Speaker 1: Hello, my name is Crystal Chigu and I'm your Hope Catalyst. Today we're going back to our series on non-profits and how to succeed in the non-profit space. The first thing that I want you to do is click on the subscribe button and don't forget to turn on your notification button so you don't forget anything at all and miss out on anything that we're doing. So pretty much, when you look at a lot of people that start their NGO or their non-profit, it starts from a place of passion. Very very few people think beyond just that passion of starting off their NGO to how can I make this a career. Let me break the bubble for a lot of you that do not know, running a non-profit or working in the non-profit space can be a career. So just like you have people that want to work in the bank or people that want to work with different consulting firms and all of that, working in the non-profit space or working in an NGO is a thing. So should you make up your mind that this is where you want to thrive or this is where you want to succeed, definitely this is something for you and this video is for you. So you want to know how to succeed in the non-profit career. Definitely you also need to share this video with a lot of your friends. So let's go back to the topic. Like I said, being in the non-profit space and growing within this space is a thing and it's a career and something that needs to be taken very seriously. I want to just give you a quick joke. I remember having a meeting with one of my donors once and she asked me and said, okay so apart from this NGO, what else do you do? I said this is where I work. I work full time here. I resume just like you resume in your office by 8am and I close by 5pm and I have one hour break and I go on vacations and have to plan my vacations. So I have the number of days that is my vacation. So it's not that when you work in the for-profit business, those ones are the ones that have a career and those of us in the non-profit space, you know, we really do not have a career. So no, no, no, no, that's not what it is. And a lot of people have asked me, Christa, what do I need to succeed in the non-profit space? The first skill that you need to have is, you know, relationship building skills. The ability to work with and build relationships. It's very crucial. It's something that you need, whether you're in the HR department of the non-profit or you are in programs or you do fundraising or, you know, whatever it is that you do because we're in the business of working with other people. We're in the business of, you know, building community and social work. It's critical for you to have that skill to build relationships because you're building relationships with your beneficiaries. You're building with your donors. You're building with the community, actually with every stakeholder that exists with government. And so this skill is a much needed skill. The other thing that people ask me is, do I need to get a certificate or do I need to go to school to study? Yes, there are courses that you can do. So should you have made up your mind that you want to work within this space? One of the critical things to do is, you know, to take courses in regarding to the work that you want to do. For example, the non-profit management or NGO management, depending on where you want to situate your work and, you know, just like if you, if you think of it like I'm going to be an HR expert, then you can be an HR expert working in the non-profit space. So you need to take skills or certifications that help you to be an HR person. Just like you have, like I said, you have HR, purchasing, business development. You know, we have this also in the non-profit space, probably we call it a different kind of name. You know, but people tell me marketing, communications, we have communications experts, people that do communications for development in the non-profit space. And this is very, very crucial for you. Don't forget to get a copy of my book, Board Engage. You can see the link in the description of this video. You can pre-order it. But we're going to have a big launch on the 13th of May, 2022, when we actually will be launching the book, you know, globally, it's going to be an e-launch and you can be a part of it. Don't forget, working in the non-profit space, it's not because you do not have something to do. It's a career and something that we take very seriously. The video we'll be doing next on the non-profit space, we'll be showing you what the organogram or what, you know, a simulation of what the organogram in the non-profit space actually looks like. And trust me, it's not necessarily different from what you have in the profit space. So every skill that you get in school, every, you know, education that you get can be tailored to the non-profit space. We have our accountants, you know, that focus, you know, on non-profit accounting. You have HR, like I said, you have programs, programs, you have fundraising, you have communications, you have purchasing, you have admin. And so just think of all the careers that you have around the world, it's possible in the non-profit space. I hope this video has helped you. If you know someone that needs this video, you know what to do now. Just click share and send the link to them so they can get a glimpse of the things that I've talked about. Have a lovely day.