Newly elected NFTY Regional Officers take this advanced course in NFTY Leadership focusing on the skills and networking needed to succeed for the following NFTY year. Time is spent with the NFTY North American Officers, NFTY Staff, other regional board officers and visiting Reform Movement leaders.
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The Regional Board Leadership Major at Kutz is an intensive curriculum that covers a variety of topics that are important to you as a NFTY Regional Board member. While the curriculum changes slightly every year, below are some topics that have been covered in the past:
Group leading
Building Consensus within Community
Program writing
Being a leader/Role Model
Gender Specific Programming
Networking
Teamwork
Modern Applications of Jewish Philosophy
Generational Leadership
Time Management
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Meaningful friendships
New ideas for the upcoming year
The tools necessary to be a role model within your region and on the board
A stronger sense of what it means to be a Board Member
A stronger sense of what it is to be in NFTY as a whole, not just your region
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"I chose this major so that I could network with other regional board members and form valuable relationships that I could use throughout the year. The people that I met are now my friends for life. You learn so much in the Regional Board Track. If I could give one piece of advice, it would be to be a sponge. Absorb as much information as possible. When you have something to say, say it, but when you are in a room of 40 regional board members, you can learn a lot by listening." -Daniel Landesberg, NFTY-STR President 5769-5770
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- The Regional Board Leadership Major has wonderful guest speakers, which in the past have included:
- Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism
- Rabbi Michael Mellen, Director of URJ Youth Programs
- Roseanne Selfon, President of the Women of Reform Judaism
- Mark Pelavin, Associate Director of the Religious Action Center
- Rabbi Dan Freelander, Vice President of the Union for Reform Judaism
- Anat Hoffman, Director of the Israel Religious Action Center
- Of the past six North American NFTY Boards, twenty board members have participated in the Kutz Regional Board Leadership Major.
- Participants in the NFTY Regional Board Leadership Major plan and execute a program and T'fillah experience for all of Camp.
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