JSU Facilitator
Do you like reading books? Enjoy having stimulating conversations? Have a knack for organizing and running small groups?
If yes on all of the above, you may be a natural fit for a JSU facilitator. The role offers an opportunity to start a unique learning community over Zoom. A typical JSU session lasts about an hour, occurs once a week at a set time (for example, Thursday 11 AM EST), and can be managed from the comfort of your home. Becoming a JSU facilitator entails taking the following five steps:
1. Participate consistently in one of our active JSUs. You can browse all available JSUs (Browse JSU) and sign up for an open JSU book club.
2. If inspired by the JSU learning community and want to start your own JSU group, submit a maximum 500-word response via Contact Us.
3. The response should contain examples of your facilitation skills, the type of JSU group you want to start, its target audience, and the type of books you want to read together. You can browse the sample courses at JSU University for ideas and inspiration.
4. If selected, you will be contacted for interviews and invited to an online training session.
5. You launch a JSU group with the team's support upon the completion of training.
Enclosed below are some examples of launching JSU groups.
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Family & "Under 18" JSU
1. For elementary school-aged children tackling the Harry Potter series
2. For home-schooled children studying the classics of Western civilization
3. For the youth basketball team looking for leadership inspiration
4. For teen-age boys and their fathers on a strategy for pursuing sexual purity
5. For a family to create and strengthen its own culture and value system
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Workplace JSU
1. For a start-up team to stay focused on the company's vision and its core values
2. For a lunchtime study of the biographies of historical heroes
3. For a sales & marketing team to learn and finetune the best practices of customer relationship management
4. For a curated executive training focused on studying and discussing the best practices of innovation
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Campus & "Lifelong Learning" JSU
1. For a university campus group that wants to deepen its understanding of the meaning of life & Christian faith
2. For a group of business school alumni to engage one another and learn from leadership & management books
3. For professionals in the investment industry to review and discuss the investment classics from Fisher, Lynch, & Graham
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Nonprofit JSU
1. For a nonprofit board & executive team to further engage major donors and stakeholders over books capturing the essence of its mission
2. For philanthropists who invest in nonprofits to capture and share the best practices of strategic giving
3. For a church congregation and seminary students to listen to the Bible and Christian books together in sustainable & enjoyable ways
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Senior JSU
1. For seniors and other neighbors in communities to engage one another over inspiring books
2. For elderly and other homebound citizens to improve social interaction and learning over books. The JSU can serve as a weekly check-in
3. For active seniors to serve their fellow seniors/neighbors by starting and hosting JSUs as a way to address loneliness epidemic
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"Crucial Moments" JSU
1. For couples looking for premarital counseling in a supportive environment with expert resources.
2. For those undergoing divorce, recovering from substance abuse, and dealing with other difficult life transitions to find a safe JSU learning community to share and grow
3. For those who are undergoing important projects such as writing a book and working on a thesis to leverage the JSU learning community to receive timely feedback
