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		<title>Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement</title>
		<link>http://www.alpfainstitute.org/2012/05/diversity-inclusion-engagement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 18:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita Gonzalez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do these terms mean to you? Are they different ways of saying the same thing? And why are they important?  We all know they are the &#8220;right things to do&#8221;. But do you ever catch yourself thinking, “I don&#8217;t have time to take on the world&#8217;s challenges on my own. These types of issues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Four Diversity Lessons from an Immigrants Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suri Surinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a first generation immigrant to this amazing land of opportunity, I have an interesting diversity story to tell. It is no different, in plot or theme, than any other immigrant’s story, but I share it with you because, embedded in my story, as in any other, are the lessons of experience.  My four key beliefs on diversity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Boil the Ocean</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every great initiative faces a similar challenge: The very things that make it worthwhile also create a temptation to rush the strategies that will make it successful. Plans can become big and complex and, ultimately, overwhelming and impractical. It’s like trying to boil the ocean. You just can’t do it. And the same goes for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change:  From the Inside – Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bradley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Sir Walter Mack]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shawn Coker]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alpfainstitute.org/?p=2355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While some of us may have experienced a profound change, I suspect that most of us were impacted by the stories and experiences that helped us to make gradual, yet meaningful changes in the way we view our personal lives, the organizations in which we work, and even the greater Northwest Arkansas community. I recall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALPFA Institute Grants Impact Diversity &amp; Inclusion in Northwest Arkansas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bradley</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alpfainstitute.org/?p=2290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – April 5, 2012 – The ALPFA Institute is continuing to expand its impact on diversity and inclusion initiatives throughout Northwest Arkansas thanks in part to two recent grants secured by the organization. Through an operating agreement with the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business, the ALPFA Institute was launched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Certificate of Leadership in Diversity &amp; Inclusion Launches Successfully</title>
		<link>http://www.alpfainstitute.org/2012/04/certificate-leadership-diversity-inclusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alpfainstitute.org/2012/04/certificate-leadership-diversity-inclusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bradley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ALPFA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[certificate]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alpfainstitute.org/?p=2317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the ALPFA Institute launched the first edition of the Certificate of Leadership in Diversity &#38; Inclusion. 31 different companies from all over northwest Arkansas sent their top executives to begin building a new vision for the future of Diversity and Inclusion. For a long time now, companies have seen diversity as the counting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALPFA Announces New Veteran&#8217;s Initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.alpfainstitute.org/2012/03/alpfa-veterans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alpfainstitute.org/2012/03/alpfa-veterans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bradley</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alpfainstitute.org/?p=2155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, CALIF., March 5, 2012 – ALPFA, the country’s largest Hispanic professional organization, announced today a new Veteran’s Initiative to aid service men and women to successfully transition into Corporate America. Since the announcement of U.S. troop withdrawal last year, tens of thousands of service members left Iraq and Afghanistan. The U.S. Labor Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Everyday Leadership Story</title>
		<link>http://www.alpfainstitute.org/2012/03/everyday-leadership-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Unplugged]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alpfainstitute.org/?p=2252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While sitting on the bus this morning an interesting event occurred that gave me an opportunity to think about the concept of leadership in my everyday life. Per my usual routine, I stepped onto the bus, sat down, and began perusing my morning emails on my phone. Like a freight ship horn blasting as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women and The Power of Storytelling</title>
		<link>http://www.alpfainstitute.org/2012/03/women-power-storytelling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alpfainstitute.org/2012/03/women-power-storytelling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theres Stiefer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Unplugged]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[authentic]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alpfainstitute.org/?p=2141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time…can you remember the first time you heard those words and the story that followed? Each of us has our own version with images, and emotions, and memories of those words once spoken to us. When we begin to tell a story we connect to the passion, understanding, and vision of those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inclusion Is A Verb</title>
		<link>http://www.alpfainstitute.org/2012/02/inclusion-verb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alpfainstitute.org/2012/02/inclusion-verb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Fike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Visual Thesaurus (www.visualthesaurus.com) when you look up the word Inclusion, you get eight synonyms that are connected to Inclusion, all nouns, and one synonym, exclusion.  As I sat in a hotel room a few weeks ago with the sun streaming through the window watching the earth transform as it does every spring, I [...]]]></description>
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