Michael

"all of that translated into that executive director position"

"It's really driving home the mission of your nonprofit with new stakeholders and making sure that your programming is being effective in those areas."

"I get into the minutiae of the day. So what are the key tasks that you make sure either in checking our programs reaching out to our stakeholders"

"The number one skill...is the ability to communicate."

"It's relatively easy to see what you enjoy most about being here; I really love seeing our impact."

"Definitely managing expectations and desires of interested stakeholders."

"In the nonprofit world you directly get to see what is done, how you're doing, and make sure that what you're doing is actually changing lives."

"It's really those people who just love to see what they do change the world and being able to put the work behind it."

"It's really really important...to understand when you need to step back and understand when you need to take some rest."

"If you have anything in terms of quantitative skills, nonprofits are desperate for that if you have communication abilities...nonprofits need that."

"Sometimes emotional reactions are the best reactions and sometimes logical reactions are the best reaction. But give yourself the time to think."

"taking an internship and giving me exposure to real professional life was incredibly helpful in preparing myself for my career down the line."

"I let my identity inform a little bit of my career search and I'm strong stress that for for any of you figuring out who you are and understanding what you want to do could be informed by that key element."