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Category Archives: Professional
Surveying would-be students
Since I’ve been with BCcampus we haven’t focused much on post-secondary students as an audience. The primary audience for our communications efforts is made up of representatives from post-secondary institutions themselves. After all, it’s the presidents, vice-presidents academic, directors of … Continue reading
Vancouver je t’aime
I’m quite attached to Greater Victoria. But I’m in love with Vancouver. I have been since I moved to the west coast over five years ago. It’s beautiful, it’s vibrant, it’s liveable, it’s diverse, it’s world-class. I count only once … Continue reading
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Tagged British Columbia, moving, Vancouver, Victoria
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Context is everything, but I’m sharing my slides anyway
I had the pleasure last week to attend the spring ETUG workshop (http://etug.ca/) in Nelson BC. ETUG is sponsored by BCcampus, my employer, and once again reminded me why I love my job. The passion and enthusiasm of educators and … Continue reading
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Tagged BCcampus, British Columbia, educational technology, improv, LinkedIn, Presentation, Professional, public speaking, work
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The way we do that thing we do
During the weekday I am the communications manager for BCcampus, a post-secondary services organization that has 26 full and part time employees distributed throughout BC. Aside from the head office in Vancouver and the Victoria office, where most of the … Continue reading
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Tagged BCcampus, conference planning, corporate communications, employee, internal, intranet, LinkedIn, Professional, wiki
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Thoughts on David Eaves’ opening remarks
I came into the room this morning (Open Gov 2010 at UVic) to hear David Eaves relate how he is excited about web 2.0 and social media and how it will allow public servants work better together. Through a more … Continue reading
Open Gov West 2010 – Chris Rasumussen’s keynote
Chris Rasmussen presented on the U.S. government’s Intellipedia – here are some initial rough notes to contribute to the opengovnorth.ca blog: “Too many different tools & systems among gov agencies.” — (We’re facing that within an agency of only 26 … Continue reading
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Tagged change, change management, conference, LinkedIn, notes, Open government, Open Government West 2010, UVic, work
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What makes a great co-op work term experience part 2: Resumés
Précis: This is a four-part series on successful co-op work terms. I’ve had the chance to supervise and hire co-op students in my work as a corporate communications practitioner several times over the past few years. I’m about to complete … Continue reading
What makes a great co-op work term experience? (Part 1 of 4)
Precis: This is a four-part series on successful co-op work terms. I’ve had the chance to hire and/or supervise several co-op students in my work as a corporate communications practitioner over the past few years. I’m about to complete another … Continue reading
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Tagged co-op student, communications practitioner, employment, LinkedIn, Professional, web publishing, writing
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What would a CommPunk look like?
What would it mean to be a communications punk? Is that even possible? Is the entire profession too established to even consider proposing a radical re-invention? I’ve always referred to myself as a journalist-turned-”mercenary.” Since my brief career as a … Continue reading
BCNet Conference: Day 1
I’m at the BCNet annual conference at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre location this week. Planning conferences is a lot of work, and it’s tricky business dealing with sponsors and such – so hats off to BCNet for a well-organized, … Continue reading
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Tagged BCcampus, conference, higher ed, LinkedIn, NEPTUNE, PASBC, post-secondary education, professional development, research
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