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Deployment Readiness. #1 Project Infrastructure #2Office #3 Finance. Project / Human and Operational Infrastructure Jain Leadership 2010 April 3 rd , 20010. Many projects continue to be stalled due to inadequate infrastructure required to push project to completion. .
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Deployment Readiness #1 Project Infrastructure#2Office #3 Finance
Project / Human and Operational Infrastructure Jain Leadership 2010 April 3rd, 20010
Many projects continue to be stalled due to inadequate infrastructure required to push project to completion = Project bottlenecks Project Services Required FUNDING COLLATORAL/ PRINTING/WEB MARKETING/COMMUNICATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT DISTRIBUTION 1. Fundraising 2. Jain Way Of Life 3. Calendar 4. Education Committee 5. Membership Management 6. Mangalam
Problem: NORTH AMERICAN JAINs, JAIN CENTERS, COMMITTEES, DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN SILOED – NOW WE NEED TO BE LOCAL AND GLOBAL!; Need to Strengthen our organizational infrastructure JAINS Jain College Students Mix Marriage Non-Indians JAINA Chicago Boston JCNC Jain Scholars Memphis Education Solution: Need to “touch” our membership, volunteers, Jain Centers and offer them “fresh” content and services Need to Connect –Communicate - Collaborate
JAINA Infrastructure Development PlanUmbrella to Service Based Organization Marketing Fundraising JAINA (Future) Technical Support Umbrella Organization JAINA (Present) Leadership Development Distribution Conventions Committees Local Centers Education Promotions Events Management Service Based Organization
Recent Successes • JAINA Leadership conferences • Haiti/ • JAINA eDigest • JNF/MIS • Washington DC registration and • YJA Trip registration • Committee information • Director information • Donation • Content / Resources
JainLink • Connect • With family, friends, people of similar interest • Example: Physicians, Cisco, from Surat, India, mix marriage groups • Communicate • Form groups • Generate and consume content (news, events, audio, video, updates, etc.) • Collaborate • Work on projects • Get volunteers • Example: High school presentation, develop Jain material, etc.
Some Thoughts on our Future… Process 20 calls/day 40,000 member Mail list Support raise of $250K JAINA Hotline Mail-list management FundraisingSupport 10 new booklet development Services to Jain CentersJAINA Exec./Committees: Administrative support Web storage Web conferencing Web survey Mail list mgm. Newsletter, etc. Publications Support New JAINAInfrastructure Jain Projects Management Track 20 projects Surveying Capabilities Communi-cations Management Web Management 200 outgoing calls/mo. 10 on-line surveys 1 e-letter/month 1 new brochure/mo. 1 new page per day
Jains in North America • Jain Networking Forum (JNF) and MIS (Marriage Information Services) • Yearly pilgrimage to India • On-Line portal for purchasing of Jain products • One stop for Jain literature, scholar, and related resources (e.g. Jain Digest) • Retirement planning and planned giving A new service-oriented infrastructure for JAINA can benefit a number of key stakeholders Stakeholder Key Services That Can Be Offered Local Jain Institutions • English teaching material development and dissemination worldwide for Pathshala and interfaith groups • Support in development, publication, printing, and distribution of new materials • Leadership training for youths and local Jain institution leaders • Transfer of member donations to their charities in India Non-Jains • College campus outreach • PR (Public relations) campaign to increase awareness of Jainism • Jain/Non-Violence teaching packets for High Schools • Summer scholar program for graduate/professors with Harvard University • Scholarships for advanced Jain studies in India
JAINA-JL Team (Now part of Technology Committee – Under Girish Shah) • Chandrakant Vora – Project Lead, Past JCGBoston President, Head of NA Jain Directory • Yogendra Jain – Project Lead, VP-JAINA NorthEast and Chairman of JAINA/Long Range Planning Committee • Paulomi Gudka – Project Leader • Naman Jain - YJA • Pooja Jain – Coordinator • Jigar Vora – Coordinator • Girish Shah - Head of JAINA Technology Team • Manish Mehta - VP-JAINA MidWest • Sunil Jain - Chicago Jain Center (JNF coordinator) • Chintan Shah – Past Co-Chair of YJA • Prem Jain – Past president of JCNC and Director of JAINA
Infrastructure • Is there a problem with current infrastructure? • What is the problem? • What are the specific needs? • Who are the stakeholders?
Synergy with JAINA’s and Local Tools • On-Line portal for all North American Jains • Dynamically form new groups • Project / volunteer mgm. • Share best practices • Allow connection and collaboration for all NA Jains • Official JAINA website • Information on JAINA committees, activities, events, people, etc. WWW.LOCAL JAINCENTER.ORG JAINA-JL Portal • Local center website • Local activities, events, people, etc. • Local Pathshala content
JAINA-JL and Local Jain Center Collaboration • Jain Center Responsibility: • Promotes JainLink (sends JainLink information and places a link on their local website) • Appoints an individual or a team to work be admin for the JainLink-Jain Center Group • (optional) Shares emails of its members • Jain Center Benefits: • Free • Full on-line secure access to all updated members database for the Center • Be able to form subgroups, blogs, etc. • Insure accurate membership information for publication in next North American Directory
JainLink – For individual Users • Content: • Share, generate, archive • On-Line resources • News, events, blogs • Form many active groups • Get targeted information (for youths, mothers, leaders) • Share best practices in Jain Centers • Highly secure and managed
Benefits to Centers, Groups, Committees • Instant groups • Blogs, photos, content, custom pages, news, events, etc. • Multiple group only administrators • Easy to add and share content • Member management • Indiviual users manage their own membership • Users decide what information to share • What Centers can do • Emails, group mgm. • Surveys / Quizzes • Email high quality newsletters • Have their websites linked to this • Highlight all committee members • Secure • Individual log in and control
Membership Management Vision and Opportunities (110,000 Jains in NA) • Membership database • Direct communication on topics of THEIR interest • News, events • Networking • Continuity during transitioning • Local and JAINA • Gather data • Demographic and trend analysis
On-Board JAINA-JainLink • Organizations: • YJA • YJP • Jain Scholars • Jain College Students (Campus Outreach Program) • Committee: • Long Range Planning • JNF • MIS • Diaspora • Calendar
Jain Centers who are interested in integrating with JAINA-JLL • Jain Center of Greater Boston • Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago (JSMC) • Jain Society of Memphis • Jain Society of Washington DC • Jain Society of Wisconsin
Next Steps • Is your community / Jain Center interested in participating? • Identify your IT technology / membership • Identify couple of volunteers who are IT savvy • Send an email to us: chandra.vora@gmail.com; yokjain@yahoo.com; • Send us: • Your mailing list with emails of your members • Name, address, telephone number for your center • Give us three names for your center’s JainLink admin • Schedule training (we will train your admins)
Value Proposition • Individual • On-line access to fellow Jains • Access to Newsletter, Education and other material • Easy to get to all Jain Organization websites, including a powerful JAINA website (under development) • Ability to control security, privacy • Sense of belonging to our community • Ability to maintain profile on their own – fast, accurate, timely • Individual Groups • Web-based, professionally maintained membership database • Communicate with group member by e-mail • Common system across USA • Jain Community Organization • Offer this service to your membership • No cost • Your membership connected to all Jains in North America • Unites us all
Jain Centers who are interested in integrating with JAINA-JLL • Jain Center of Greater Boston • Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago (JSMC) • Jain Society of Memphis • Jain Society of Washington DC • Jain Society of Wisconsin
JAINLink / JAINA infrastructure will allow JAINA and Jain Centers to offer many new services • Donation follow-up, general inquiry, welcome calls to new immigrants • Brochure development, email, calling, follow-ups JAINA Hotline • Mail list refresh and segmentation initiative Mail-list management FundraisingSupport • Brochure development, email, calling, follow-ups Publications Support Execute services for members New JAINAInfrastructure Jain Projects Management • Coordination and tracking of current Jain projects (e.g. Calendar project) Surveying Capabilities Communi-cations Management • Surveys via online telephone to better understand needs and characteristics of Jains Web Management • Administrative assistance such as setting up conference, web meetings, etc. • Collateral material development (brochure, flyers, cards, etc.) • Web site refreshing and maintenance • Web site development for special projects (e.g. Online Pathshala), local institutions, etc.
Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life ? ? EVOLVE (our JWOL practices) EXPAND (awareness inJains and Non-Jains) EDUCATE (and impact trends) ENERGIZE (our organization) Developed by: JAINA-Long Range Committee, Kellogg Leadership Team, Jain Centers and JAINA Executives, YJA, YJP, Local Jains Leaders, and North American Jains
Young Youth Young Adults Adults Seniors Local Center YJA YJP Local Center Local Center JAINA
VISION FOR JAINA FOR NEXT 25 YEARS… Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life EVOLVE (our JWOL practices) EXPAND (Awareness in Media) EDUCATE (JAIN/Non-Jain in JWOL) ENERGIZE (our organization)
JAINA – Current Status Vision: Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life .1%
Year 2020 Snapshot • People: 153,000 Jains (61K families) • Assets: $26 Billion • Aggregate Income: $5.3 Billion • Population Growth: Avg. 1.5 – 2% • Donations: ½ % income to JAINA - $25M
Evolve - our traditional Jain practices by adopting the Jain Way of Life to the modern, North American lifestyle.
Educate - of Jain Way of Life among Jains and non-Jains family members to create a strong, united, and vibrant Jain community.
EXPAND – awareness through strategic partnerships with media, institutions, and non-Jain organizations.
Energize– our organization through volunteers and donations and create a vibrant professionally run central Jain organization.
Jain Centers JAINA Jain Centers JAINA NA Jains NA Jains Live and Promote a Jain Way of Life EVOLVE (our JWOL practices) EXPAND (Awareness in Media) EDUCATE (JAIN/Non-Jain in JWOL) ENERGIZE (our organization)