Think Large, Act Small

One (BIS) Experience of Scaling-Up

Zero Project ConferenceFebruary 2017

Jean Judes, Executive Director

1.Defining “scaling up”2.Beit Issie Shapiro’s strategy3.Conditions for scaling-up4.“Accessible Path to Employment” 5.Future thoughts

Today’s Talk

Defining Scaling Up

“Deliberate efforts to increase the impact of successfully tested… innovations so as to benefit more people and to foster policy and program development on a lasting basis.”

- WHO, 2010

Vision& Mission

BIS’s Inclusive & Accessible Playground

Strategy of Scaling Up in the Field of Disabilities

Replicable Innovative Service Models

Changing Policy &

Attitudes

Research & Training

National - Israel

International

Broad Partnerships

Indirect Impact

BIS’s National Impact through Scaling Up

20 Dental Clinics113 Early Intervention

Centers

400 Snoezelen Rooms

30 Inclusive Playgrounds 140 Therapeutic Pools

Early Intervention

Snoezelen (Multi-Senosry

Environments)

1. Leadership2. Skills and capability3. Partnerships

Conditions for Scaling Up

Leadership

Skills and Capability

• Research and Evaluation

• Knowledge Development

• The Trump institute for education and training. International conferences

• International Department

=A learning organization

Partnerships

“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If

you want to go far, go together”

- African proverb

The “Accessible Path to Employment” Program

• Hi-Tech veteran• 6 years @ Diversity Management

in Hi-Tech and Technology

If the work will be done, disability is less of an issue

Yet…

diversity@yanovsky.net

Information Management Training

12 Started

192 Hours

8 completed (-1…)

5 Assignments2 top talents

~40, No (prof) job for years

diversity@yanovsky.net

Information Management Training - the model

An end-to-end processBusiness need, Industry supportCandidatesTraining - industry involvement

AdaptedExtensive real life examples + final project Soft Skills included

Employment coaching – shared responsibility

Ongoing support for Company and new Employee

diversity@yanovsky.net

Challenges

Future Thoughts

Jean JudesExecutive Director

Beit Issie Shapiro

Email: jeanj@beitissie.org.ilWebsite: www.beitissie.org.il/eng