Everyone’s home and office gets cluttered, and this article in Oprah magazine is an excellent guide to decluttering however often you’d like. An extra incentive is to donate unused items to charity. Use this as a chesed opportunity and watch how organized you get in the process! Doing good never felt so good.
Harvard Business Review has an article with many questions to ask yourself in order to help you become a better leader. Read it below! Start by asking yourself these questions about your organization: 1) Do members of my organization feel part of a community?2) Does my organization have a shared purpose – one that binds Continue Reading »
This Inc.com article highlights “3 Things Leadership is Not” written by Les McKeown who has recently written a book titled “Do Lead.” 1) Leadership isn’t about charisma – Charisma can be a great tool for a leader to wield – but it’s not a prerequisite. Nor is it necessary to be a wonderful communicator Continue Reading »
While parents mean to send their children the message that empathy is of value and importance, what they are actually sending is the message that we value achievement and happiness above all else. Harvard University conducted a study with these findings and what we can take from it is this: “If parents really want to Continue Reading »
The summer months are a great opportunity to continue learning even when the school year is over (for both students and teachers alike). Rather than breaking away completely from the school mindset in the vacation days of the summer, Naphtali Hoff writes about his plan to stick to the 4 R’s: reflect, read, re-imagine, and return Continue Reading »
People should be giving according to their ability and understand their motivations for giving. This thought-provoking article by Richard Marker, discusses if motivation in philanthropy truly matters when giving is still taking place. “People are complex. Relationships are complex. Cultures are complex. Motivations are often inscrutable. What matters much more than why is generosity itself.” Other Areyvut Continue Reading »
This article emphasizes the importance of measuring the difference your organization makes in a way that does justice to what is being accomplished. “Rather than providing the number of hours students are tutored, retention rates, and volunteer involvement, try making a more compelling data-driven argument that you are 80 percent likely to produce an intended Continue Reading »
Areyvut is thrilled to announce the culmination of the seventh year of our teen philanthropy program! Over this past semester, 23 seventh graders from Yeshivat Noam in Paramus came together to learn what it truly means to be on the board of an organization. Students came away with valuable leadership skills, knowledge of agencies in Continue Reading »
By now you have all heard the tragic news of the kidnapping of three Israeli teens- Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrah. These young men were last seen and heard from on Thursday, June 12th, when they were on their way back from Yeshiva in Gush Etzion. Prime Minister Netanyahu has since confirmed that Continue Reading »
This article sheds light on full cost funding and new and exciting things happening in the nonprofit sector. If the only things being funded are the popular aspects of a program, the day-to-day expenses become a concern. Full cost funding provides the means for all aspects of the needed program. “With the movement to support full costs Continue Reading »
