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	<title>La Piana Consulting</title>
	
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		<title>We Love L.A.! Big Turnout for New Sustainability Initiative and Strategic Restructuring Workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/04/we-love-l-a-big-turnout-for-new-sustainability-initiative-and-strategic-restructuring-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David La Piana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am just catching my breath from yesterday&#8217;s launch of the Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative in Los Angeles. With our partners from the Weingart Foundation, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the California Community Foundation, The Center for Nonprofit Management, and the Luskin School at UCLA, we took over Loker Auditorium at the California Science Center for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Culture Change-Hardy? Five Practices for Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/04/is-your-culture-change-hardy-five-practices-for-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/04/is-your-culture-change-hardy-five-practices-for-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amari Romero-Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nonprofit Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a change-hardy, resilient culture has never been more important. Here are five straightforward ideas for how you as a leader can help your team successfully weather change.
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		<title>Client Spotlight: Habitat Metrolina Partners</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/03/client-spotlight-habitat-metrolina-partners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/03/client-spotlight-habitat-metrolina-partners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Gowdy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Engagement and Volunteerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consulting for Nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nonprofit Sector]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=1057</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Habitat for Humanity &#8211; a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that has helped to build over 500,000 decent, affordable houses and served 2.5 million people worldwide &#8211; advances its mission through the work of local affiliates. In the United States alone there are over 1,500 Habitat affiliates working to select and support homeowners, organize volunteers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Keys to Organizational Agility: Scanning and Screening</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/03/two-keys-to-organizational-agility-scanning-and-screening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/03/two-keys-to-organizational-agility-scanning-and-screening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Mendes Campos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nonprofit Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NonprofitNext]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=1034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Moving with the Pace of Change In Convergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector, we challenged nonprofits to consider how they would keep pace with the speed of change. Given the accelerated rate at which shifts in the social, technological, and economic environment are now occurring, it is critical that organizations be attuned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integration of Health Services Spurs New Partnerships</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/02/integration-of-health-services-spurs-new-partnerships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/02/integration-of-health-services-spurs-new-partnerships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Harrington</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=1023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s merger of Buckelew Programs and Family Service Agency of Marin (featured in local media here and here) highlights the continuation of a trend toward greater integration of services among mental health providers. La Piana Consulting was privileged to work with Buckelew and Family Services in the development of this relationship. Their decision to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Strategies for Innovation in the Social Sector: Build, Acquire, Partner</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/02/three-strategies-for-innovation-in-the-social-sector-build-acquire-partner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/02/three-strategies-for-innovation-in-the-social-sector-build-acquire-partner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Markham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consulting for Nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nonprofit Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social entreprenure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The nonprofit sector is being rocked by all sorts of changes including, and to a large extent driven by, the financial pressures of a weak economy. Seeking ways to survive and thrive in this complex and dynamic environment, more organizations are embracing innovation and thinking about how to work differently. I recently read an interview on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serving the Latino Community: Getting Beyond Translation</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/02/serving-the-latino-community-getting-beyond-translation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/02/serving-the-latino-community-getting-beyond-translation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Vergara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Growing Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nonprofit Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For years, nonprofits, for-profit corporations, and even the government have discussed how to better reach the Latino, Spanish-speaking community. Still, there are a lot of organizations that get it wrong or are unable to serve this population effectively. A key issue I have found when working with organizations seeking ways to reach the Latino community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Client Spotlight: The Patterson Foundation</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/01/client-spotlight-the-patterson-foundation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/01/client-spotlight-the-patterson-foundation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Gowdy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consulting for Nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foundation effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mergers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=954</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Patterson Foundation (TPF) is an independent charitable foundation in Sarasota, Florida that partners and connects with others to create new realities. Debra Jacobs, the Foundation&#8217;s CEO, contacted La Piana Consulting in early 2010 to talk about our experience with strategic restructuring. Jacobs and her team recognized that strategic restructuring &#8211; or collaborative restructuring, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where’s the fire?</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/01/wheres-the-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2012/01/wheres-the-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Mendes Campos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consulting for Nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mergers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nonprofit Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emerging leaders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[generation x]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation Y]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[organizational capacity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=933</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A sense of urgency. Experts like John P. Kotter say it&#8217;s a key and necessary ingredient for successful organizational change. Without it, even the best designed efforts amount to little more than going through the motions. But many nonprofits are so accustomed to working in adverse conditions &#8211; doing more with less, making compromises, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Way for Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2011/12/another-way-for-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David La Piana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just checked my Twitter feed, then my profile. I am following 25 people. In that small number I seem to be unusual. Among the 330 people following me many are also following hundreds if not thousands of other people. Does this make me feel a little less special? Yeah, but that’s not my point [...]]]></description>
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