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	<title>La Piana Consulting</title>
	
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		<title>When Merger is Not Enough</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/05/when-merger-is-not-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David La Piana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marywood, Inc. was in its tenth decade of providing Austin, Texas with adoption and foster care services when it realized it was in a financial crisis. The economics of its field had changed: the number of newborns in need of adoption had decreased, and while this was a very good thing, as a result the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using the Latino Political Clout to Make a Mark on Nonprofit Boards</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/05/using-the-latino-political-clout-to-make-a-mark-on-nonprofit-boards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Vergara</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=2240</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It&#8217;s time to reinforce the message Latinos sent during the 2012 elections: we are a power and force to be reckoned with! While momentum was gained during the election, I would say that some of the energy has been lost. But what has not gone away is the number and impact that Latinos have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Good in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/05/doing-good-in-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Piana Consulting</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 4-6, more than 250 early-career social sector professionals gathered in Chicago, IL to explore new paradigms of leadership at the Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) National Conference. La Piana Consulting was there to launch a joint project with EPIP aimed at examining what “doing good” means in the 21st Century and how the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration Tips for 800-pound Gorillas</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/05/collaboration-tips-for-800-pound-gorillas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 15:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vance Yoshida</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the more common challenges in building strong nonprofit partnerships comes when bringing one or more small or modest-sized organizations together with a very large organization. The power differential that exists among the partners can be a significant barrier to building the level of trust needed for real collaboration to develop. Because it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Client Spotlight: Blue Shield of California Foundation – Blue Shield Against Violence</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/04/client-spotlight-blue-shield-of-california-foundation-blue-shield-against-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/04/client-spotlight-blue-shield-of-california-foundation-blue-shield-against-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>La Piana Consulting</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=2190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of Blue Shield Against Violence In 2009, the Great Recession set the nonprofit sector (and the rest of the world) back on its heels. To help California&#8217;s domestic violence organizations navigate the economic crisis and emerge stronger in the years to come, Blue Shield of California Foundation initiated a sustained investment in providing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing the La Piana Team: Bob Harrington, Partner</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/04/2213/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Hoke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post is part of our ongoing series highlighting the La Piana team.  This week I sat down with Bob Harrington, one of La Piana Consulting’s first employees! When and why did you decide to dedicate your career to the nonprofit sector? I decided when I was in college.  Believe it or not, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing Organizational Habits</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/04/changing-organizational-habits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosalyn Allison-Jacobs</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[implementation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=2172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Frequently, La Piana Consulting has the privilege of supporting our strategic restructuring and strategy development clients through the implementation phase of the engagement.   Reactions of managers, staff, board members, and other internal stakeholders to the inevitable changes that this phase brings range from excitement, anticipation, and a sense of renewal, to fatigue, apprehension, fear, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Reasons Nonprofit Mergers Make Sense</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/03/seven-reasons-nonprofit-mergers-make-sense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/03/seven-reasons-nonprofit-mergers-make-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Gowdy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[case study]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=2164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever we note (e.g., in Merging Wisely) that mergers are not necessarily a path to cost savings (at least not to immediate cost savings), we invariably get a few frustrated responses demanding, “Well then what’s the point?”  Given the high-profile nature of mergers in the for-profit sector, where financial motivations are paramount and cost savings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Well is Research Truly Informing the Sector?</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/03/how-well-is-research-truly-informing-the-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/03/how-well-is-research-truly-informing-the-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Mendes Campos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consulting for Nonprofits]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=2142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last week, the Center for Effective Philanthropy&#8217;s Phil Buchanan penned an Op Ed for the Chronicle of Philanthropy challenging the sector to consider the degree to which we&#8217;re all culpable for promoting and consuming the equivalent of research &#8220;fast food.&#8221; Suggesting that much of what is circulated as nonprofit research really isn&#8217;t research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Good Ideas Go to Die (And How to Rescue Them!)</title>
		<link>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/03/where-good-ideas-go-to-die-and-how-to-rescue-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2013/03/where-good-ideas-go-to-die-and-how-to-rescue-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David La Piana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=2072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The nonprofit world is full of big challenges like ending hunger, slowing climate change, and healing trauma, as well as much smaller but nonetheless compelling challenges such as balancing an organization&#8217;s budget in the face of a weak economy or effectively engaging a volunteer board of directors. Nonprofits are also full of good people who [...]]]></description>
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