Reflecting on The Jewish Communal Events Calendar
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay reflects on the Jewish Communal Events Calendar. In May of 2016, after hearing the usual complaint by those who work in the Jewish communal space, that there was no single source to go to to find out what events are happening, Darone launched the Jewish Communal Events Calendar. He spoke about it in an episode of Journey that you can find here. He also wrote a piece that was published on eJewish Philanthropy.His hope was that if he built it they would come. Now, over six months later, Darone reflects on the successes and failures, and talks about the future of this project.
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What We Are Creating?
Have you ever wanted to plan an event, schedule a conference, or see what is going on in the Jewish community (locally or nationally)? Ever been frustrated that you don’t know what dates have other events and are thus days you should avoid?
We want to create a place where organizations can go (small and large) to see what else is going on in our community.
We also hope that this calendar will be a destination for the broader community to get a sense of great things that are happening. Find a film that is being screened in your community, see who is performing in your city, find out when the next mission to Israel, Jewish Education conference, or local gathering is taking place.
What this ends up being is up to those who post their events. No event is too small, no event is too large!
Should I Post My Event?
It has been asked what types of events we are hoping to include. Those in a specific region? Only events that are charging fees? Only events in the Jewish Education area. The reality is that the technology will be able to filter by location, by event type, by date, so there is no need to limit what gets posted. The more full the calendar is, the more useful it will be to the larger community.
We encourage you to consider how much you worry about having events occur at the same time as yours. If you don’t want to have overlapping events, then you should post your event. If your event is local, and doesn’t impact other organizations, then posting may be less necessary.
(Please note that after the full launch their will be a fee associated with posting your events, so that may decide whether you want to post your event or not.)