Sep
30
On October 26th, I will pass off the role of Alumni Relations Manager, Students & Young Alumni at UBC to move up, over, and into my new role as Alumni Relations Manager in the Faculty of Science. Instead of working across the University with student leaders and key young alumni, I will dive deeper into …
Sep
28
The Vancouver Timeraiser ran one of the most successful “silent auctions” I have ever been to. (Success, in this case, is measured in the number of people that actually bid or continued to bid on the auction items – moving attendees from interest to action.) Prior to the bidding was even open, attendees circulated around …
Sep
23
We continually hear “I don’t know what everyone does in the office” or “I didn’t know that opportunity was even available to get involved in.” We then spend hours determining marketing strategies and internal communication plans that will help “inform” parties about what we do or what is available to do. But do they really …
Sep
22
You know it’s not working when your team isn’t laughing, when your customers aren’t buying, or your marketing isn’t turning views into action. Instead of trying new things to compensate for what isn’t working, try something different. Try NOT doing what isn’t working! One of the first things I did when I took my job …
Sep
20
… are usually built around mediocre experiences. Great communities are built around great common experiences. As Guy Kawasaki says in his old post “The Art of Creating a Community“: Create something worth building a community around. This is a repeated theme in my writing: the key to evangelism, sales, demoing, and building a community is …
Sep
19
Talking about social impact usually involves mentioning the ripple analogy: you being the rock that is thrown into still water, and the ripples being the effects you made on others by your presence. We can’t see these effects, but others feel them. This was especially true for me today as I was participating in the …
Sep
15
Every weekend, I try to get my fix of Bikrams Yoga – an intense 90 minute workout where you sweat more than you smile. It’s like working out in a gym, except the equipment is placed in the sauna and your own body strength/weight is the resistance you try to lift. Your heart beats fast …
Sep
07
- Introduced the 4 key principles to great networking: start with your inner circle; build trust; follow-up and refer; leave your mark. – Presented to Sauder School of Business students at Frosh 2009 – Started with involving the crowd by having volunteers read out this introduction (You should read it top to bottom first, and …
Sep
07
As a new school year starts tomorrow, UBC Vancouver is getting ready to welcome over 7,400 new students and even more returning students on the new and improved Imagine Day. I wish I had something like this when I was a student to compliment the greatness that was Sauder’s Frosh. The value of a good …
Sep
03
Superforester Carla pointed me to this amazing gentleman, Joey, who writes love notes to his girlfriend, Maria, on cardboard. No fancy designs. No Hallmark words that you don’t have the guts to say yourself. Just pure, authentic love. There is truly nothing better than authentic romance. Pulls on the heartstrings for sure, eh? Pick of …
