Blog 4: Interview Preparation

First Interview

1) I will be interviewing Carlos Carillo of Uncommon good in hopes of learning more about non-profit work. Why Mr. Carillo, you might ask? Well because he's very knowledgeable and passionate about his work and more than willing to talk.

2)Apart from the questions everyone is required to ask, I plan to bring up the following:

1. Why did you decide to do non-profit work?
2. Who or what are/were your influences/inspirations? 
3. What kind of non-profit work is out there?
4. What's the best part of your job?
5. Have you ever had any doubts about your career choice?

Blog 3: Topic Choice and Semester 1 ESLR Goals

Topic- Non-profit work

What I plan to do to show growth in being an effective...

• I-poly Citizen
• An effective ipoly citizen is described to be: respectful, responsible, and an active member of the community. Throughout my high school career, I've taken massive steps forward towards fulfilling these important traits. I believe senior year will be even more helpful because of the transition from assigned topics to chosen topics. There's something valuable to learn from each individual ipoly citizen.
• Learner
• Really make an effort to find some excellent sources and become more than proficient at doing research. As time goes along, I'll get better at researching, and pretty soon, all of my sources for senior project will be professional and reliable.
• User of Technology
• I already consider myself to be an effective user of technology, but I guess there's always room for improvement. Through these blog posts, and the work they entail, I'll be able to familiarize myself with yet another aspect of online communication and expression. 
• Communicator
• This is definitely something I'll have to work on. In particular, verbally. Core-class participation will help me a lot with this. Furthermore, model assembly will reinforce, as well as improve my verbal-communication skills.  

Summer Mentorship Component

1. Mentorship Log
2. Carlos Carillo 909 625 2248
3. QUESTIONS RAISED
1. How important is money when it comes to working at an office of a non-profit organization?
2. How does a non-profit organization make money to pay it's employees and cover other expenses?
3. What type of schooling/credentials does it take to start a non profit organization?
4. The most important thing I leaned from this experience is that you have to be patient and willing to sit still for hours on end while working an office job. Prior to this, I thought that office jobs were a little more...energetic and exciting. 
5. This experience helped me choose my topic because I now know that if you're going to get involved in an office job, it has to directly relate to something you really feel passionate about.