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		<dc:creator>Lara Hoke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This interview with Senior Manager Luis Vergara is part of our ongoing series featuring members of the La Piana team. When and why did you decide to dedicate your career to the nonprofit sector? My mother worked in the nonprofit sector and encouraged me to become active in it at a young age. I worked [...]]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Rosalyn Allison-Jacobs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could be a poster child for the phenomenon known as &#8220;growth through resistance.&#8221; It is not a pretty process, fraught with needless pain and suffering. Yet the lessons that I have learned by conquering my own resistance have proven to be the indelible ones. My journey from resisting to embracing the power of &#8220;smart [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo DeBolt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strong organizational capacity can&#8217;t be imported or taught; it has to be built over time by nurturing and encouraging the organization&#8217;s strengths over its weaknesses. What can be taught are the skills and habits that help organizations understand and develop sound strategies. Adaptability is a quality that organizations can develop to position themselves to succeed. [...]]]></description>
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