'' 20th Annual AJOP Convention
January 18-22, 2008

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TEACHER'S WORKSHOP COLLEGIATE GENERAL OUTREACH
YOUTH WOMEN MANAGEMENT
FUNDRAISING BEST OF THE BEST KOLLEL
  *These specialty training courses
require a separate registration fee.
 
Sunday, January 20, 2008 -- 13 Shvat 5768
Salon ASalon BSalon C-DSalon E-FGarden RoomMaryland IIIMaryland IV
Lower LevelLower LevelLower LevelLower LevelLobby LevelLobby LevelLobby Level
7:15 - 8:00 a.m.Daf Yomi - Nedarim 30
(Hunt Room)
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.Shacharis
(Hunt Room)
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.Breakfast
(Valley Room)
10:15 - 11:00 a.m. So Close Yet So Far
Dr. David Lieberman
Do You Suffer From BTBO?
Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
Advanced Management Course
*
Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
Advanced Fundraising Course
*
Rabbi Nachum Stilerman
Responding to Bible Criticism: What to do When Your Students Wonder if the Torah was Written by a Committee
Rabbi David Fohrman
Essentials of Fundraising & Management Course
*
Time Management and Technology

Rabbi David Felsenthal
How You Can Benefit from Standardized Curriculum
Rabbi Shraga Simmons
11:15 - 12:30 p.m. Lay Leaders Who Make a Difference
Mr. Mark Bane Esq.
Mr. Jonathan Faith
Mr. Ken Fink
Mr. Richard Horowitz
Teaching Methodology of the Ramchal
Rabbi Mendel Kessin
Board and Volunteer Development
Rabbi Dovid Frankel
Getting to Know Other Campus Rabbis
Rabbi Yonoson Quinn
12:30 - 2:15 p.m.Lunch (Valley Room)
Going In Alone, The Challenge of Living Out of Town
Chairman - Rabbi Yosef Davis
Model Communities - A National Overview                                          The Challenges of Building a Community
        Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb                                                                                                        Rabbi Yaakov Meyer
An Opportunity for Unparralleled Growth
Rabbi Yaacov Haber
2:15 - 2:30 p.m.Mincha
(Hunt Room)
2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Taking Marriage Counseling to a New Level
Rabbi Mordechai Twerski
Teaching Methodology of the Ramchal
Rabbi Mendel Kessin
Advanced Management Course
*
Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
Advanced Fundraising Course
*
Rabbi Nachum Stilerman
Teachers' Workshop:

Walking the Tightrope
1:30-3:00 pm

Mrs. Rochel Gruen
Mrs. Sharon Schloss


The Juggling Act
3:15-4:45 pm

Mrs. Chani Juravel
Mrs. Yocheved Nissan
Taking Yourself and Your Organization from Good to Great
Rabbi Steve Burg
Closing the Deal
Mr. Richard Horowitz
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Wanna Help Someone Get Married?
Mrs. Aliza Terris
Setting Up and Compliance for Mosdos
Baruch S. Gottesman, Esq.
Identifying and Soliciting Annual Donors
Mr. Andy Goldsmith
Halachic Issues on the College Campus
Rabbi Dovid Cohen
5:15 - 6:15 p.m. Increase Jewish Identity by Teaching Jewish History in a New Way
Rabbi Nachum Amsel

Starting an Integrated Development Program
Mr. Andy Goldsmith
Student Empowerment
Rabbi Charles Lebow
6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Dinner
(Valley Room)
8:00 - 9:45 p.m. Best of the Best - New Innovative Programs
(Hunt Room)
Moderator - Mr. Gary Magder
Blueprint, Judaism Without Walls, Kollel Institute, Pathways, RAJE Fellowships, Rimonim, Torah High School
9:45 - 10:00 p.m. Maariv
(Hunt Room)
10:15 - 11:00 p.m. Kiruv Through Educational Theater
Rabbi Shlomo Horwitz
Israel Committee Meeting
Rabbi Yehuda Freilich


At Least My Hair Held Up
Mrs. Brachi Schreiber

The Wheel Has Been Created: Stop Reinventing It
Rabbi Jordan Brummer
Monday, January 21, 2008 - 14 Shvat 5768
Salon ASalon BSalon C-DSalon E-FGarden RoomMaryland IIIMaryland IV
Lower LevelLower LevelLower LevelLower LevelLobby LevelLobby LevelLobby Level
6:15 - 7:00 a.m. Daf Yomi - Nedarim 31
(Hunt Room)
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Shacharis
(Hunt Room)
8:00 - 9:15 a.m. Breakfast
Valley Room
9:15 - 10:45 a.m. Your Annual Banquet: How to Use Your Greatest Annual Opportunity to Achieve Your Dreams
Rabbi Aryeh Markman
Endowing the Financial Security of Your Mossad and Major Gift Solicitation
Baruch S. Gottesman, Esq.
Chaim Muskat
Judaism Without Walls: A New Business and Kiruv Model for Outreach Programs
Rabbi Mike Stern
The Psychology of Kiruv
Dr. David Lieberman
Women's Networking Session
Mrs. Aliza Bulow

Opportunity Knocks: Hands on With a Gadol
Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky
11:00 - 12:15 p.m. Honesty in Outreach
Rabbi Mordechai Becher
How to Teach Beginners
Mr. Johnathan Faith
Rabbi Malcom Herman
Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld
So a Donor Gives You Money to Hire 10 New Workers - Now What?
Rabbi Steve Burg
Torah High School - Get the Credit You Deserve
Rabbi Glen Black
Fundamentals of Faith
Part I
(Women Only)

Rabbi Yaacov Haber

Campus Kiruv - Hitting the Jackpot
Rabbi Harvey Belovski
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch
(Valley Room)
1:45 - 2:00 p.m. Mincha
(Hunt Room)
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Keynote Address: A Vision of Kiruv
Chairman - Rabbi Baruch Yehuda Gradon
Rabbi Aharon Feldman                                                       Rabbi Yosef Kalatsky
Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky                                                                                     Rabbi Shlomo Miller

(Hunt Room)
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. How Much Torah Must I Really Learn and Know? - Can I Possibly Do It?
Rabbi Meir Pogrow
Synagogue Outreach:
Reaching Out,
Changing Lives

Mr. Frank Buchweitz
How Do I Establish a Relationship With the Donor of My Dreams?
Rabbi Steve Burg
The Best in Teen Programming
Rabbi Glen Black
Public Eye. Private Eye
(Women Only)

Rebbetzin Feige Twerski
Kollel Fundraising Session
Rabbi Nachum Stilerman
Rabbi Yonah Weinrib
Maintaining Integrity on Campus
Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. How You Can Benefit from Standardized Curriculum
Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Power Fundraising: Significant Donor and Financial Estate Tax Planning
Baruch S. Gottesman, Esq.
Chaim Muskat
Religious Differences in Couples: Relationship and Personality Dynamics that Impede Growth and Change
Dr. Norman Goldwasser
Crash Course on Chasidus
Rabbi Nachum Chaimowitz
Shailos and Teshuvos with Rabbi Dovid Cohen
(Women Only)

Rabbi Shlomo Miller Addresses the Kollelim
The Human Side of College Outreach
Rabbi Benzion Klatzko
6:30 - 8:15 pm Awards Banquet
(Valley Room)

Ronald Lauder Foundation
8:30 - 10:15 pm The Future of Judaism: Setting the Course
(Hunt Room)
Our Place and History                                                       A Vision for the Future
Rabbi Shmuel Bloom                                                                 Rabbi Yitzchok Lowenbraun
Models of Leadership                                                                                         Creating Leaders
Rabbi Baruch Yehuda Gradon                                                                                        Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
10:15 - 10:30 p.m. Maariv
(Hunt Room)
10:30 - 11:30 p.m. Out of Faith Screening
Mr. Mark DeAngelis


Master the Art of Speaking to the Neshama in the Kiruv Process
Rabbi Yitzchok Dinovitzer

Kollel Networking Session
Rabbi Pinchus Avruch
How to Run a Shabbaton
Rabbi David Felsenthal
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 15 Shvat 5768
Salon ASalon BSalon C-DSalon E-FGarden RoomMaryland IIIMaryland IV
Lower LevelLower LevelLower LevelLower LevelLobby LevelLobby LevelLobby Level
6:15 - 7:00 a.m. Daf Yomi - Nedarim 32
(Hunt Room)
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Shacharis
(Hunt Room)
8:00 - 9:15 a.m. Breakfast
(Valley Room)
9:15 - 10:45 p.m. Counseling a Person Through the Teshuva Process
Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
The Secret Behind the Secret
Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
Database Management
Rabbi Dovid Markowitz
How to Answer and Not Answer Questions
Rabbi Mordechai Becher
The Pleasure Principle
(Women Only)

Rebbetzin Feige Twerski

Keeping the Flame Alive
Rabbi Michel Twerski
10:45 - 11:15 a.m. Checkout
11:15 - 12:30 p.m. Kollel Institute
Rabbi Daniel Frietag
Forward to the Past: Old-Fashioned Rabbonus and the Future of Outreach
Rabbi Harvey Belovski
Building a Hebrew School Brick by Brick
Mrs. Leslie Shapiro
New Innovative Ideas: Robert I. Lappin Foundation
Fundamentals of Faith
Part II
(Women Only)

Rabbi Yaakov Haber

Three Steps to Wider Success on Campus
Rabbi Yoni Sherizen
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch
(Valley Room)
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Realizing the Dream: Making It Happen
Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
Rabbi Ilan Feldman
Rabbi Michel Twerski

(Hunt Room)
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Mincha
(Hunt Room)
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Shailos and Tshuvos
Rabbi Dovid Cohen
Hunt Room
Overall Campus Picture
Rabbi Bentzy Schechter
Maryland IV
The Next Generation
(Women Only)

Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
Garden Room
5:30 - 7:15 p.m. Dinner
Boxed Dinners Available to Go

(Valley Room)
7:15 - 7:30 p.m. Maariv
(Hunt Room)