{"id":8356,"date":"2013-03-01T15:03:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T20:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=8356"},"modified":"2013-03-14T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T19:05:11","slug":"alumni-advise-students-on-non-profit-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/alumni-advise-students-on-non-profit-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni advise students on non-profit careers"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Sarah Quattrochi was a student at UTC and writing a paper on the Tennessee River Gorge Trust, she had no idea that several years later she would be working as the outreach and development director for the same non-profit organization. Quattrochi, a graduate of the Public Administration and Non-Profit Management program (PANM) at UTC, joined several of her fellow alumni and spoke on a panel to address current students.\u00a0 The professionals explained what everyone should know before they begin their non-profit careers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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From left to right: David Haddock, Katrina Craven, Ivan Patton, Sarah Quattrochi, Ryan Fugate<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe PANM program has been so valuable to me. I\u2019ve directly applied things I\u2019ve learned from classes to my job,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Quattrochi was joined by: David Haddock, Director of Development for the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera; Katrina Craven, Public Relations and Marketing Director at the Hunter Museum of American Art; Ivan Patton, Volunteer Manager at Goodwill Industries; and Ryan Fugate, Associate Campaign Director at\u00a0United Way\u00a0of Greater Chattanooga.<\/p>\n

The panel touched on several topics relevant to current college students, including how to present yourself on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing I would like to stress is to be very careful as to what you put out there on your Facebook and Twitter accounts. A non-profit is based on who you are and what you do in the community. If I was to go out and do something that\u2019s not looked well upon, the next thing it\u2019s in the newspaper and the organization you\u2019re with is paying for it. You can\u2019t be two separate people. You can\u2019t be a different person at work and your personal life,\u201d Fugate said.<\/p>\n

Though students will have to be careful about the image they portray once they begin working in the field, according to Quattrochi, they will enjoy a lot of diversity in the job positions and opportunities at non-profits.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was terrified when I was offered the job at the land trust. I didn\u2019t have an environmental science or biology background. I just had to figure it out as I went along, and that\u2019s the opportunity you have at a lot of non-profits. I\u2019ve gotten experience in outreach, education, and development,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Craven, who previously worked at the Tennessee Aquarium, advised student to take a big risk.<\/p>\n

\u201cOftentimes, in the non-profit world, budgeting and staffing is tight, but don\u2019t be afraid to take a big risk. I think sometimes when we feel under pressure, we\u2019re afraid to try to something different. But you can try that new program, you can do something different. You have more freedom than you think,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Patton, who worked several jobs before taking a job at Goodwill Industries, said he can\u2019t imagine doing anything else.<\/p>\n

\u201cNon-profits are powerful, and power is addictive. Once you\u2019ve had the opportunity to change someone\u2019s life for the better, you\u2019re never going to want to do different things. I\u2019ve got the best job in the world working with at-risk youth. So, choose your job wisely because before you know it, you\u2019ll be hooked,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

David Haddock echoed Patton on the power of non-profits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world does not go round without non-profits. Chattanooga is a great example of the difference you can make at a non-profit. We wouldn\u2019t be the city we are if it wasn\u2019t for private investment and capital, and volunteering to build this place. When I was growing up here, there was nothing downtown. In the last twenty years, the city has changed so dynamically and it\u2019s because people decided they wanted to change and reinvent Chattanooga,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

To make a difference, Haddock said students need to have passion, the most important thing to succeed in a non-profit career.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can make such an impact on people\u2019s lives, you won\u2019t want to do anything else. It\u2019s an incredibly rewarding career. You don\u2019t want to end up in a job in a cubicle staring at a computer being miserable. Life is way too short to not to do what your passionate about. So if you\u2019re passionate about non-profits, go do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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