tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post4943293253666321196..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: Design principles for building a fieldLucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-46447988214980462872009-02-25T06:11:00.000-08:002009-02-25T06:11:00.000-08:00I'm delighted to have discovered your blog from Be...I'm delighted to have discovered your blog from Beth. I think you are right on in the idea that building Philanthropy as a field is key to creating long-term sustainable programs. <BR/><BR/>I also agree with Beth that there's lots for the non-profit and for-profit sides to learn from one another. <BR/><BR/>I'm a Teach For America alum, and one element of the organization I've always been impressed with is how well they incorporate business principals to build a sustainable model of change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-66041724037396327582009-02-22T22:26:00.000-08:002009-02-22T22:26:00.000-08:00Lucy, as a late comer to the party, I'm not fully ...Lucy, as a late comer to the party, I'm not fully knowledgeable of what has been... and what could be. Maybe that's a good thing. You definitely seem to have put a lot of thought into field building.<BR/><BR/>I've spent the majority of my life on the for-profit side of things while donating a lot of my time to help my non-profit friends. <BR/><BR/>In 2001, I co-founded a foundation along with a socially-responsible for-profit working primarily with public schools. At that point, I began to see myself as a social venture entrepreneur.<BR/><BR/>I think the one thing that has been shouting at me loud and clear over these past 9 years is that we have to figure out how to have for-profits and non-profits work better together. We must go beyond seeing the for-profits as entities who are less philanthropic and who have ways of "doing business" that couldn't possibly help anyone in the non-profit arena. <BR/><BR/>There's so much for us all to learn from each other - I say we apply the Obama Factor to what we do going forward. Maybe that falls under your "network" component in the 4 steps above?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com