From Our Vantage Point
Join us for deep and informative conversations about issues of importance and the stories and impact of non-profit organizations as we strive for our vision of an inclusive community, where non-profits can achieve their fullest potential and drive sustainable change throughout the province of British Columbia and beyond. From Our Vantage Point invites the insights of non-profit governance and management leaders and a wide variety of collaborators on topics from practical governance and leadership skills, creating inclusive workplaces and organizational systems, to effective government relations and advocacy strategies. From Our Vantage Point podcast is sponsored by our partners at Humanity Financial.
Episodes
Resources
🎥🎞️ Watch the From our Vantage Point episode and presentation on Vimeo here:
🎧 🎙️Listen to the episode on the From our Vantage Point podcast here: https://from-our-vantage-point.simplecast.com/episodes
️🖥️📚 The presentation used in the episode, can be found and downloaded separately here: Misconceptions about Rules of Order, Governance, and Minute Taking .pdf
🎁The full episode resource pack can be found here: Misconc...
Guests:
Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon | University of British Columbia
Kevin McCort | Vancouver Foundation
Walter Pela | Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
Host:
Zahra Esmail | Vantage Point’s Chief Executive Director
Resources:
Vantage Point State of the Sector Reports
BC Non-Profit Network
Vancouver Foundation
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade AI Adoption Program
University of British Columbia
UBC Community Engagement
...
Guests:
Chrissy Bennett | Kidney Foundation of Canada
Host:
Maria Turnbull | Vantage Point’s Associate Executive Director
From Our Vantage Point podcast is generously sponsored by our partners at Humanity Financial.
Guests:
Hildy Gottlieb | Creating the Future
Host:
Maria Turnbull | Vantage Point’s Associate Executive Director
Editor:
Paul Wang
From Our Vantage Point podcast is generously sponsored by our partners at Humanity Financial.
Guests:
Gordon Holley | Humanity Financial
Host:
Rafik Karwa | Vantage Point’s Director of Finance
Editor:
Paul Wang
From Our Vantage Point podcast is generously sponsored by our partners at Humanity Financial.
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 podcast is generously sponsored 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 podcast is generously sponsored by our partners at Humanity Financial.
Guests:
Megan Dykeman | British Columbia’s Parliamentary Secretary
Prairie Chiu | Vantage Point's Director of Engagement and Advocacy
Host:
Zahra Esmail | Vantage Point's Chief Executive Officer
Editor:
Paul Wang
From Our Vantage Point podcast is generously sponsored by our partners at Humanity Financial.
Guests:
Dr. Delbar Niroushak | Dr. Delbar's LinkedIn | Coaching for Change Enterprise
Hassan Pardawalla | Hassan's LinkedIn
Host:
Rachelle Smalldon | Vantage Point
Editor:
Elijah Walsh
From Our Vantage Point podcast is generously sponsored by our partners at Humanity Financial.
Resources:
2023 State of the Sector Report: thevantagepoint.ca/sector-reports/
Guests:
Christoph Cloudius | The Discovery Group
Carol Hall | Victoria Foundation
Lynette Milkashen | YMCA – Northern BC
Host:
Cherie Payne | Vantage Point
From Our Vantage Point podcast is generously sponsored by our partners at Humanity Financial.
Resources:
Tamarack Institute’s Resources: Collaboration Spectrum Tool and A Guide for Building a Sustainable and Resilient Collaboration
Adrienne Mare Brown’s Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation
Sustained Collaboration Network tools for non-profits: https://www.sustainedcollab.org/for-nonprofits/
Resource on effective mergers and amalgamations: Merging for Good
- Warrior Life Podcast
- Squeaky Wheel Podcast
- Bryce, P.H. (1922). The Story of a National Crime. James Hope & Sons Ltd, Ottawa.
- The Gift Of Sacred Being. In L.B. Brown, "Two Spirit People: American Indian Lesbian Women And Gay Men by: D. Champagne
- Daschuk, James. (2013). Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics or Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal life. University of Regina Press, Regina.
- Geddes, Gary (2007). Medicine Unbundled. Her...
Timestamps
00:08 | Intro
01:36 | Hello, Darrell!
05:46 | What is coaching?
10:19 | Why is coaching an essential leadership skill?
16:14 | Coaching stories
23:26 | Ad
24:21 | Choosing your timing
29:36 | Ethical concerns & common mistakes
35:07 | Final suggestions & resources
36:24 | Outro & BOSS Conference Info
Resources
- Organizational Coaching Certificate (UBC)
- Introduction to Coaching (Vantage Point)
- See next available in our events c...
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 l...
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
From Our Vantage Point podcast is generously sponsored by our partne...
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:...
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: Th...
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...
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