From Our Vantage Point – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Guest:

Alex Wilson | Big Sisters BC Lower Mainland and the Association of Fundraising Professionals

Host:

Zahra Esmail | Vantage Point's Chief Executive Officer

Editor:

Paul Wang

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. 

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.

Watch this podcast with closed captions here.

Guests:

Christopher T. Sutton | Wavefront Centre for Community Accessibility
Shelagh Levangie | Harbour West Consulting

Host:

Maria Turnbull | Vantage Point's Associate Executive Director

Editor:

Elijah Walsh

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. 

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.

The Community Engagement office at UBC supports university and community partners to work together, bringing the full force of combined experiences, expertise, and knowledge to advance a more just and sustainable society. This episode features Kat Cureton, Advisor at Community Engagement, and Katie McCallum, who is the Manager of the Community Engagement office. It was great to talk to them both about where possible opportunities lie for not-for-profits and universities to work together towards their common goals. Before we jump into the conversation, I’d like to introduce you to our guests.

Timestamps

00:00 | Intro 

03:00 | Self introductions: Kat & Katie                           

05:51 | What part can universities play?

10:07 | Navigating the university system

 14:29 | Stories from the Help Desk

17:43 | Funding opportunities & hiring students

23:12 | Resource re-cap

23:35 | Humanity Financial Ad

24:28 | Making the ask

28:14 | How can universities listen?

33:12 | Reciprocity

35:28 | Accessible learning opportunities

38:45 | Closing reflections

40:40 | Outro 

Resources

• Community Partner Help Desk
• Contact email: community.engagement@ubc.ca
• Twitter: @ubcCommEngage
• Funding for community partners:
  • Partnership Recognition Fund
  • Community University Engagement Support Fund
• Mitacs
• UBC Arts Amplifier
• UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning
• Social Impact Lab
• UBC CareersOnline
• Community Scholars Program
• EdX
• UBC Extended Learning
• events.ubc.ca 

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. 

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.

Timestamps

00:00 | Intro 

01:37 | Financial Wellbeing: Stage 1

04:07 | Warning Signs of Stage 1

04:35 | Financial Wellbeing: Stage 2

07:47 | Financial Wellbeing: Stage 3

08:48 | Financial Wellbeing: Stage 4

11:54 | Financial Wellbeing: Stage 5

16:30 | Most Common Barriers to Financial Liberation

19:20 | Outro

Resources

https://humanityfinancial.ca/

https://www.charitydata.ca/

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. 

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.

Timestamps

00:00 | Intro
01:52 | How it all began
04:28 | How boards can make a difference
06:39 | Who is Our Kids Climate for?
07:43 | What action looks like
11:37 | Does keeping up mean “going green”?
12:30 | Mitigation and Adaptation
16:06 | Ad
17:01 | Exploring Our Kids Climate Sessions
20:06 | Strategic planning for climate justice
21:23 | Scoping sector interest in climate action
26:26 | Getting started
27:56 | Expecting the unexpected
31:25 | Outro

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Resources

ourkidsclimate.ca

Ep. 63: Democracy, Equity, and Climate Change - oh my!

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Summary

Not-for-profit leaders are uniquely situated in the fight against the climate crisis – regardless of their organizational mission. Michael Davis of Our Kids Climate joins for our third episode of the year to discuss how boards can integrate meaningful environmental sustainability dialogue into their work and act towards climate justice within their own organizations. We also talk about how a focus on climate is a matter of keeping up with social innovation and being a leader in inevitable public policy changes.

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. 

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.

Leah Coss of Build a Biz Kids joins the podcast this month to talk about the benefits of engaging skilled volunteers. Rowan and Leah discuss what it can look like to take the leap and re-envision volunteerism in your organization, and how organizational leaders can get creative with volunteer engagement.

Resources

Build a Biz Kids
bit.ly/3vfkN8Y

Episode 55: “A For-Profit Lens in Not-for-Profit Organizations”
bit.ly/3vdtHUq

Book: The Lean Startup
bit.ly/3JSvwdD

Book: Lean Impact
bit.ly/3IiuB5L

Engaging Skilled Volunteers Workshop
bit.ly/34YKpwo

Customized Training at Vantage Point
bit.ly/3JSYAlq

Timestamps

00:00 | Intro
02:10 | A for-profit lens
06:37 | Volunteerism at Build a Biz Kids
19:12 | Why volunteer?
24:52 | Ad
25:33 | Volunteer recognition
29:45 | A closer look at group interviews
37:08 | Re-evaluating your volunteer program
41:50 | Outro

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. 

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.

Jennifer Walowic of SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue returns to From Our Vantage Point to expand on democratic engagement and introduce her new workbook, Where to Start? A Workbook for Evaluating Democratic Engagement Impacts. This is a sequel to our February 2020 podcast, The 5 Principles of Democratic Engagement.

Resources:

Podcast – The 5 Principles of Democratic Engagement
https://bit.ly/3H6PvV1

Workbook: Where to Start? A Workbook for Evaluating Democratic Engagement Impacts
https://bit.ly/3rUYTVo

Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
https://bit.ly/3KZYB8u

Participedia
https://participedia.net/

Time stamps:

00:00 | Intro
02:40 | About the Workbook
04:36 | Five Principles Re-Cap
08:22 | Unpacking Dialogue
11:00 | “Yes, And...”
12:00 | Ad
12:42 | Choose Your Own Adventure
15:07 | Step 1
17:17 | Step 2
21:08 | Step 5
23:37 | Humanity in Research
26:08 | Wrap-up & Outro

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. 

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.

Celebrate the end of 2021 with us Vantage Point staff members as Rowan interviews fellow colleagues Cherie Payne, Maria Turnbull, and Shagun Bhanot. After what was a turbulent year for many of us in BC and the not-for-profit sector, we thought it would be nice to come together, enjoy each other’s conversation, and celebrate the challenges we surpassed in 2021 as well as look ahead to the future. We also had a great discussion on where Vantage Point is at and what our most recent changes might mean for you, our community members.

We hope you enjoy our farewell to 2021 and we’re looking forward to the work to come in the new year.

Episode moments:

00:00 | Intro
01:06 | Guest intros
01:52 | A Vantage Point memory from 2021
03:45 | A sector memory from 2021
06:15 | Looking ahead with Vantage Point’s new leadership
10:26 | Reflections on the AGM
16:28 | -------- Ad ---------
17:19 | Reflecting on a year of change in the sector
22:20 | What keeps us motivated
27:50 | 2021 inspirations for 2022
30:33 | Online shopping or online meetings?
33:44 | Thank you’s and farewells

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. 

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.

This month’s podcast features Mark Friesen, a familiar face at Vantage Point for his work on the team as a consultant for many years. Mark was instrumental in the development of our Capacity Lab, a series of learning opportunities designed for not-for-profit leaders to apply the Lifecycles Model. It allows them to take a step back from the day-to-day to identify where their organization’s growing pains exist and strategize how to move forward. In this episode, Mark explains the Lifecycles Model and how Capacity Lab came to be out of a need for this overarching self-evaluation, and a space where leaders can convene to support each other in their assessments and strategic planning.

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. 

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.

This month’s podcast shines a light on fat employees and how leaders can build safe working environments for employees of any size!

Sasha Burden joins From Our Vantage Point for a great discussion on what inclusion in the not-for-profit (and for-profit) workplace looks like when it comes to employees of size: What are some things to consider when planning team building activities? How do we account for fat employees’ needs in HR policies? We even discuss healthy ways to talk about health.

We hope this episode answers some of your “taboo” questions relating to culture and policy planning.

🎙️ From Our Vantage Point is a podcast by Vantage Point, sharing real conversations and practical insights from BC’s non-profit sector. Vantage Point provides high quality, practical education, facilitation, and consulting support to BC’s non-profit sector as well as programs that support sector success through convening, facilitation, and advocacy. 

Because when non-profits thrive, communities do too.

Generously supported by our partners at Humanity Financial.