Howard A. Goldberg Email & Phone Number

Albany, NY, US

Albany, New York, United States

Remote

• January 2020 – March 2020 | Establish social media channels, protocols, and branding to promote national (United States) ‘Vote MERCAZ 2020’ slate in the campaign for delegate seats in the World Zionist Congress election:
• Established and populated social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn) with content and materials to promote the MERCAZ slate for the World Zionist Congress elections, which were held from January.
• Created and distributed social media assets to Conservative/Masorti Movement partners as needed
• Developed and disseminated online social media toolkit and provide support as needed for synagogues, partner organizations, and individual volunteers
• Guided campaign staff on effective use of social media to connect with synagogue leaders, and drive eligible individuals toward educational and engagement resources to increase voter turnout in support of the MERCAZ.
• Update branding for social media channels to reflect organizational identity post-election

Albany, New York, United States

North America

• Established a digital community (internal social media) platform to promote the frictionless sharing of ideas and resources among the professional and lay leadership of affiliated synagogues and other partner.
• Selected, built and launched digital community platform including the creation of robust micro communities for leadership teams and community groups. Achieved in first six months a community of more than 1,800.
• Enhanced generative potential of platform through creation of written and video user guidelines for the platform
• Established a pathway designed to build a productive, and cooperative social culture for the community that resulted in the adoption of a range of transformational, relevant and practical solutions
• Applied design thinking to develop/maintain back-end functions; forums, resource library, permission schemas as well as elevating the user experience though the identification, reporting, and solving of platform and.
• Increased ongoing use/engagement of platform by generating continuous design upgrades/community promotion

Upstate New York, New England, Eastern Canada

• Promoted to synagogue relationship manager for USCJ’s Northeast District serving 100 congregations ranging in size from 5 members to over 2,500 members in Upstate New York (north of I-84), New England, and Eastern.
• Primary relationship builder and network weaver between the congregations and USCJ, engaging with synagogue leadership through on-site visits, social media, video calls, phone calls, and email
• Assessed the needs of all congregations and provided optimal solutions by connecting them to the resources available through USCJ and partners
• Recognized as the “cultivator” of the social media presence for the district, providing the leadership of our congregations with a direct line to the latest news and resources from USCJ, and provided the district with.
• Convened and facilitated local conferences and workshops to connect the leadership of each congregation to one another and expose them to new ideas/opportunities and inspire them to create thriving visions for their.
• Facilitated leadership development workshops for individual congregational leadership teams

Upstate New York, Western New England, Ontario, Quebec

Primary relationship builder, network weaver, facilitator, consultant, convener, and cultivator as above for a subset of congregations in USCJ’s Northeast District.

Upstate New York, New England, Eastern Canada

• Supervised four Regional Youth Directors for United Synagogue Youth (USY) & Relationship Manager portfolio duties as stated above.
• Developed USCJ’s international social media assets, establishing a presence on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
• Coordinated closely with USCJ staff and lay leadership on standardizing internal and external communication platforms for the organization, and consulted with the leadership of other districts to establish regional.
• Advised and managed each of the district’s four USY regions on the redesign of their websites

Eastern Canada (Ontario Province And Points east)

• Prior to USCJ’s reorganization in 2010, served as the Executive Director for the Empire Region (New York State, north of I-84) and the Canadian Region (ON, QB, NB, NS) with focus on relationship building and.
• Initiated and managed the redesign of the website for the region
• Launched new external communications protocols for the region including transitioning from print newsletters to email and other online media, and establishment of a social media presence for the region

Upstate New York

• Prior to USCJ’s reorganization in 2010, served as the Executive Director for the Empire Region (New York State, north of I-84) and the Canadian Region (ON, QB, NB, NS) with focus on relationship building and.
• Initiated and managed the redesign of the website for the region
• Launched new external communications protocols for the region including transitioning from print newsletters to email and other online media, and establishment of a social media presence for the region

Albany, New York Area

• Charged with developing a comprehensive youth education and activities program that fully integrated the formal and informal educational initiatives for the youth of the synagogue, comprised of approximately 300.
• Supervised staff for school, youth groups and camps
• Managed curriculum development for religious schools (kindergarten through high school)
• Expanded existing youth programs (6th-12th grade) and created new youth programs for younger students
• Designed youth congregations framework (weekly Shabbat services and High Holy Day services)
• Provided programmatic oversight of camps (full summer day-camp, winter vacation camp)

Greater New York City Area

Contracted by the Jewish Federation of Rockland County to consult with area synagogues in the development of ‘Youth Community’ models that fully integrate formal and informal modalities of education.

Greater New York City Area

• Provided leadership for and development of a comprehensive, cutting-edge youth activities program that fully integrated the formal and informal educational initiatives for the youth of the largest Conservative (USCJ).
• Introduced three new youth group programs fully integrated into religious school program (Grades K-5)
• Enhanced existing youth group programs that were fully integrated into religious school (Grades 6-12)
• Developed a synagogue-based college outreach initiative tied to USCJ’s college engagement framework
• Reorganized lay leadership structures, vision, and political status in the synagogue
• Implemented innovative programming based on personal and organizational vision

Pinwheel/Pacific Northwest Region USY

Contracted by the Pinwheel Region of Kadima and USY to develop the informal curriculum for their winter Kadima Kinnus and USY Regional Leadership Weekend.

Greater New York City Area

Creator and director of an improvisational theatre course for Jewish high school students that trained its students to become peer educators. Project: Continuum explored themes of Jewish identity using topical social issues in the Jewish and secular communities. These issues served as the basis for studying Jewish text and philosophies. Improvisational.

Greater New York City Area

Developed a computer lab curriculum for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders at the Conservative movement’s (USCJ) Jewish Day School in Rockland County, New York. The curriculum included a survey of Jewish content-related Internet sites, a history of the Internet, and a look at anti-Semitic hate groups that are online. The course also included a.

Poughkeepsie, NY

As the Kadima Advisor at Temple Beth-El (USCJ affiliate) my responsibilities included: publishing a monthly newsletter and publicity flyers, recruiting new members, developing new member programming, designing innovative programming for weekly chapter events, maintaining a database of current and potential members, administering the budget for Kadima.

Greater New York City Area

• http://www.covenantfn.org/
• Utilized and instructed others on the use of specialized grant management software
• Established an email address for the Foundation
• Wrote grant proposals to request funding from other foundations to maintain Foundation funded programs
• Wrote biographies of Foundation award nominees and summaries of submitted grant proposals
• Wrote institutional financial summaries of grant applicants, prepared a bi-annual board-book for the Foundation's Board of Directors, and corresponded with applicants and members of the Foundation's Board of Directors

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Major In Theater, Concentration In History

Non-Degree Program, New Directors Institute For Jewish Educators

Fellowship (Non-Degree Program), Leadership Seminar Of The Institute For Informal Jewish Education (Second Cohort)

Strategic Visioning and Implementation Project: Developing a model of Jewish education that fully integrates and seamlessly blends.