Favorite Parts of Working in the Nonprofit Industry As A Manager, Strategy and Impact
Morgan, a Manager of Strategy & Impact at Meals on Wheels America, finds the most rewarding aspect of the nonprofit industry is "making a difference," achieved through collaborative teamwork towards a shared mission. The continuous learning and development fostered by numerous partnerships and collaborations also significantly contribute to career fulfillment.
Teamwork, Making a Difference, Nonprofit, Partnerships, Learning and Development
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Morgan Hultquist
Manager, Strategy & Impact
Meals on Wheels America
University of Arizona 2014
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Political Science, American Studies
Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking
Business Strategy
Scholarship Recipient, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Making a difference through teamwork and collective mission
2. Working in a collaborative environment with partnerships and connections to learn and grow
3. Seeing the positive impact of the organization's work on the community
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your industry?
This is a great question. I think there's so much, but I'm trying to find an answer that really describes what I enjoy most. Number one, I think that is making a difference.
And that's not for me necessarily as an individual, because I think you cannot make a huge difference by yourself. Really working as a team and working as an organization with a collective mission to achieve a common goal is really awesome.
Focusing on and understanding how your team or your organization is making a difference is phenomenal for me. It's what keeps me in this industry and is probably why I'll never leave.
But I think also, outside of that, learning and continuing to build on all of the awesome things that are going on in this world through the work that you're doing individually is something that I think is great in the nonprofit industry. There are so many partnerships and connections, and individual organizations working on something, but they're also with [unclear].
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