October 2016 What I've been up to

  • I am almost finished the Surrey RCMP Citizen Police Academy - it has been a thoughtful and informative program
  • I attended the BC Small Business Panel on Social Impact for Small Business 
  • I went to the SFU Centre for Dialogue evening asking Can Public Engagement change Systems?
  • I have had my eye on the SFU City Program class on Giving Council a piece of your mind: Writing reports that work and finally went
  • I am learning a lot in the UBC Creative Placemaking class - it is deceptively intensive
  • To celebrate the season I took in a City of Surrey Cemetery Tour. The heritage and history of death was interesting - but the introduction to the planning trends and bylaws around graveyards was fascinating
  • I contributed to the Monty Python Retirement Plan by going to the John Cleese & Eric Idle show. Good memories and laughs.

I attended:

  • VolunteerMatch's webinar on Developing a Strategic Plan for your Volunteer Engagement Program with Jennifer Bennett
  • BC Small Business' online classes on:
    • Business Mapping: Developing a Smart Business Model
    • Marketing in a Digital World for Small Business
    • Starting a Consulting Business
    • Doing Business with the Government of Canada
    • Operations for Small Business
    • Reach More Customers with Strategic SEO and SEM
    • Start Smart 1 & 2
    • Mobile Marketing: Reaching Customers on the Go
    • Early Stage Financing and Resources for Entrepreneurs
    • Market Research 1: Find data that works for you
    • Negotiating Contracts: Get the Right Deal
    • Marketing Essentials for Small Business
    • Boost Your Productivity with Focus Management
    • How to Motivate your employees for success
    • Mastering Social Media to Grow your small Business
    • Onboarding New Employees
    • Market Research 2: Surveys and Focus Groups for Knowing Your Customer
  • 4Good Community's webinar on How to Engage and Mobilize Groups: 4 Proven Facilitation Techniques with Michael Wilkinson and Elle Cathey
  • Tamarack Institute's webinar on The Fight for Decent Work: Tackling Low Wages, Precarious Work, and Poverty in our Communities with Deena Ladd and Laura Cattari
  • VolunteerMatch's webinar on Build staff Buy-in for Volunteer Engagement with Jennifer Bennett
  • VolunteerMatch's webinar on Managing Difficult Volunteer Transitions with Jennifer Bennett
  • Urban Land Institute's webinar on Developing Office Space in an Evolving Tenant Market: Two Case Studies
  • VolunteerMatch's webinar on The New Volunteer Manager's Toolkit with Jennifer Bennett
  • Center for Financial Social Work's webinar on Financial Elder Abuse - Detection, Intervention, and Prevention by Art Mason and Reeta Wolfsohn
  • Tamarack Institute's webinar on A Game Changer Approach to Poverty Reduction Strategy and Evaluation with Mark Holmgren and Mark Cabaj
  • VolunteerMatch's webinar on Creating a Culture of Volunteer Engagement with Jennifer Bennett
  • Urban Land Institute's webinar on Real Estate Forecast
  • Canadian Mental Health Association's webinar on A Case Study on a Workplace Peer Support Program: Nav Canada Light the Way by Lyne Wilson
  • Charity Village's webinar on Maximizing the Strategic Impact of your Volunteer Program with Stacy Ashton
  • GeoEnviroPro's webinar on Cast in Stone: Soil and Groundwater Remediation by in situ soil mixing with Pete Craig
  • Bang the Table's webinar on Online Citizen Engagement 101 with Matthew Crozier
  • GeoEnviroPro's webinar on Interpretation of pumping tests in real Aquifers with Christopher J. Neville
  • Bang the Table's webinar on Managing the Risk in Online Engagement with Matt Crozier
  • Tamarack Institute's webinar on Change for the Audacious: In Conversation with Steve Waddell
  • Ready to Raise webinar on 3 Quick & Creative Ways to Use Data to Increase Collaboration with Tracey and Tammy
  • Tamarack Institute's webinar on Parkdale Community Economic Development: Toward Decent Work, Shared Wealth and Equitable Development in Parkdale with Victor and Nancy
  • Bang the Table's webinar on Analytics, Measurement & Performance Management with Matt Crozier
  • Bang the Table's webinar on Increasing Participation in Online Engagement with Matt Crozier