Comments on: Nonprofit… A Great Sector http://www.asmallchange.net/nonprofit-a-great-sector/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nonprofit-a-great-sector Making Sense of Fundraising Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Dick http://www.asmallchange.net/nonprofit-a-great-sector/#comment-272 Jason Dick Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:44:14 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=98#comment-272 Michela, Thanks for your email. I would recommend that you make a couple of local contacts in Washington DC with nonprofit organizations. Sit down and meet with them and ask them questions about their work. When you're done ask them if they could recommend a couple other people that you can talk with. Making those kind of connections will make a huge difference. Also are you a part of LinkedIn? If you are send me an invitation and I'll connect you with someone in DC to get you started. Thanks, Jason Michela,
Thanks for your email. I would recommend that you make a couple of local contacts in Washington DC with nonprofit organizations. Sit down and meet with them and ask them questions about their work. When you’re done ask them if they could recommend a couple other people that you can talk with. Making those kind of connections will make a huge difference.

Also are you a part of LinkedIn? If you are send me an invitation and I’ll connect you with someone in DC to get you started.
Thanks,
Jason

]]> By: Michela Traetto http://www.asmallchange.net/nonprofit-a-great-sector/#comment-271 Michela Traetto Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:53:54 +0000 http://www.asmallchange.net/?p=98#comment-271 Yes, I have some questions regarding a career in fundraising and I am so glad that somebody asked! My man and I are planning to move to the US (he is American and I am Italian, we have lived in Germany for many years). From the 17th November to the 14th December I will be in Washington DC and I would like to meet people active in the nonprofit sector. Last year I decided to start working in the nonprofit sector, I quit my job of 7 years and I enrolled at a one year Master in Fund Raising (it is for people who already have a university education). My professional experience in the for-profit sector includes researching prospects, sales and maintaining client relations. I read in the internet that it would be good to have a mentor. How can I find a mentor? Are mentors willing to help people who are not young (I am 41) and are approaching fundraising as a career change? Networking is very important, but how can I do it practically during those 4 weeks? The plan is to start working as a voluntary fundraiser, till I receive a Visa, that allows me to work. Could you show me a way to connect to fundraisers in Washington DC to make me an idea what is like to work in a fundraising office? Thanks a lot! Dankeschoen! Mille grazie! Michela Traetto Yes, I have some questions regarding a career in fundraising and I am so glad that somebody asked!
My man and I are planning to move to the US (he is American and I am Italian, we have lived in Germany for many years). From the 17th November to the 14th December I will be in Washington DC and I would like to meet people active in the nonprofit sector.
Last year I decided to start working in the nonprofit sector, I quit my job of 7 years and I enrolled at a one year Master in Fund Raising (it is for people who already have a university education).
My professional experience in the for-profit sector includes researching prospects, sales and maintaining client relations.
I read in the internet that it would be good to have a mentor. How can I find a mentor? Are mentors willing to help people who are not young (I am 41) and are approaching fundraising as a career change?
Networking is very important, but how can I do it practically during those 4 weeks?
The plan is to start working as a voluntary fundraiser, till I receive a Visa, that allows me to work.
Could you show me a way to connect to fundraisers in Washington DC to make me an idea what is like to work in a fundraising office?
Thanks a lot! Dankeschoen! Mille grazie!
Michela Traetto

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