PresenTense Israel Fellowship and Global Institute

Introduction:
The PresenTense Israel Fellowships are aimed at equipping and training social entrepreneurs
with the tools and connections they need to successful launch their ventures in Israel.
 The PresenTense Global Institute (PTI) is PresenTense’s flagship intensive six-week
summer Fellowship program based in Jerusalem with participants from around the world
which enables socially-minded entrepreneurs from the fields of hi-tech, business, social
action, education and the arts to turn their envisioned projects into reality.
 The Jerusalem Fellowship- a unique fellowship which falls under the CEP (Community
Entrepreneurship Partnership) operated by PTL out of PresenTense’s Jerusalem
headquarters and aims to help address and solve Jerusalem’s many local social problems.
 The Tel Aviv Fellowship which falls under the CEP (Community Entrepreneurship
Partnership)is a unique partnership with the local Telalivit organization which aims to
integrate new olim (immigrates) through the fellowship
The PresenTense Israel Fellowships brings together innovators on the cutting edge of Jewish
creativity: programmers and designers, informal educators and rappers, nonprofit managers and
biotech visionaries—pioneers with a vision and a portfolio of innovation.
PresenTense Fellowships in Israel is dedicated to transforming the way the Jewish people think,
program and work. We're inspired by the vision of Zionist thinkers across the ideological
spectrum, such as Ahad Ha’am, AD Gordon and Ze’ev Jabotinsky, who foresaw Israel as the
laboratory for the renewal of the Jewish People and the reinvigoration of Hebrew culture.

Goals:
 To assist local coordinators in the application process
 To help local coordinators recruit applicants for their perspective programs
o Global
o Tel Aviv
o Jerusalem
 To help recruit and fill chairs in the three programs
 To showcase fellows projects to larger PresenTense community
 To introduce fellows to potential donors and networkers
 To leverage the PT community
 To grow the PresenTense community and network

Global Fellowship : June 19- July 30 (Launch July 29th)

Tel Aviv Fellowship Dec-May
Jerusalem Fellowship Dec-May

Objectives
 Assist coordinators with the Development of a comprehensive marketing campaign for
recruitment
o Social media campaign using Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
o Contact Jewish Organizations
o Leverage Ariel & Aharon’s trips to the States and especially Boston
o Leverage Boston Fellowship events
o Leverage PT past fellows and Alumni by having them suggest five candidates
 Implement newly renewed CEP curriculum learning from past years Institutes
o Skillbuilding now coined case –studies in a board room format

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 o Six Seminars taught by senior PT staff
o Practical tools session taught by PT fellow, past fellow and community
o Senior Staff meets with fellows at least once during the fellowship
o Coaches recruited from the community and trained by PT
o One mentor is assigned to each fellow prior to summer
o Contact Federations and Israeli Organizations in order to secure sponsored chairs
for all three fellowships

The Israel based PresenTense Fellowships furthers PT Group’s mission by providing a platform
for Jewish social entrepreneurs local and international in Israel thereby helping create the next
generation of Chalotzim- pioneers and engaging in existing community of coaches, mentors and
teachers to assist them in reaching their goals.

Assumptions

o There are individuals who have ideas for ventures that can make a difference and impact
in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the greater Jewish community, but don’t have tools an/or
knowledge to launch them on their on their own.
o There are organizations who have the need and budget for new and innovative projects
but don’t have the time or HR resources to initiate such projects (Intrepreneurs)
o There are organizations and individuals in Israel and abroad who are eager to fund chairs
in order to promote social change and brand themselves/organizations as leaders in the
field of social change
o For the Tel Aviv Fellowship
o The Anglo community in Tel Aviv is looking for a way to become more engaged
with each other and the local Israeli community- the fellowship will provide that
opportunity for them
o For the Jerusalem Fellowship
o The current social issues in Jerusalem has created an exciting and engaged
community of changemakers who are looking for platforms and organizations
who can assist them in building and furthering their venture
o The staff and resources available to the fellowship because it is operated out of
the PT headquarters makes it an attractive location
o For the Global Fellowship:
o The Global fellowship reputation has travelled far and is attracting older, more
advanced applicants and projects
o The current state of the economy is going to make it difficult for potentials
fellows who live abroad to miss out on 6 weeks of work
o The current state of the economy will allow potential fellows who are currently
unemployed to attend a six week Institute
o The nature of the participants, location and community makes it a great lab for
testing and running new fellowships methodologies
o Jewish Organizations have begun seeing the importance of self sustainable grass
roots organizations

Metrics
 % SC members recruited
 % of many new SC members recruited
 % of past fellows on SC

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  % of applicants who came through PT community
 % of applicants who applied came through various Organizations in which PT is involved
with
 % of applicants who applied because they heard about us for the first time through social
networking
 % of applicants applied came through other
 Diversity of fellows who were accepted
 Quality of fellows accepted
 Diversity of projects accepted
 % of Fellows filling chairs
 % of people attending final event

Resource Requirements
Interns
In order to run a successful Global Fellowship we will need to recruit top interns
from around the world. The internship program should begin mid June and end mid Aug.
We will need about 10 interns for the following positions.
 1 Event Planning Intern- For Launch Night, Shabbatonim and Day Trips
 2 Design Interns- for Mini issue, Invites, Fellow logo’s, flyers, website
 2 Tech Interns-Who will assist with day to day tech needs
 1 Documentary Intern- Who will flip and video tape the summer
 1 Assessment Intern-Who will head the assesment
 1 PR Intern- Who will assist with PR efforts and will blog on the website
Interns will have a day of orientation on June 1 and will have regular check in and ―Feed
and Feedback‖ once a week.

Associate Director/Coordinator
A part time coordinator who will help with the logistical side as well as the planning
and operations associated with running the Global Fellowship. The coordinator will work
in average 20 hours starting in January.

Hebrew Seminar Instructors

The six seminars from the CEP curriculum will be partially taught by instructors
who are trained by PT staff. This will tackle the issue of language and resources

Risks Anticipated

 Finding an appropriate place for the Tel Aviv Fellowship

 Having a big enough pool of applicants for three Israeli based programs
 Having the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Launch Night so close to eachother and so close to
the beginning of the Global Fellowship
 Not having enough resources to run the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Fellowship at the same
time
 Filling and funding Jerusalem and Tel Aviv chairs

Milestones

Steering Committee development

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 CEP’s (August- September)
 Assist Tel Aviv and Jerusalem coordinators with SC development
 Suggest SC members for both fellowships
 Attend SC meetings
 Assist in developing materials for SC recruitment and development

Global Fellowship (October-November)

 Develop with assistance from Global Fellowship SC chair list of potentials SC
members
 Recruit SC members globally
 Hold first Global SC meeting

Recruiting & Admissions

CEP’s (October- November)

 Develop with coordinators application for TA and Jerusalem CEP’s
 Ensure application is in line with PT
 Ensure SC approves application
 Work with coordinators to ensure a marketing plan for application is in place
 Ensure applications are being distributed through the various PresenTense
channel
 Assist coordinators with application and admissions processing
 Ensure application process is running smooth

Global Fellowship (November-December)

 Develop recruiting marketing plan
 Work with SC on implementing recruitment strategies
 Ensure that fellowship reaches over 100 applications
 Ensure that the 16 fellows are accepted

Curriculum building and implementation

CEP’s (November- June)

 Assist coordinators with developing and implementing the CEP curriculum
 Ensure coordinators are implanting the curriculum
 Help coordinators and SC recruit and maintain Mentors
 Ensure coordinators are in close contact with coaches
 Ensure that the Coach process is running smoothly
 Ensure coordinators are overseeing cluster meetings
 Ensure fellows are handing in dilverables

Global Fellowships (March-July)

 Work with SC chair to recruit Coaches and Mentors
 Book Seminars with PT staff
 Book case study sessions with experts in specific fields
 Plan a field trip

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Assessment

CEP’s (July- June)

 Key metrics determined (August)
 SC members fill out intake survey (September)
 Mentors and Skillbuilders fill out intake survey (December)
 Fellows fill intake survey (January)
 Midterm survey for all community members and Fellows(Mid-February)
 Midterm report presented (March)
 Exit survey for fellows (early June)
 Exit survey for all community members and final report preparation(Mid-June)
 Final Program Assessment Report presented (July)

Global Fellowship (June-August)

 Key metrics determined (October)
 SC members fill out intake survey (November)
 Mentors and Skillbuilders fill out intake survey (July)
 Fellows fill intake survey (June)
 Exit survey for fellows (end July)
 Exit survey for all community members and final report preparation(Mid-August)
 Final Program Assessment Report presented (September)

Final Event

CEP’s (March- May)

 Build Launch Night team from among SC members (February – June)
 Invitations for Launch Night, (March – April)
 Program Preparations for Launch Night (April – May)
 Prepare Fellow Pamphlet for Launch Night (May)
 Mock-Launch Night (mid-May)
 Launch Night Program (Late May, early June)

Global Fellowship (May-July)

 Book Launch Night location (April-May)
 Invitations for Launch Night, (June)
 Program Preparations for Launch Night (June)
 Prepare Fellow Pamphlet for Launch Night (July)
 Mock-Launch Night (July)
 Launch Night Program (late July)

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