Vision, Mission, and Goals

The following is the proposal submitted for Open Office Hours 3.0

Big Idea: Open Office Hours 3.0* (OOH3)
*Web 1.0 refers to the static Web; Web 2.0 is all about the democratization of participation and those channels that allow people to connect with one another free of time and space (social media); Web 3.0 is the combination of the previous two - only mobile. The name OOH3 implies new technologies, mobility, relevance, and experimentation.

Vision: Every employee at the Jewish Education project will have the language, skills, and cultural context to conceptualize their work and role in the connected age, and the ability to translate that knowledge into actionable steps.

Mission: To facilitate a bi-monthly, drop-in style conversation around social media, new technologies, and the cultural shifts that accompany leadership in the 21st Century as it pertains to Jewish nonprofit professionals. The meetings will consist of:

• Guided discussion around topics chosen by the group
• Case studies/examples from our own work
• Brief, hands-on introductions to a new tool or concept

Meetings will be fairly self-contained, with only minimal continuation from one to the next. The expectation is not to create an ongoing group, but to accommodate a variety of needs and facilitate timely discussions.

Meetings will take no more than an hour and will most likely be held over lunch.

Meetings will be documented in some form (WebEx recordings, Google Docs, podcasts) depending on the quality of the discussions and desire from staff for ongoing, asynchronous follow-up.