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		<title>Cultural Policy Exchange Workshop Cycle 2013: Strategy &amp; Concepts for Policy Reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lidia Varbanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eastern Partnership recognizes the value of cultural cooperation and inter-cultural dialogue as an integral part of all external policies and has underlined the importance of cultural cooperation in addressing political processes and challenges (EU Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of June 2008, paragraph 78). Therefore the Eastern Partnership has called for a specific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Management in the Arts: Featured by The Suburban</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lidia Varbanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Suburban, Montreal March 27th, 2013 From inspiration to creation, making art is far removed from conducting business. But when it comes to making a living from making art, business know-how becomes just as important as aesthetic intuition and artistic creation. With federal arts budgets and external funding for the arts being slashed worldwide, artists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roundtable to Discuss Lidia Varbanova&#8217;s Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lidia Varbanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategic management is an essential element that drives an organization’s success, yet many cultural organizations struggle to apply strategic thinking and entrepreneurial actions when it comes to day-to-day operations. In her new book, Strategic Management in the Arts, published by Routledge, Concordia management lecturer Lidia Varbanova looks at the unique characteristics of organizations in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Management in the Arts: From Montreal to Sofia and Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lidia Varbanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Book Launch in Sofia The Bulgarian launch of the book “Strategic Management in the Arts” went very well: with good media coverage despite of the turbulent political situation in the same week (February 2013). I am glad that it raised interest among the professional circles from the arts and culture sector. My special thanks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial literacy in the cultural sector: is there any research done?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lidia Varbanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a time of a global financial deficit for the arts and culture sector, identification and gathering of stable financial resources in cultural organizations with a non-profit, public or charitable status becomes quite difficult. Many business companies have already cut their sponsorship involvement and other forms of corporate support for the arts. Foundations’ granting policies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate social responsibility: arts and culture are still not on the agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lidia Varbanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a concept which does not have a universal definition. It is frequently connected with similar terms such as: corporate sustainability, corporate citizenship, business ethics and sustainability, corporate responsibility, etc. CSR covers the ways in which private sector (business companies) integrate social and environmental imperatives of their activities. It is connected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs are change-makers who think and act differently</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lidia Varbanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my last 2012 message to all young and emerging entrepreneurs: a few sincere advices for a happy and joyful professional life. They are an extract of what I have learned and experienced throughout the years. Being an entrepreneur is about being different, thinking differently, being creative, initiatiing a change, and acting strategically: 1. Remember;: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Master the presentation of your research paper</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main reasons to present your research is to inform the audience what your research is about, what is its uniqueness and to motivate them to give you feedback so that you can improve further.  There are a lot of tips on how to write a research paper, but very few on how to present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Networking is more than breathing: it is a &#8220;social meditation&#8221; that creates open spaces</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lidia Varbanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Networking for entrepreneurs is like breathing: it creates a favorable environment for the necessary sparkle to elaborate an idea further, to not give up, to work on an idea until a successful end, to grow up and improve an idea. Some entrepreneurs know well how to network. Or at least they believe that they know. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture and the EU Structural Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.lidiavarbanova.ca/2012/10/05/culture-and-the-eu-structural-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lidia Varbanova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the framework of the design and negotiation of the EU’s Cohesion Policy and the Operational Programmes for the funding period 2014-20, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture asked the European Expert Network on Culture (EENC) to prepare papers to analyse how the cultural and creative sectors could foster local and regional development [...]]]></description>
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