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We’ve compiled tools, articles and videos to help you build belonging into every aspect of your organization, from meetings and events, to teams and boards.
Tools
Download our FREE Belonging Assessment Tool: 10 simple questions to evaluate how belonging might be impacting your organization’s bottom line.
Download our FREE Culture of Belonging Toolkit for a DIY guide of core design principles and helpful practices like asset mapping, setting belonging goals, and transforming meetings (or find links to individual tools in the Toolkit HERE). The Toolkit was developed with the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund and the Varda Institute for Community Building.
Articles
Breaking the Schmooze Habit (Wendy Verba, Relationships at the Center: Practitioner Research on Relational Engagement, M2 The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education, July 2020, pp. 27–32)
The Relational Revolution Challenge (Wendy Verba and Rachel Gildiner, eJewish Philanthropy, April 2019)
The Power of Belonging: Creating a Culture of Connection in the Bay Area Jewish World (Wendy Verba, eJewish Philanthropy, June 2017)
Videos
Introduction to the Culture of Belonging, 473K: A Belonging Experience, February 2020 (14:29)
473K: A Belonging Experience, 473K: A Belonging Experience, May 2021 (7:05)