PresenTense Group

Year in Preview, 5772 (Oct 2011/Sept 2012)

Once a year, we at the PresenTense Group try to take a step back to
reflect on our plans for the year ahead through the prism of our
mission and the requirements of the sector we work in. It's an
engaging, inspiring and sometimes frustrating process, one that we
throw ourselves into out of the recognition that we are working in
PresenTense to serve a higher calling, and that the community which
makes our work possible deserves to know what it is we are planning to
do with their volunteer hours and their dollars.

This year's process began in June, when we brought together our staff
from around the world to look a few years ahead and envision how we'd
like the future to be, and how we could use the tools we have to get
there. The next two seminars, in July and August, were devoted to the
more practical matters, turning those visions into reality.

The result of this process is the Year in Preview document, included
here. The Year in Preview is broken into three parts: first, an
introduction, giving a high-level overview of how PresenTense views
the year to come, and what new assets we have at our disposal to make
sure that this coming year results in successful programs and positive
change for the Jewish People and the World. Second, a more in-depth
look at our programs through what we've called Project Summaries,
which provide a clearer look at the 'how' of what we do. Last, our
budget, which can provide those with a more quantitative mind a sense
of how we are allocating resources and setting priorities.

As we write in the introduction, the Year in Preview was developed by
PresenTense to provide robust information to our constituency about
what we do to leverage their time and money for social impact. As a
nonprofit organization, PresenTense sees itself as a public emissary
in the broadest sense of the term: owned and accountable to the
public, and operating on behalf of the public’s interest.  Through
this Year in Preview, we hope to provide the public sufficient
information to provide informed guidance and critique to Group
management as we grow our impact and push ahead towards our goal of
realizing the Jewish People’s collective potential in the 21st
century.

We look forward to your thoughts. Comments can be sent to
yearinpreview@presentense.org, or posted on blogs or wikis (but please
share the link with us by email, or post it to twitter with the
information @presentense.org #yearinpreview as part of the tweet).

Enjoy.