PresenTense SocialStart Trainers Course for ROI Community Members

Attention all ROIers: PresenTense is offering a unique opportunity to train and become certified as PresenTense SocialStart Trainers. (Applications close on June 26!)

PresenTense is inviting qualifying ROIers to take part in an eight-day highly interactive training program in Jerusalem teaching cutting edge online tools and innovation management techniques. Graduates will receive PresenTense’s SocalStart certification, and select participants will be invited to facilitate workshops for aspiring entrepreneurs and organizational innovators for PresenTense operated programs in Israel and around the world. Once certified, PresenTense will work closely with SocialStarters to identify relevant teaching opportunities beginning in fall 2012.

The SocialStart Trainer Program Includes: Visioning & Social Media Tools * Strategic Environmental Scanning * Social Business Models * Prototyping & Assessment * Operations & Finance * Networking & Fundraising * The Activist Toolkit * Creative Facilitation tools* PresenTense’s IdeaSlam Toolkit and more.

This is a unique opportunity for specialized professional development, exposure as a trainer/presenter, connections to a global network of innovators and the chance for future ancillary income while creating a lasting impact on the Jewish community.

For anyone based in Israel, this is also a great opportunity to learn and earn an ancillary income by teaching in PresenTense programs operated locally.

Program logistics:
Where? Jerusalem, Israel
When? July 9 - 15, 2012
Who? ROI Community members
Cost? The full cost of the program is $1,000 per participant.  Apply for an ROI  Micro Grant to cover this registration fee.  This price does not include travel expenses.
ROI Community is also offering up to $500 as a stipend to offset your travel expenses.
How can I apply?

About PresenTense
About SocialStart

FAQ:
Q: Who will be selected for the SocialStart Training Program?
A: Talented, passionate community members with a zest for entrepreneurship and an interest in teaching and training. Participants will be chosen from around the globe.

Q: Once trained, how often will the trainers be able to teach PresenTense seminars?
A: Once the trainers receive certification they will be given the opportunity to shadow a PresenTense staff or veteran SocialStart trainer in a convenient time and place. Then the trainer will teach once under observation, and pending satisfaction, will be invited to teach additional classes. Classes occur once a month as part of the PT Community Entrepreneur Partnerships and occasionally there are additional classes for organizational professionals. We will work with newly certified SocialStarts to find local opportunities that work for them.

Q: How much will trainers be paid?
A: First-year trainers will be paid $100 per seminar taught. Upon gaining experience and earning high marks from the Fellow participants in 2012-13, this stipend can increase the following year.  Travel and lodging will be covered when a trainer represents PresenTense more than an hour from home.
   
Q: Can trainers manage this commitment with a full-time job or graduate program?
A: Yes, but you will need the flexibility to devote time for preparation before teaching and to teach the three-hour seminars.

Q: Will Israel based participants be required to lodge in Jerusalem for the duration of the training?
A: No, participants based in Israel will be able to go back home to their families each evening and return in the morning, so long as they are in full attendance of all programming.