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<v ->So I think it depends on what type of nonprofit</v>

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you're looking to go into.

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If you're going into a arts nonprofit, maybe

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you've had experience three or four years teaching the arts

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or working in the arts, and then have decided to transition.

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It's one of those roles that I think you can learn

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as long as you're willing to learn, but it's very much

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you hit the ground at a hundred miles per hour the minute

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you start, and you really have to be a fast learner

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in being willing to pick up those skills.

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So Charlottesville has tons of nonprofits,

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and other communities have lots of nonprofits.

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And they usually always offer some type

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of volunteer experience.

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I have a few colleagues in the nonprofit sector

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who said, "I started out here 10 years ago

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"just coming to volunteer two hours a week,

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"and then was looking for something different.

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"They had a opening for a program manager,

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"then I came in and managed programs, and then

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"I became the deputy director of the organization."

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And so, I think with that in mind, starting off

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as a volunteer, just so you can kind of learn the mission

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work of a nonprofit, and then you'll kind of have

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that footing and that grounding to say, "This might be

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"something that I'm interested in."

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One of the biggest things for me is flexibility.

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Nonprofit life changes all the time, and you have

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to be willing to be flexible, and be willing to adapt

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to whatever those circumstances are.

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And so, for me, I think having someone who says,

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"I can come into a situation, and if we have

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"to change the plan within 10 minutes, I'm able

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"to adjust to that, and I'm able to adapt."

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Also, someone who is willing to try new things

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and not say that you have to get them right.

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One of the biggest things that means a lot to me

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is saying, "I'm willing to try something new.

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"I'm not a hundred percent sure that it's gonna work,

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"but I have a vision, and I think I wanna see that happen,"

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and that's something that I really value.