A Learners Guide to Managing Conflict at Synagogue Meetings
Synagogue meetings can be places of collaboration, creativity, and shared purpose, but they can also become challenging when disagreements, strong personalities, or sensitive topics arise. This practical 90-minute workshop will explore foundational approaches to managing conflict in board, committee, and congregational settings. Participants will learn strategies for fostering respectful dialogue, navigating difficult conversations, responding constructively to tension, and helping meetings remain productive and mission-focused. Designed for synagogue leaders, clergy, staff, and volunteers, this session offers tools to build healthier communication and stronger communal relationships.
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A Learner's Guide to Managing Conflict at Synagogue Meetings
Synagogue meetings can be places of collaboration, creativity, and shared purpose, but they can also become challenging when disagreements, strong personalities, or sensitive topics arise. This practical 90-minute workshop will explore foundational approaches to managing conflict in board, committee, and congregational settings. Participants will learn strategies for fostering respectful dialogue, navigating difficult conversations, responding constructively to tension, and helping meetings remain productive and mission-focused. Designed for synagogue leaders, clergy, staff, and volunteers, this session offers tools to build healthier communication and stronger communal relationships.
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Collaborative Goal Setting For Clergy and Congregations
Now is the time to get ready for the New Year. Learn how to set goals in order to be able to evaluate progress on those goals as the year progresses.
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Yishuv Olam: Sustainability Bootcamp
Want to be a “green leader” at your synagogue? If you seek to introduce or strengthen a variety of sustainability initiatives—from energy transition and waste management to Torah learning—into your congregation, this training is for you. Join a two-part virtual training program this summer, hosted by the Conservative/Masorti Movement’s Tzedek Center, RA, and USCJ, to learn how to advance environmental sustainability at your congregation. These educational sessions are for lay leaders or staff of synagogues and other Conservative/Masorti organizations to enable you and allies to create the leadership structures that can advance sustainability commitments and projects within your organizations.
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