"S- U-C-C-E-S-S..! ..Thats the way we spell Success!" ;)

Please take some time to discuss what makes a successful Moishe House event. Is it the amount of people who attended? Is it the depth of experience for the participants? Use a recent event that you feel was a success to illustrate your measure of a successful Moishe House event and the process your house went through that led it to be successful.


Many things play a role when considering what factors make an event successful. Although attendance numbers are important (to a certain degree), we do not feel that it is the most important piece of the "successful" puzzle.
We must consider... Moishe House's purpose is to bring the young-adult Jewish community closer together and get them to truly want to be involved... When comparing an event with 20 people that had an "okay" time but left with no real desire to attend another event... to one with a total of 6 people that had a great time and could not wait for the next MH event... it seems obvious that the 2nd event is the successful one because our main goal/purpose was fulfilled. We try to concentrate on making sure that people take away only the best and most positive experiences/feelings of the actual event, our Moishe House, and the entire organization as a whole. Although the first event had greater attendance, it did not help in reaching our goal and could actually hinder us from doing so. We all know Jewish people love to talk :) so word of mouth is very important.. It is much better to have 6 people saying wonderful things about us, then to have 20 people saying not so wonderful things about us and ultimately hindering other people from attending a future event. For these reasons and many more, we feel that the most important factor of a successful event are the relationships we help build and the experiences we help to create for our Jewish community.
Our Shabbat dinners have been a true success in accomplishing the above criteria. Although it takes a lot of work, preparation, frustration, and concentration :) ,the end result makes everything well worth it. We make sure that everyone is involved in the event in some way, which makes them feel wanted and shows them we care that they are present. Each month, the attendance at our Shabbat dinners increase as more and more people become aware of what we are and what we do...and we hope that this becomes a constant trend!