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| Re: NPO Work - time to give up?
Posted by Rose on 12/18/2007, 12:40 am, in reply to "Re: NPO Work - time to give up?"
NBS, thanks. I get your point. I started out that way with first two places (only work on grants). I quickly learned place #1 was nowhere NEAR in a position to apply for grants (no annual report, no detailed financials, etc.). So, I attempted (probably my mistake) to help them by giving them material they need to get this work done. Then, of course, that person who took me on was fired.
I did the same for place #2. Grants only. It worked well for a while, though the only had me doing research to see what grants they qualify for. It was good experience, IMO. Unbeknownst to me, during that time, the ED was absent quite a bit. The DD was the person encouraging me to do the research. It was when the ED reappeared that problems arose. She would not allow me (nor the DD for that matter) to do grant work any further.
Frankly, it was a bit odd that when ED reappeared, DD was given all kinds of duties that DD's do not do. For example, she was required to host counseling sessions once a week for kids who are the product of a domestic violence situation. I found it extremely irratoinal. Not that I cared so much since it wasn't my job.
But that's when things shifted, and they began to give me all kinds of fundraising duties -- from sending out newsletters to securing donations to providing a LOT of input on their last fundraiser.
I must admit, I learned a great deal. But it was probably a mistake that I let things shift in what I was doing. At least I was smart enough to refuse to take the advocacy/counseling training they pushed me to do. That would have put me in a mandatory, on-call situation for emergency DV issues. That was WAY out of my comfort zone.
Live and learn. Thanks for the feedback.
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