It is once again time for us undergo our quarterly review process, where we challenge ourselves to manage the operations with an eye on outputs and outcomes. We have once again reviewed what was done over the past quarter, learned lessons of what did not go as planned and why, and seen the successes of much of the PresenTense communities hard work. These quarterly reviews provide us the necessary data and the opportunity to make adjustments to the Year in Preview and what our plans our for the upcoming quarter.

Here is the second quarterly reports. As opposed to last quarter, this time we answered some specific questions such as:

• What were the goals of the department
• What assumptions were made
• What content/programs were expected vs. what actually happened
• What are we planning for the next quarter
• What "unexpected's" took place
• And more...

Of course what would PresenTense be without creativity? The presentations are still quite unique from each other, as a reflection of this crucial element of who we are!

PresenTense has always understood itself as an open-source movement. Not because we like the jargon, or because it's trendy to use the words 'open-source', or because it gives us good branding -- but because that is what we literally have been since day one: a collection of individuals from around the world who are committed to contributing to the Jewish People in the here and now, to upgrade our community's Operating System so our programs, activities and ideas are up-to-date and actionable for these years and the years to come.

When a few dozen of us started working on the magazine back in 2006, the concept of being an open organizing framework was core to how we envisioned our work in the time to come; when we developed the Institute in 2007 we made it a point to do a full, open to the public assessment to enable our greater community to look under the hood and tell us what we could have done better; and now that we're growing at a rapid clip, we decided to take the next step: we're publishing our year-in-preview documents and quarterly presentations, which is to say, the blueprint for PresenTense's year to come and how we're living up to our expectations.

With all of that in mind, we look forward to hearing your thoughts, and we very much hope to learn from this process -- so all of your comments and thoughts (and constructive criticisms) are welcomed. 

5770 (2009-2010) Year in Preview

Q3 2009 Quarterly Presentations

Q4 2009 Quarterly Presentations

Q1 2010 Quarterly Presentations

Our New Year's resolution -- a bit late in coming, we recognize -- is to continue to pioneer the field of Jewish social enterprise, and our commitment is to stay as open now with 10 staff and over 300 volunteers in 7 steering committees as we were when we met at the common room of Columbia University's Bayit all those years ago. This document is a step along that path.  

Not everything is here -- it being the first year we put all of these together in a standard format, we had to make some tough decisions as to what goes in and what does not. For example, our feasibility study into whether to open a PresenTense Hub in the Upper West Side is not reflected, nor is our growth of the rather popular PTSchool, nor is our Hub & Fellowship partnership with Telalivit included. Those and close to half a dozen smaller initiatives are being developed by our over 300 volunteer community members, and will be better defined over the course of the next year. If this process goes well, we hope to include them next year. 

Also, not everything here will be done to the dot. As anyone who operates in this world knows, these are testing times, times more defined by change then by stability. As such, these plans can be seen as the roadmaps with which we set out on our journey. We may veer off course, but hope not to. To correct for this, each plan is built with the strategic goals of the plan at the top, and the tactical moves towards the bottom -- with an understanding that we'll stick to the strategies and rearrange tactics as needed. Our three and five year plans will be based on Assumption Based Planning -- these are just based on ABP's principles. 

A few weeks ago we released the first Year in Preview of the PresenTense Group, with the aim of opening up a view of our operations to our community, letting members of the community into our heads -- and brining our community into the driver's seat as they suggest changes, additions, and more, to our operations.

But as anyone knows, plans are no good unless they serve as dynamic blueprints for action -- sketches that are dymanic enough to shift as needs shift. And so we have instituted a quarterly review process here at the PresenTense Group, challenging our senior community volunteers and staff to manage their operations with an eye on outputs and outcomes. This process begins by reviewing what was done over the past quarter, and then sharing lessons learned, risks anticipated, and adjustments necessary in the original year in preview.

Now, it wouldn't make sense to share the plans and not the results -- so here is the first in a quarterly reporting process we intend on carrying out. No templates were given to staff, in the hope of learning from how each member best thinks to package information. So forgive the variety -- or celebrate it, as we do.

PTL Management Report Q3

As part of PresenTense's commitment to transparency we would like to present to you our team's quarterly reports on what we did in January to March 2010, and plans for April through June 2010. In many ways it was a very successful quarter and we look forward to being able to continue this success. 

General Group Strategy Presentation

רכז מכון תל אביב

מכון Telalivit/PresenTense ליזמים חברתיים משיק את הפיילוט שלו בינואר 2011 ואנחנו מחפשים רכז תוכניות מנוסה ומבריק לסיוע בבניית התוכנית ולתאם את יישומה המוצלח. התוכנית עצמה היא תוכנית באורך חמישה חודשים שמטרתה להכשיר יזמים חברתיים השואפים לפתור את הבעיות שעל העם היהודי והעולם כולו להתמודד עמן, כאשר הפעילויות הפורמאליות נערכות ערב אחד בשבוע, בערך, מינואר עד סוף יוני, כולל תקופת הכנה בה יש לארגן את הקהילה, לגייס ולנהל מתנדבים, לגייס מועמדים ולבצע תהליך קבלה.

ניסיון נדרש: עניין ביוזמות חברתיות ורצון לשנות את העולם; שנתיים עד חמש שנים של ניסיון מקצועי, רצוי ניסיון הקשור בשלב ההזנק של פיתוח יוזמות; ניסיון בתיאום ותכנון אירועים; קשרים עמוקים ומתפתחים באזור תל אביב בטווח רחב של תחומים מקצועיים ועסקיים; תשוקה לעבוד עם אנשים וצורך הגובל בנוירוטיות להבטיח שהכול יהיה מסודר.

זמן נדרש: רכז במשרה חלקית עם אפשרות להפוך למשרה מלאה במהלך השנה (בתשלום), רכז שבסופו של דבר יוביל את פעולות PresenTense בקהילה. המשרה דורשת עבודה בשעות הערב ובימי שישי וכמות מסוימת של נסיעות בתוך העיר.

תיאור המשרה: ריכוז בנייתן של תוכניות חינוכיות מקומיות עבור מכון ליזמות חברתית יהודית באזור תל אביב, שיארך חמישה חודשים. פעילויות התוכנית דורשות כערב אחד בשבוע,  בחודשים ינואר-סוף יוני 2011: גיוס וניהול מתנדבים כמו גם רישום כניסה סדיר ואימון לעמיתי התכנית, שידרשו עוד כיומיים עד שלושה ימים מלאים בשבוע. הרכז יעבוד עם צוות Telalivit כדי לנהל ועדת היגוי מתנדבים ויוביל את התכנון והפיקוח של תוכניות המכון, תוך שינוי הפעילויות במידת הצורך כדי להתאים אותן לתוצאות הרצויות.

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