Tag Archives: BCcampus

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

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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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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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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

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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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With freedom comes…

You’d think installing a driver for a brand new printer for a brand new laptop would be easy for a geek girl like me. But Friday afternoon, two weeks into my new job, raring to go, with 3 tasks left … Continue reading

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Ch-ch-changes

Day three on my new job – Communications and Stakeholder Relations Manager at BCcampus – starts today. I took a week off between the end of the old and the start of the new to rearrange furniture, teach an extra … Continue reading

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