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		<title>Invitation to Innovator&#8217;s Forum Event in Santa Fe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please join me as I lead a discussion of  &#8221; Getting the Right People on the Bus: How to Build the Right Team to Grow Your Business&#8221; &#8220;on Tuesday, June 29th at the Santa Fe Complex. This presentation is part of the ongoing Innovator&#8217;s Forum series sponsored by the Northern New Mexico Connect, Los Alamos National [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markwalztoni.com/blog/2010/06/invitation-to-innovators-forum-event-in-santa-fe/</link>
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		<title>A Business Case for Partnering with a Non-Profit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article was forwarded by the Entrepreneurs Foundation (www.efbayarea.org) and it&#8217;s interesting for both for the results of a recent survey about company/non-profit partnerships and the strong connection between how the repondents prefer to receive messages from non-profits.
Business partnerships seen boosting causes
March 19, 2010
Partnerships with trusted businesses help draw attention to nonprofit causes and are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markwalztoni.com/blog/2010/05/a-business-case-for-partnering-with-a-non-profit/</link>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Larry Brilliant Discusses Philanthrophy and a &#8220;New Breed of Entrepreneur&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Mexico has a vibrant and rapidly growing entrepreneurial community. This sector has faced the economic downturn with remarkable resilience, and I believe that any strategy for addressing the cultural and economic needs of New Mexico cannot fully succeed without better integrating the entrepreneurial business sector into the philanthropic and non-profit communities in our state.
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markwalztoni.com/blog/2010/05/50/</link>
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		<title>Opportunities with Early-Stage Companies in New Mexico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever considered working for an early-stage company  or emerging company in New Mexico? Open to a full-time, contract, project team member, board position, or interim executive role? Your timing may be just right.
The above statement may seem counter-intuitive in today&#8217;s economic climate, but not according to a recent report funded and published by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markwalztoni.com/blog/2009/06/opportunities-with-early-stage-companies-in-new-mexico/</link>
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		<title>The Fourth Lesson: Harness the Talent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of your willingness to be &#8220;harnessed&#8221;, the author&#8217;s metaphor paints a useful picture. It implies being in alignment with the coach driver and others on the team, moving quickly on the journey to a desired destination, and staying focused on the path ahead. The reward isn&#8217;t oats (except if the destination isn&#8217;t achieved) but equity in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markwalztoni.com/blog/2009/01/the-fourth-lesson-harness-the-talent/</link>
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		<title>Learning Lifelong Lessons from Holiday &#8220;Spirits&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve read Charles Dickens&#8217;s book, A Christmas Carol every year since I was a bit older than Tiny Tim. For those of you who haven&#8217;t read the book or seen one of the many play or film versions of it, that&#8217;s under ten years old.
 
I suppose that what first attracted me to the story was ghosts (there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markwalztoni.com/blog/2008/12/learning-lifelong-lessons-from-holiday-spirits/</link>
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		<title>The Third Lesson: Accelerate Performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[True performance, meaning achievement of something measurable and meaningful compared to past results, requires accountability and alignment.
The organization may focus on three to four key measures that can be measured qualitatively or quantitatively. Effective performance can then be accelerated by setting baseline measures and taking actions to improve results and then resetting the baseline.
Accountability may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markwalztoni.com/blog/2008/11/the-third-lesson-accelerate-performance/</link>
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		<title>The Second Lesson: Develop the Blueprint</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been almost two months since my last post- two months of political, economic and societal change that few people, if anyone, had an existing blueprint.  Values, instincts honed by experience and values, and what an old boss of mine defined as &#8220;rat-like cunning&#8221; are all on display.
So is planning for change still possible and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markwalztoni.com/blog/2008/11/the-second-principle-develop-a-blueprint-for-change/</link>
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		<title>The First Lesson: Define the Full Potential</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first principle of the book, Lessons From Private Equity Any Company Can Use is &#8220;define the full potential of your company.&#8221; As an investor&#8217;s objective is increasing the value of the organization (and therefore the equity of their investment) thorough due diligence is critical to reaching an understanding of what exactly is being purchased and what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markwalztoni.com/blog/2008/09/applying-private-equity-principles-to-human-capital-due-dilligence/</link>
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		<title>Applying Private Equity Lessons to Human Capital: Live Broadcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m fortunate to be considered an Expert Advisor for the Human Capital Institute&#8217;s Comprehensive On-Boarding, Career Transition, and Merger and Acquisition learning tracks. Tomorrow I&#8217;m the featured speaker for their September &#8220;Comprehensive On-Boarding Magazine&#8221; event, which occurs from 2:00 PM &#8211; 3:00 PM EST. 
Andy Kris is the Director of HCI&#8217;s Talent Leadership track and will host tomorrow&#8217;s broadcast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markwalztoni.com/blog/2008/09/applying-private-equity-principles-to-human-capital-live-broadcast/</link>
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