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Interviews
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Stephanie Creaturo
NYU/Wagner MPA 97
Non-Profit Management
NPower NY
Senior Manager, Tech Service Corps program
NYC
stephanie@npowerny.org |
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A Day in the Life
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What are three things you love and three things you find challenging or frustrating about your work? |
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Working with lots of different people |
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training/teaching |
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talking up tech to nonprofit organizations |
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| Challenging or frustrating: |
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talking up tech to nonprofit organizations |
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so much work, so little time! |
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What is the most important task on your desk right now? |
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Our job training program, Tech Service Corps, recruits students from community-based groups serving NYC's low-income communities. Working with the TSC students to find paid technology employment in the nonprofit community is always my
most important task!
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What drives you to do this work? What makes you want to get out of bed every morning? |
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I love helping people, corny as it may sound. I love doing it on the ground level, one person or organization at a time. To me, I see real change that way. I love the idea of building community, teaching new skills, of opening
doors.
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How often do you "dress up" for work? Describe the culture of your organization. |
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Laid-back but fast-paced. Everyone is very smart, very quick, innovative and creative. I don't 'dress up' too much but since I do all the professional, or 'soft' skills work with our TSC students, I do have to model appropriate
workplace etiquette and behavior, so I probably dress a bit nicer than my colleagues!
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In a typical month, about what percentage of your time is spent on the following activities? |
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| Talking on the phone |
35% |
| Dealing with email |
45% |
| Meetings with individuals |
25% |
| Meetings with groups/committees |
40% |
| Writing |
15% |
| Reading |
25% |
| Researching |
25% |
(Note: respondents could allow their answers to add up to be more than )
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What do you do when you are feeling burned out at work? |
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I have really strong boundaries — I am pretty good about working the same number of hours each week, leaving at the same time, and so forth. For me, that is key to staying healthy, thus staying effective at work. I've burned out
in other jobs and it is a negative, unheatlhy cycle to get into — avoid it if you can. Your effectiveness and productiveness is directly linked to your sharpness, being checked in and being open — all of which suffer if you work too many hours all the
time.
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