Allison Fine

Allison Fine

Allison Fine is among the nation’s pre-eminent writers and strategists on the use of technology for social good. She is the author of the award-winning Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age and Matterness: Fearless Leadership for a Social World and co-author with Beth Kanter of the best-selling The Networked Nonprofit. She is a member of the national board of Women of Reform Judaism and was chair of the national board of NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation, and a founding board member of Civic Hall. She has keynoted conferences around the world. She writes a newsletter called Our Next Chapter on the future of reproductive rights at https://afine.substack.com/. She and her husband, Scott Freiman, have three sons and live in Sleepy Hollow, New York. See more of Allison’s work.

Reviving Synagogue Communities Using Smart Tech

Allison Fine
Beth Kanter
Email and other technologies are a huge factor in why employees feel like they're always on the clock. This "always-on" culture accelerated while synagogues began facing declining membership before the pandemic and has only intensified since. Even if clergy or staff are cut, the work demands don't decrease. As a result, remaining clergy or staff or volunteers are even more overwhelmed and are burning out at alarming rates.