Q: How has Nashville Singers been able to accomplish so much in such a short period of time?

A: Make no mistake about it, our success has required thousands of hours of planning and behind-the-scenes hard work. These are the strategies for success that guide everything we do:

1. Have fun! 
2. Have a dream and create a plan to make that dream a reality  
3. Expect more, get more
4. Present a quality product and image
5. Create and nurture a customer service culture that permeates all levels of the organization
6. Make a commitment to analysis and feedback. 
7. Preserve the core/stimulate progress  
8. Focus our limited resources on programs that support our mission and vision
9. Educate, inspire, recognize, and monitor the effectiveness of our leaders
10. Learn from and respond to change
11. Willingness to explore and implement modifications to our governance and management structure to improve organizational efficiency
12. Build alliances - seek partners that complement our mission, and leverage the talent within those alliances
13. Serve our community
14. Embrace technology and the internet
15. Become attractive to outside funding
16. Secure funding to implement our plans and programs
17. Model the best practices of other successful non-profit organizations
18. Resist the fear of failure

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.- Thomas Jefferson

Nashville Singers Accepting Applications for our College Internship Program for the Fall of 2011

These are part-time internships of 15 hours/week. 

Fall Positions Open:

1) Marketing Intern
2) Communications Intern
3) Financial Development/Fundraising Intern

Internship Period: Summer (June 6-August 9)

Time Schedule: Flexible scheduling of 15 hours per week or 150 hours total. There is one team meeting per week on Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. Internship would be virtual, meaning work from home, but also able to meet in person occasionally with Executive Director at our rehearsal venue, Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church located at 3014 Elm Hill Pike, or some other convenient location.

Qualifications: Intern candidate must have completed a minimum of 64 credit hours; must have maintained a minimum 2.8 GPA; must have completed a selection of courses that introduce students to industry theories so they are prepared for a hands-on experience; Students that have met these requirements are eligible to receive academic credit for an internship. Intern must possess excellent verbal, written and communicative skills; Intern must possess excellent internet research skills; Intern must be proficient in MS Publisher, Adobe, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Pay Rate: Volunteer for experience and academic credit (if eligible)

Application Deadline: August 10, 2011 

Click HERE to view more information and and application to participate, or contact Executive Director, Todd Wilson at 615-669-8633.