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From Our Vantage Point

From Our Vantage Point shares real conversations with the people shaping BC’s non-profit sector — the leaders, collaborators, and change-makers building stronger communities across the province. Each episode goes beyond theory to explore the stories, lessons, and lived experiences behind non-profit leadership. From boardrooms to community halls, we talk about what it takes to lead with purpose, strengthen organizations, and turn shared vision into action. Hosted by Vantage Point, this series

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Winning Capital Campaigns

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/11/20

Esther Jang joins us from Global Philanthropic, an international fundraising consultancy, to share recommendations for developing and executing capital campaigns. She highlights why organizations must have strong internal capacity to launch a successful campaign. Esther provides key steps to access your internal capacity – including a feasibility study, understanding your current donor relationships, and uncovering the knowledge of your staff and board. Presented by Humanity Financial

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00:26:56

Tools to Navigate Challenges in Arts Leadership

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/10/18

An inspiring pair of performance arts leaders join Maria this month to share reflections from their experience in partnering, as staff and board, to drive Boca del Lupo’s evolution. Building on a deep commitment to the organization surviving its founders and a culture that’s clearly comfortable with ambiguity, Jay Dodge, Co-Founder and Artistic Producer, and Carmen Stossel, board member of Boca del Lupo, discover insights as to how their team has navigated the many challenges along the way to

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00:13:58

Tips for New Executive Directors: The First 100 Days

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/09/20

This month, Mark Giffford shares some compelling tips for navigating a new executive director role - such as using baked goods to win over your board of directors! Mark is the executive director of Kiwassa Neighbourhood House and he shares insights from his long career in the sector and his new adventure as an executive director. Presented by Humanity Financial Management From our Vantage Point is brought to you by Humanity Financial Management, a Chartered Accounting firm dedicated to helping

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00:15:58

Engage Volunteers To Lead: 5 effective practices

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/08/15

Podcast host, Maria Turnbull, engaged thousands of volunteers in her 20-year not-for-profit journey, while also serving as a volunteer herself. She has often considered what impacts a volunteer’s ability – and willingness – to lead, rather than follow. For this month’s podcast, Elijah van der Giessen, NetSquared Community Organizer, and TechSoup Global Community Manager joins Maria to talk about and share effective practices that support true volunteer leadership. Presented by Humanity Financial

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00:20:08

Program Sustainability: Doable or Delusional?

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/07/19

With this year’s BOSS – Building Organizational and Sector Sustainability conference just 3 months away, we are talking a lot as a team about sustainability. Kylie Hutchinson, principal consultant with Community Solutions, a small Vancouver-based firm that specializes in evaluation and program sustainability planning, shares key factors that point to greater success in program sustainability in this month’s podcast. Kylie draws on the considerable research and findings she presents in her book

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00:19:58

Millennial Spotlight: Engaging the next generation of...

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/06/21

This month we venture into the Millennial “spotlight” with David Puterman, a seasoned leader, planner, and advocate for a variety of social change initiatives and programs. David has conducted research on the engagement of young adults in charitable and not-for-profit organizations. He provides some great insights such as how to bring young staff, volunteers and donors into your succession planning. Presented by Humanity Financial Management From our Vantage Point is brought to you by Humanity

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00:15:54

Finding and Engaging a Treasurer

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/05/23

Who better to provide perspective on key approaches to finding and engaging a Treasurer than a past and current Treasurer – and passionate board member – Gordon Holley, President & CEO of Humanity Financial. Leveraging his professional designations as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and a Certified Professional Bookkeeper (CPB), Gordon outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Treasurer and how the role intersects with book-keeping and/or Finance staff or contractors. He

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00:14:24

Not-for-Profit Salary Surveys: Striving for fair...

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/05/01

Sector leaders are in for an interesting conversation in this month’s podcast: Not-for-Profit Salary Surveys: Striving for fair compensation in the sector. Trina Isakson, independent researcher and consultant, draws on her recent experience in championing an effort to reveal current not-for-profit salary levels here in the Metro Vancouver area. Trina shares her insights from that project, providing some suggested implications for sector leader’s consideration. Please note: podcast listeners are

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00:16:48

Tips on Running an Effective Annual General Meeting

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/03/27

We have legal expertise in the recording studio for this month’s podcast, Tips on Running an Effective Annual General Meeting (AGM). Michael Blatchford, lawyer with Norton Rose Fulbright, shares his depth of knowledge on the most frequent questions we receive on AGM-related issues: AGM agendas and preparation, requirements of notice to members, impact of the new Societies Act, quorum, proxy voting, taking AGM minutes, and required filings after the AGM. Presented by Humanity Financial

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00:14:15

Win-Win Volunteer Engagement: Knowledge Philanthropy

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/02/27

Vantage Point’s own Engagement Manager, Dana Osiowy, joins me to share her tips in designing high impact volunteer engagements for, who we call, knowledge philanthropists. Dana remembers her first time learning about the concept of knowledge philanthropy, during her time as ED of Big Brothers, Big Sisters in Cranbrook, as a “game changer”. Find out why! Presented by Humanity Financial Management From our Vantage Point is brought to you by Humanity Financial Management, a Chartered Accounting firm

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00:14:46

Strategic Planning Success: Effective Stakeholder...

From Our Vantage Point ·

2017/01/16

Mark Friesen, experienced not-for-profit strategic planner and Consulting Manager with Vantage Point, walks us through key practices to impactfully engage stakeholders during strategic planning. Mark explains the value of surveys, interviews, and focus groups while sharing different tactical approaches, including having board members participate in stakeholder outreach. Presented by Humanity Financial Management From our Vantage Point is brought to you by Humanity Financial Management, a Chartered

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00:15:07

Employee Engagement Surveys: Designing for a win

From Our Vantage Point ·

2016/12/16

In this month’s podcast, find out how single malt Scotch can teach us a thing or two about designing successful employee engagement surveys. Maureen Simons, Principal with Verita HR Services, brings to the topic over 30 years’ professional HR experience and specific knowledge designing and administering employee engagement surveys, from the very customized to “off-the-shelf” solutions. She shares practical advice for designing, preparing for participation in, and employing your employee engagement

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00:12:40

Workforce Planning (Paid, Volunteer, Contractor)

From Our Vantage Point ·

2016/11/15

Brad Beattie, founder of POP The People Agency, invites us to imagine achieving all of our aspirational community goals without “mission fatigue” through innovative workforce models that enable teams to thrive as people and project leaders. Brad’s expertise in bringing ALL the available talent together to make change happen is built on previous experience as Greater Vancouver Regional Director, Canadian Cancer Society; Manager of Workforce Operations at VANOC, and Manager of Business Services here

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00:15:35

Learning through social connections: The human...

From Our Vantage Point ·

2016/10/17

This month we consider ways to deepen our learning from formal professional development through social connections. Gayle Farrell, our guest, is the President of Siena Consulting, providing multi-stakeholder facilitation, strategic and operational planning, and cross-sectoral partnership development. Gayle describes the unique benefits of “social learning” in the workplace and encourages us to intentionally show up as both learner and teacher in our everyday interactions with our peers. Presented by

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00:17:52

The Board Chair - Executive Director Partnership

From Our Vantage Point ·

2016/09/12

Juliana Laing, one of our local governance experts, brings the Board Chair and ED Partnership to life in this month’s podcast. She emphasizes the importance of treating this partnership like many other key relationships in life, beginning with a strong foundation of trust with a willingness to tackle tough issues in a timely and open way. Juliana shares, in closing, that the best Board Chair – ED partnerships are like those of strong dance partners who know who is leading, when – and how not to step

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00:15:36

In-Camera Board Meetings: who, what, why, how?

From Our Vantage Point ·

2016/08/12

With the drive towards increasing transparency in the governance realm, the use of in-camera board meetings is a hot topic. Shawn Mitchell, expert in not-for-profit governance and leadership, joins me to share his thoughts on how to employ in-camera board meetings to strengthen organizational governance. Shawn is the Executive Director for the Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association, and a three-term member of the board of MEC, where he also chairs the governance committee. From our Vantage Point is

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00:20:20

Making the “To-Get-Done” List: Operational Plans That...

From Our Vantage Point ·

2016/07/15

In this month’s podcast we consider the topic: Making the “To-Get-Done” List: Operational Plans That Work with Catarina Moreno, Program Director at QMUNITY - B.C.'s Queer Resource Centre. After a few years of observing a disconnect between strategic plans and work plans, Catarina led QMUNITY's operational planning process that translated the organization's strategic plan into one succinct operational plan that covers 12 multi-disciplinary staff. In this podcast she highlights the importance of

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00:14:58

Director and Officers Liability Insurance: A...

From Our Vantage Point ·

2016/06/16

We are often asked by boards that we work with: do we really need Director and Officers (D&O) Liability Insurance? We’ve finally had a chance to go to the experts on this one for this one: Director and Officers Liability Insurance: A Necessary Cost? Kawkab Jamal, agency owner of The Co-operators office at 5564 Cambie Street, Vancouver, leads us through the key benefits of D&O insurance, the issues to consider when exploring or revisiting your coverage, and the risks of not having this type

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00:20:54

Show me the money! Getting clarity on compensation

From Our Vantage Point ·

2016/05/16

For our virtual interview, Kelly Allder, Vice President for Human Resource Programs at Ceridian, joins me to share her HR expertise on the topic: Show Me the Money! Getting Clarity on Compensation. Kelly is familiar with the not-for-profit context through her role as Executive Director of Ceridian Cares, Ceridian’s philanthropic foundation (www.ceridiancares.ca). Kelly emphasises the importance of starting with your organization’s values in articulating a clear compensation philosophy that then

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00:17:57

Abundance in the Not-for-Profit Sector: A Powerful...

From Our Vantage Point ·

2016/04/18

As we launch our Year of Abundance, I invited Stacy Ashton, Executive Director of Community Volunteer Connections, to explore the topic: Abundance in the Not-for-Profit Sector: A Powerful Paradox. Together we explore what “abundance” looks like in the context of the not-for-profit sector – and what it makes possible to nurture a culture of abundance over scarcity. Stacy shares how she brings abundance thinking to her diverse community roles, through both a belief that the resources required to

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