Comments on: UJC Uses Social Media to Promote Jewish Heroes

By: Climbing Sinai » Blog Archive » The UJC Heroes contest – it’s about time!

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:34:19 +0000

[...] a side note, the Darim Online blog has an interesting take on the award: Using this open forum, Jewish communal institutions will be [...]

By: phildarim

phildarim — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:53:46 +0000

Thanks, Joel.

The notion of discovering positive deviants is one that helps drive the work that Darim Online does.

There is a great article in Fast Company about Jerry Sternin who used the concept to help starving children in Vietnam. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/41/sternin.html

Basically, the idea is to look at the people that when exposed to the same resources as everyone else are finding new ways to take advantage of them to be successful.

Through our Educator Fellowship and Learning Networks, Darim Online finds Jewish educators and leaders that are using social media in innovative ways and then we work with them to showcase their ideas and strengthen their skills for the benefit of our community.

By: Joel Katz

Joel Katz — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:01:22 +0000

Fantastic post! ps - I took a 'double take' when reading the term "positive deviants". OK, I admit it - I had to Google it! Wikipedia - Positive Deviance What is Positive Deviance? Joel Katz Religion and State in Israel @religion_state