through an app. We read our daily news in Safari or Chrome. But if we want to hear from our rabbi, we have to go to shul? […]
Originally published at Times of Israel Every January, the biggest thought leaders in marketing release their state of marketing reports, detailing the trends they observed over the last year, important statistics, and advice for digital success in the coming year. Like the nerd that I am, I’ve read through and soaked up each of them, […]
What to say in difficult times and how not to sound insensitive when you have a mission to accomplish.
I’ll state the obvious: today, remote work is the new norm for organizations of all sizes. But for nonprofits and synagogues, the transition to remote work can present unique challenges. So I’ve designed offerings to meet these unique needs, built on almost a decade in the Jewish nonprofit space and a number of certifications in […]
Press release originally published on eJewish Philanthropy As long-standing Jewish institutions and communal leadership face the current health and financial crises, UpStart has redesigned and relaunched its flagship Change Accelerator program for innovation-minded professionals – otherwise known as intrapreneurs – in the Jewish communal field. The Change Accelerator will gather select cohorts of professionals to learn how to […]
Personal Branding is one of my very favorite topics, and last week I had the pleasure of teaching it in a workshop for a group of colleagues in Denver. Take a look at just a few of the items we explored in this two-part series. More to come from Pt II, including how to design […]
This July, UpStart hosted our staff retreat at The Hive in San Diego. I was able to take the clips of video I’d captured throughout the four-day event and turn them into something slightly cohesive for our team to enjoy as they returned home. Check out the recap of our Team Retreat 2019.
A little over a year ago, two friends and I discovered that as a group we most enjoyed talking about all things tech: productivity tools, gadgets, graphic design, and the like. A Slack workspace called The Year of Ease (h/t to my friend Jeff and his practice of bestowing each life-year a theme), the purpose […]
