by Vantage Point | Apr 13, 2021 | Blog
Embracing Change Culture: People First All Blogs The past two years have been full of change – and growth. My journey with Vantage Point began having been out of the workforce as well as living abroad for many years. Living in East Africa shaped who I am today and my...
by Vantage Point | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog
An Organizational Challenge Culture: People First All Blogs As a kid, I loved playing Tetris. If you have never played Tetris, I’ll give you a general introduction: You are given a rectangular playing space on the video game screen. As the game starts, blocks of...
by Vantage Point | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog
Change: My Takeaways as an Executive Director Culture: People First All Blogs Change. It’s the latest trend. It is a great tool. And it’s exhausting when it isn’t fun. Before I came to Vantage Point – and especially before COVID-19 – I would tell you that...
by Vantage Point | Feb 1, 2021 | Blog
Leadership Lessons From The Back Country Culture: People First All Blogs Outside of my role as Manager, Learning & Evaluation at Vantage Point, I spend a lot of time playing in the mountains: backcountry skiing, rock climbing and scrambling primarily. One of the...
by Vantage Point | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog
Curiosity (Or How Being Nosey Led My Way At Vantage Point Culture: People First All Blogs It was a bright July day the first time I walked into the Vantage Point office as a full-fledged employee. Maria Turnbull walked up to me to give me a hug of welcome and...
by Vantage Point | Nov 27, 2020 | Blog
Miranda's Blog Culture: People First All Blogs Emilie Wapnick gave a TedTalk several years ago called “Why Some of us Don’t Have One True Calling.” It always really resonated with me. She shared that “your unique mix of interests may turn out to be your very own...
by Vantage Point | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog
Maria's Blog Culture: People First All Blogs April 24, 2006, marked Volunteer Vancouver’s annual Volunteer Recognition Awards event. Over 800 community members celebrated many inspiring volunteers at the Westin Bay Shore Hotel that evening. It was also my first day...
