Testimonials

Algunos de mis principales aprendizajes son la adaptabilidad que hay que tener al momento de gestionar para que la estrategia marque el rumbo pero no limite la acción; la importancia del monitoreo de los programas o servicios con las variables impacto en la misión y económico/financiero y la importancia de trabajar en equipo en marcos innovadores, respetando las particularidades de cada uno (liderazgo participativo).

Entre los aspectos más positivos podría destacar el networking generado en los espacios de estudio y trabajo, donde nos encontramos profesionales de diferentes ámbitos institucionales, transformándose cada uno en una fuente de aprendizaje y enseñanza. Los contendidos sobre organización y estrategia de proyectos me llevo a mí junto a mi comité ejecutivo a reformular las Misión y Visión institucional a un punto casi refundacional de la Organización. El abordaje de la gobernabilidad en organizaciones sociales es un componente fundamental para la tarea de la Dirección Ejecutiva, quien debe coordinar y acompañar la tarea de los dirigentes voluntarios, y también de los colaboradores asalariados de la institución.

Contar con la posibilidad de conocer a otras personas con otras formas de ver la vida, con sus propias visiones únicas y particulares del mundo, con sus formas únicas de pensar y sentir, es una forma de crecer, saliendo de la zona de confort. Entre los diferentes aprendizajes puedo destacar la experiencia de compartir, interactuar, aprender y crecer junto a profesionales de distintos países del continente. Es una oportunidad singular para expandir tu propia visión del mundo y de ti mismo.

I listened to, saw, learnt and shared experiences that helped me grow and make important decisions from an institutional and professional viewpoint. It was a very important space for the reinforcement of my role in professional management.

I can recall many interesting lessons and topics that contributed to my professional training. I can mention fundraising, negotiation, leadership models, human resources management—for both professionals and lay leaders—, organizations as systems, management professionalization.

Particularly, one of the topics from which I incorporated many tools was during the process of developing funding, since I needed to dedicate a great part of my task to it during my early years in management. I delved into this matter and, undoubtedly, I could take the first steps starting from the concepts learnt in DIRECTORES.

Management professionalization in each of the organization’s role has always been a permanent work model in the institution.

The professional role and the lay leader-professional relationship is another aspect of constant application in the management I carry forward in the organization.

I am an educator and I participated on behalf of my school, which has given me its support in this training and production space.

I was touched when I saw how our Maccabean colleagues of Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Argentina got amazed, and praised and valued all the things they saw and shared.

I participated in work spaces, where dilemmas and problems where put forward to be addressed by all the communities, all with the same focus. Jointly, ideas and networked action plans were set forth, which are already shown in meetings and contacts that are happening between the different participants and the communities.

I saw our professionals, who were stimulated and full of motivation, putting forward meetings, new ideas and taking steps for the sake of improvements and contributions that can be implemented in sister communities and receiving from them at the same time, nourishing one another.

Firstly, thanks to topics related to gender issues and the freedom to speak openly about this matter within the Jewish community.

Secondly, because we used methodologies and new technologies, such as Open Space World Café, for sharing collective knowledge, which certainly enriches the exchange of ideas.

I take with me increased security to be able to use these technologies in our institutions.

While I was listening to different speakers, I came up with ideas to implement in my community. Furthermore, it helped me to identify what my community can offer others and vice versa. Not until we meet and speak face to face with the ones responsible for other spaces can we realize what is going on and learn about other realities. A meeting like this makes exchange possible.