The Columbus Foundation's Sidney Hargro sat down with Lucy Bernholz of Blueprint Research & Design, Inc. and Katya Andresen of Network for Good during the DonorEdge Community Leadership Conference, hosted by The Columbus Foundation, to discuss the changing landscape of philanthropy in a 2.0 world and how nonprofit organizations can effectively leverage social media to enage donors.

Listen to the podcast of this conversation, recorded at The Columbus Foundation on June 3, 2009. (18 min)

About our guests:

Lucy Bernholz, blogger at Philanthropy 2173 and author of Creating Philanthropic Capital Markets: The Deliberate Evolution, is the founder and president of Blueprint Research & Design, Inc., a strategy consulting firm specializing in program research and design for philanthropic foundations. Read more about Lucy Bernholz.

Katya Andresen develops and executes Network for Good's marketing strategy, including consumer outreach, media relations, corporate partnerships, and nonprofit marketing, and is the author of Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes. Read more about Katya Andresen.


For more information on the DonorEdge Community Leadership Conference, please visit the Donor2.0 page on our website by going to www.donoredge2009.org.

Pictured above (l-r): Katya Andresen and Lucy Bernholz
Photo by: Jeremy Sony

Lutheran Social Services social enterprise projects fuel self-sufficiency

For most of us, the hum of lawn machinery is a welcome sign of spring. For a group of male clients at the Fairfield County Emergency Shelter, the sound has grown to represent not only the change of seasons, but a new beginning. 
 
In 2008, Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio (LSSCO) founded Fairhaven Lawn Care, a for-profit business in Lancaster. Fairhaven, the first social enterprise venture for LSSCO, provides job opportunities for clients of the shelter who have fallen on hard times, hoping to get them back on their feet and prepare them to re-enter the job force.

Read the full story on our website.

Listen to Leslie Poole, president of Lutheran Social Services of Southern Ohio, explain the importance of their services. (7 min, 21 seconds)