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Original Gifts That You Can Present to Your Family

Israeli jewelry are original gifts that you can present to your family and friends to help them realize and gain a deeper understanding of their faith. Our extensive selection of Judaica inspired items have been made available including earrings, necklaces, and key-rings are available on our site. This jewelry collection is completely designed and hand crafted by Israeli artists. Israeli artists take great measures to emphasize bold and contrasting patterns in their jewelry giving it a dynamic look. No matter what you choose, Israeli jewelry will make a bright and vibrant gift and is one of the most original gifts you can get for a close female friend or relative.

There are ceremonial times such as a bar mitzvah or graduation where it is traditional to give a gift such as jewelry. Annual events such as birthdays, anniversaries, and Jewish holidays are also great times to purchase Israeli jewelry for someone special in your life. Give one of our high quality pieces for something they will cherish for a long time. Hamsa jewelry can also be original gifts for someone one with a more specific interest. Pendants are a cornerstone piece that any woman in your life would love and appreciate for a long time to come.

Israeli artists have a centuries’ old reputation for creating one of a kind jewelry for religious ceremonies and traditions. Techniques passed down through the ages for craftsmanship were as important as the aspect of the evolution of their designs. Modern jewelry artists in Israel combine the old ways with the new making impressively colorful and stylish accessories expressing Judaic values. Israeli artists take pride in painstakingly perfecting each piece of jewelry they create utilizing the methods passed down by their predecessors. These original gifts provide a sense of the Jewish culture and meaning to the recipient. Possessing and wearing Israeli jewelry demonstrates an expression of faith and devoutness.

Original gifts are well thought out and chosen based on the recipients likes and dislikes. Most women will like necklaces, rings and bracelets. Younger women and girls may prefer key rings and smaller trinkets as opposed to larger, more expensive items. Older ladies will adore these exquisite pendants and vibrant charms that provide a closeness with their faith. All of the items in our collection are of the highest quality and backed by our guarantee.

Israeli jewelry is a very special gift you can get for your Jewish mother, wife, sister, or other relative as a gift or to commemorate a certain occasion such as a birthday or anniversary. It used to be such jewelry was only available to purchase during a visit to Israel and return with it after your vacation. Browse our large selection of unique items and accessories created and hand crafted by the top Israeli jewelry artists. Give a gift that embraces your culture and beliefs designed by creative Jewish minds.

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Twitter Moderation – A Guide for Helping a Presenter With the Backchannel

To the Presenter:

So you’ve decided to use moderator* to help you monitor the Twitter backchannel. Smart move! Unless your moderator has done this before, chances are he or she will have a few questions for you. Below are some tips to help you and your moderator get the most out of your Twitter backchannel experience.

To the Moderator

A presenter has asked you to help moderate the Twitter backchannel. This will allow the presenter to have more audience interaction — which is always a good thing! By serving as the moderator, more people inside and outside of the room will become involved in the conversation. I’m sure your presenter and those watching the conversation through Twitter will appreciate what you’re doing!

Hashtags

The hashtag for the event is #___________.

The hashtag for the session is #___________.

Getting started. The Moderator should:
o Log into the Twitter stream monitoring tool recommended by the speaker. (I recommend TweetChat.com.)
o Search on the session hashtag #___________.
o Decrease the refresh speed to the fastest refresh speed (5 seconds last time I looked).
o Watch the twitter feed throughout the session.

What the Presenter will be doing
o The presenter will introduce the session hashtag toward the beginning of the session. He or she should also have it prominently posted in the room if at all possible.

o The presenter will let the audience know that you as the moderator will be monitoring tweets with the session hashtag. The presenter will encourage the audience to tweet questions or comments about what they’re hearing during the session.

o The presenter will also encourage anyone who wants to monitor the session hashtag to retweet anything they agree with. If the audience hears something they like, then they’re sharing valuable information with their followers. If the audience member has the same question or the same disagreement as another’s tweet, the presenter will encourage them to retweet that too. Those retweets let the presenter know that there is more than one person who has the same question or issue so he or she will want to be sure to address that topic.

What the Moderator needs to do

o As the moderator, tweet directly from TweetChat. TweetChat will automatically put in the session hashtag and post the tweet from your Twitter account. Also include the conference hashtag too so that the conference organizers and those who couldn’t make the conference get the benefit of the Twitter conversation.

o If someone has a simple questions that you can answer (What time does this session end? What did the speaker say her name was? What was the website that she said the moderator was using to monitor the Twitter stream?) please tweet a reply to help that person out.

o The presenter will take a Twitter break approximately 15 minutes into the program. The presenter will turn to you at that time and ask for any feedback from the tweets so far.

o As you monitor the tweets, look for trends. If anything is retweeted, particularly questions or disagreements with content, be sure and bring up that topic during the Twitter breaks.

o Subsequent Twitter breaks will be in approximately 15 minutes intervals. The presenter will again turn to you to see what questions or feedback there may be.

o For smaller audiences, expect that discussion and questions will come through traditional verbal exchanges between attendees and the presenter, even with the Twitter discussion.

o For audiences new to the concept, expect some experimentation and joking around (“Hey, world, look at me”, ribbing a buddy across in the room, etc.). That kind of experimentation is fine. Once the presenter get into the meat of the content, the audience should focus on the material and get involved in the conversation.

o Talk to your presenter to see how he or she wants to handle the situation if things start going off track and the Twitter backchannel is talking about it – for example – the audience can’t hear the speaker, the speaker is talking too quickly, people are going on too long with the “Hey, world, look at me” chatter. Generally speaking, getting the presenter’s attention and addressing the situation as soon as possible, with as much transparency as possible, works best. Better to discuss such a situation with the presenter before it happens so everyone – audience member, speaker and you as the moderator – is able to adjust to the interruption with their dignity intact.

o For larger audiences, Twitter will be a godsend to look for trends and to hear great questions from the introvert who would never speak up in a big crowd.

The Twitter backchannel is a great way to engage an audience. These guidelines can help everyone tweet each other well!

I’d love to hear your feedback after using these guidelines! Were they helpful? What was the hardest thing about moderating the backchannel? What was the most surprising? What was the coolest part? I’d love to hear what you think! Send me an email!

*If you moderator is relatively new to twitter, point him or her to this blog post for basic terminology:
http://kellyvandever.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/twitter-the-presenters-new-best-bud-part-2-the-terminology/

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How to Present on the Worst Day of Your Life

The real secret to giving a good presentation is for the presenter to be “up” and have a great deal of energy. Under the best of circumstances, this can be a challenge to do, if you’ve had a really bad day it can appear to be darn near impossible.

So what’s a presenter to do? Fran Capo is a motivational speaker / comedian who has had to face these types of situations. Ultimately it’s all mental – you’ve got to get yourself into the right frame of mind. Sounds easy doesn’t it? In reality if you don’t know how to do this, it can be quite hard.

Fran has a number of suggestions for how we can gather our wits about ourselves on the worst days of our lives and still deliver a knockout presentation:

  1. Breathe Correctly: when things start to go bad for us we screw up our breathing – we take many short breaths. Realize this and stop, take a moment to focus on your breath, and take a few deep, long breaths. This will start to calm you down.
  2. Adjust Your Attitude: How you choose to view a situation is entirely up to you. No matter how bad the day has been so far, you are in control of how the rest of it turns out. Realizing this and forcing yourself to think positively is the key to making your presentation come off perfectly.
  3. Put It In A Box: I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten bad news just before I was to go on and give a presentation. In order to prevent life’s little hand grenades from destroying your presentation, you need to learn to put your negative emotions in a box and slam it shut when you don’t have time to worry about them. However, be sure to open it later on and process your emotions when you have the time.

We can’t prevent life from handing us lemons before, during, or after our presentations. However, with a little care and some understanding of how we deal with bad news, the show can still go on.

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