Comments on: Connecting the Dots: The Core of Public/Private/Philanthropic Partnerships

By: Michael Bischoff

Michael Bischoff — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:09:32 +0000

Thank you for capturing the essence of Steve’s presentation. It was one of the highlights of the conference for me.

I just wrote a blog post (http://bit.ly/n5zma) where I referred to Steve’s presentation, and linked to your post. My post is called, “What does it mean to be a nonprofit in a declining empire?”

By: Laura Deaton

Laura Deaton — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:22 +0000

I think you’re right, Cary. Here’s the link again…it absorbed one of the parentheses above.

http://clicky.me/1Wc

Warm regards,
Laura

By: Cary

Cary — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:57:25 +0000

Thanks, Laura! There’s a term in biology called “parallel evolution” where organisms in different areas develop similar traits to respond to their environment. I think that’s what we’re experiencing here!

The current environment is challenging us all to think about partnerships in new ways, and start to develop new strategies for “connecting the dots”. We’d love to hear more about what you’re doing. Can you re-link to your blog post? It didn’t work for some reason.

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By: Laura Deaton

Laura Deaton — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:50:06 +0000

Hi – I saw this from following @pndblog on Twitter, and thought I’d just jump in. I just posted a blog last night about “sector blur” after spending the whole weekend with a bunch of Southern policy wonks. You can read the whole post here (http://clicky.me/1Wc), but here’s an excerpt of my thoughts from the weekend:

As I gathered my own thoughts following the weekend’s intensive session, I realized that regardless of what sector we focus on (including the private sector), we all have the same key priorities:

* How do we work together to cultivate and grow our next-generation leaders?

* How do we work together to improve education, health and job prospects?

* How do we work together to build sustainable infrastructure that will allow us all to flourish?

* How de we build cross-sector partnerships that are designed to create and drive a new future, not only within individual communities, but regionally, nationally, and across the globe?

* How do we lift each other up and support each other to become all that we can be?

I also find myself energized by the recognition that to truly build healthy, vibrant communities, the public and community benefit sectors need to link hands with the private sector and answer these questions together.

So exciting to see the folks in Minnesota on the same track!

By: Cary

Cary — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:53:56 +0000

Fantastic post, Chris. I think Steve is right, we’re experiencing a new paradigm shift towards partnerships fostered by necessity (the economic downturn) and enhanced by new technology (better data, better communications enabling more effective collaboration). Tough times, but also exciting times!