Online Membership-How Might We Framestorming by URJ Congregational Innovations https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp Please add your ideas, and react to comments from others as well! en-us 2021-10-27 20:16:27 UTC 2025-11-23 00:09:56 UTC hello@padlet.com What are the needs of our local members, and how do they differ from potential online participants? https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852419499 2021-10-28 21:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852419499 I think we need to better understand the needs of virtual congregants...some of which seem to be contradictory. https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852419600 2021-10-28 21:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852419600 Remove obstacles: Recognize that online is here to stay https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852419917 2021-10-28 21:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852419917 Undermining in town memberships https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852420004 If we create an online option will in town members devalue their own membership or want the online option at some point instead

]]> 2021-10-28 21:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852420004 I think there is fear that this is zero sum: if online folks get something, members must be losing something. https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852420298 2021-10-28 21:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852420298 Attitudes: Can we adopt an "If you build it, they will come..." perspective https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852420374 2021-10-28 21:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852420374 What does deeper Jewish living mean to the unaffiliated especially? https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852420724 2021-10-28 21:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852420724 Lack of clarity on value https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852421264 What is our case for in-person membership rather than online connection?  What do people get and how much is it worth?

]]> 2021-10-28 21:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852421264 The Hybrid Experience is not the experience that will sustain Judaism https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852421471 Judaism in a progressive shul without community its really questionably relevant beyond liminal moments.

]]> 2021-10-28 21:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852421471 Need to determine if there are limitations to what clergy can provide for virtual members. https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852421831 2021-10-28 21:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852421831 Where are they? https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852421833 How do we best reach these people?]]> 2021-10-28 21:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852421833 Are we regularly providing the "value added" of our online presence, such that people want to pay? https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852422462 2021-10-28 21:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852422462 Local shuls https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852422539 What are the tensions created with shuls down the road?]]> 2021-10-28 21:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852422539 Being in two places at once https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852422685 Does doing a hybrid service diminish the experience of services for both groups? ]]> 2021-10-28 21:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852422685 Do leaders see this as the mission of the congregation? URJconginnov https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852422969 2021-10-28 21:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852422969 Accessibility https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852423626 Are our services and classes accessible to those with disabilities? What would that mean?]]> 2021-10-28 21:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852423626 Can we devote staff time to caring for them? (people want pastoral care in addition/more than intellectual sustenance) https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852424149 2021-10-28 21:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852424149 Its SO (too) ACCESSIBLE https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852424605 People are choosing not to come for in person things this calls into question physical plant, staffing levels, etc.]]> 2021-10-28 21:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852424605 What is keeping them up at night? https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852424756 What are they struggling with?]]> 2021-10-28 21:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852424756 How do we ameliorate the financial argument? https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852425210 If you build it, they will come. If they love it, they will pay.

]]> 2021-10-28 21:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852425210 Go to their homes and neighbourhoods https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852425606 Get local]]> 2021-10-28 21:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852425606 What about the URJ? https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852425960 2021-10-28 21:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852425960 Will virtual memberships push us towards the transactional model we've been resisting? https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852427538 2021-10-28 21:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/URJconginnov/lxxaaamyd8xc7ehp/wish/1852427538