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Cooking for good, have you heard about DinnerPartyYVR?

Sign up to be a hobby chef for #DPYVR 2016

Sign up to be a hobby chef for #DPYVR 2016

DinnerPartyYVR is a great opportunity for those of you who love to cook, host dinner parties and have a favourite cause you would like to support. Hobby Chef registration is open until Saturday, January 31 and the dinner parties take place Saturday, April 9.

Net2Van committee member Michelle Sklar caught up with DinnerPartyYVR organizers Crystal Henrickson and Annika Reinhardt for a chat about coming into year three of this awesome fundraising event.

Tell us a little about DinnerPartyYVR and what the inspiration was for you to launch this? DinnerPartyYVR is Vancouver’s largest simultaneous dinner party event supporting charitable causes. On one night, homes across Vancouver will cook and host dinner parties for old and new friends. 100% of the ticket sales will benefit chosen charities.

I remember Annika (my co-producer) and myself having a lively brainstorm while eating burgers at the Jericho Beach Club a number of summers ago. The topic? How to create more opportunities for Vancouverites to connect. We both love hosting and attending dinner parties — it’s actually how we met — at one of Annika’s progressive dinner events. By the end, we’d decided to produce a simultaneous dinner party event, where anyone could attend and be almost guaranteed to meet a new friend!

Do I need some mad cooking skills to be a Hobby Chef?
You don’t need to be a professional chef to be a Hobby Chef. You just need to be up for hosting people in your home and serving a meal that you feel confident cooking. And no one should cook alone… we insist you pair up with a “sous chef”… a friend, a family member, a spouse. And along the way we’ll support you too: you’ll be invited to events at Whole Foods Market to help sharpen (haha pun!) your kitchen skills, past Hobby Chefs will share their “hacks” on our Facebook group, and you’ll even get a bag full of goodies including a gift card from Whole Foods Market, beer from Howe Sound Brewing, wine from Serendipity Winery and soda from DRY Sparkling to help complement your dinner party.

How can I get my favorite charity involved?
We think it’s special to see the variety of our hobby chefs, from the food they cook to the charities they support. With over 50 homes cooks, we might end up with just as many supported charities. No matter what the charity — provided you choose a registered charitable organization — 100% of the ticket sales from your meal will be donated to them.

We encourage our hobby chefs to reach out the charities they are supporting and we personally invite all of the supported charities to the after party that follows so they can participate!

Do I need to sell my own tickets?
Spreading the word is a joint effort, because sharing is caring! We’ll be working hard to sell out like we have for the past 4 years. All of the meals will be displayed on dinnerpartyYVR.com where diners will get to select their top choice for a meal. After the event, we donate 100% of the ticket sales to the designated charities.

Do you have a favorite story from a past DinnerPartyYVR you would like to share?
You know, it’s been a pretty remarkable year of connections made because of past DinnerPartyYVR’s: we’ve heard of relationships starting at the DinnerPartyYVR after party, hobby chefs going on to cook professionally, and diners being inspired by charities who attend or host the dinner parties that they began volunteering with the organizations.

I heard the after-party last year was a blast, what surprises do you have in store for us this year?
We do like to throw a good party! We promise there will be a bar, delicious bites for desserts, great music, and the opportunity to toast to all of the dinner parties. The rest… you’ll just have to attend to find out!

Calling all Community Managers: This course is a must!

Our objective at Net2Van is to provide opportunities for the nonprofit community in Vancouver to have access to education, networking and the tools to help your organization thrive in the quickly changing world of technology. We understand that the lifeblood of any organization wouldn’t be possible without the support of donors – individuals and businesses. Building an engaging community strategy is key to forging new opportunities, raising awareness, recruiting volunteers and retaining those vital, hard-won relationships.

The UBC Continuing Education Studies department is offering a course on community management The Evolution of the Community Manager from January 25 – February 22, 2016. Net2Van committee member, Michelle Sklar, caught up with the program facilitator, Crystal Henrickson, to learn more about the course (that you don’t need to be a UBC student to attend).

Check out their interview below:

Tell us about the Community Management course you are teaching at UBC?
This is the foundational course in the Community Management Award of Achievement program offered at UBC’s downtown campus. In this 4 week course, that starts on January 25th, you’ll learn what the community manager landscape looks like — what skills and experiences are required, the types of roles and responsibilities of a community manager, how community managers differ and are complementary to other roles in the marketing/communications departments. We’ll also dig into the stages of communities that help community managers decide on where to focus their efforts.

What’s great is you don’t need to be a registered UBC student, or a university graduate to attend, as The Community Management program is part of Continuing Studies.

What topics will you be focusing on?
The focus of this course starts with properly defining a community manager’s role within an organization, and assigning roles and responsibilities to this role. We then move on to understand the DNA of different types of communities and how they act at various levels of maturity.

Can you tell us a little about the program format?
What’s great about the Community Management program at UBC is that the class sizes are small, meaning there is a lot of peer to instructor time and deeper discussions amongst peers. Our case studies and industry experts are curated from a number of industries: technology companies, non profits, online social networks and lifestyle brands. We take a lot of care to simulate real world community scenarios and use modern communication tools like Slack to give students a very practical approach to Community Management.

Who is the ideal participant for this course?
Industry professionals who are working in communications and marketing roles and want to increase engagement levels amongst their audiences, career transitioners who want to deepen their skills in community management, hiring managers and executives who want to understand emerging community roles.

Can you share with us some of the fun things you have in store for your students?
You’ll get to experience hosting your own AMA’s with community builders, “hangouts” online and offline with local industry experts, and unlimited access via Slack to program instructors (myself and Destin Jones: Change Heroes, formerly of Hootsuite, Latergramme).

Register for this course here.

Follow Crystal on Twitter: @marketing_girl

Follow Michelle on Twitter: @michelle_sklar

Wanna be a Community Manager?

UBC is now offering an Award of Achievement in Community Management  <cstudies.ubc.ca/cm>

The first two courses are scheduled:

  • The Evolving Role of the Community Manager: April 13 – May 4
  • Developing Organizational Value through Community: May 11 – June 15

Please tell your friends, clients, partners, colleagues, students, or anyone you think will be interested.  If you are tweeting please be sure to include @UBCCSDigital

Connecting Your Community Through the Art of Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing calls on people who are otherwise not connected to contribute in a small way toward a common goal. We see this on the web all the time, from Kickstarter to Threadless T-shirt design competitions. Like a donation, asking an online community member to contribute in some form to a larger project better connects them to your project outcomes and your organization’s mission. Apply a cultural or artist lens to crowdsourcing and you have the potential to build something beautiful, meaningful, using many hands and a collective hive mind.

Online Community Manager Theodora Lamb and Creative Digital Strategist Samantha Langdorf will demonstrate how important it is to engage your online communities through crowdsourcing and how drawing out the artistic talents of your community members can help build momentum around your organizations’ mission or cause work.

AGENDA

  • 6:00 – 6:30 PM: Networking
  • 6:30 – 7:30 PM: The main event!
  • 7:30 – 8:00 PM: Q&A and Wrap

RSVP on eventbrite

When: Tuesday, April 29. 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: Invoke Labs, #313 – 1 Alexander St. Vancouver, BC

Admission: Donations at the door are encouraged to help offset event expenses. (suggested $5)

PRESENTERS

Theodora Lamb | @theolamb

Theo LambTheodora’s passion for community organizing connects her social change values to her experience engaging online audiences. She’s worked with non-profit organizations including the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation as an on-air host and digital producer for their annual Miracle Weekend Telethon. She’s also developed online communities for Mountain Equipment Co-op’s TheBigWild.org, Family Services of Greater Vancouver, the BC Mental Health & Addictions Services, the Women’s Health and Research Institute and the Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium of British Columbia.

As a producer with the Hollyhock Leadership Institute, she is devoted to building networks, inspiring a younger generation of leaders and providing skills to a variety of social change and social venture communities across BC. Theodora recently wrapped up her campaign for the Vancity Board of Directors. Her mantra? “Go Vote, Go Run, Go Lead, Go Girl!”

Samantha Langdorf

Samantha LangdorfSamantha is the Creative Director at Briteweb, a digital agency that delivers values-driven communications and digital solutions that engage audiences and build team culture. As Briteweb’s Creative Director, Samantha works with game-changing organizations to help them discover original and impactful ways to speak about themselves and their work so they can stand out, achieve their conversion goals and gain a following of both quality and quantity. Samantha is a lover of storytelling and devours stories in every form, from Ayn Rand to This American Life. In her free time, she teaches children creative writing with the Vancouver non-profit Writers’ Exchange, dances flamenco and daydreams about her next trip to Paris.

TWITTER

  • Event hashtag: #vanCM
  • Hosts: @Net2van and @marketing_girl
  • Presenters: @theolamb
  • Venue sponsor: @invokelabs

ACCESSIBILITY

Mobility Access: This venue has ramps and elevators and is wheelchair accessible.

Hearing Access: Speakers at this event will use microphones.

Sight Access: Contact the organizers if you need an advance copy of the presentation.

We want everyone to be able to participate in the Net2Van community and events. Please don’t hesitate to let us know what we can do to accommodate your needs.

#VanCM: Let’s Party! How to Create a Buzz-Worthy Event

Learn how to:

  • Get sponsors and partners
  • Invite influencers and VIPs
  • Get media attention
  • Get your guests talking before, during and after your event

Bonus tips: Top 20 Event Planning Do’s & Don’ts

This event is for marketers, communicators, nonprofits and everyone else who wants to host amazing events.

RSVP on Meetup.com

When: Monday, February 24, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Where: Executive Briefing Centre at SAP, 910 Mainland St, Vancouver, BC.

AGENDA

  • 6:00 – 6:30 PM: Networking and snacks
  • 6:30 – 7:30 PM: The main event!
  • 7:30 – 8:00 PM: Q&A and Wrap

PRESENTER
Kei Baritugo | @BoldLove
Principal, BoldLove Communications

Kei Baritugo is an accomplished communications professional with 10 years of local, national and international experience in the arts & entertainment and nonprofit sectors. A lover of “What if’s” and “Aha!” moments that challenge conventional thinking, she specializes in generating strategic solutions for her clients. Her boutique public relations agency, BoldLove Communications, has provided outstanding services to award-winning clients at notable events such as South by Southwest, Cannes Film Festival, The Vancouver Olympics, JUNO Awards, and Sundance Film Festival, to name a few. In her spare time, she is a contributor for The Vancouver Observer, covering film, music and technology.

TWITTER

  • Event hashtag: #vanCM
  • Hosts: @Net2van and @marketing_girl
  • Presenter: @BoldLove
  • Venue sponsor: #SAPVancouver

ACCESSIBILITY

Mobility Access: This venue has ramps and elevators and is wheelchair accessible.
Hearing Access: Speakers at this event will use microphones.
Sight Access: Contact the organizers if you need an advance copy of the presentation.

We want everyone to be able to participate in the Net2Van community and events. Please don’t hesitate to let us know what we can do to accommodate your needs.

Community Management Inside Out: Why culture matters

A friendly fireside chat with some of Vancouver’s powerful proponents of brand culture. This talk will discuss the benefits of reaping a strong internal culture and what effects these activities have on the bottom line.

This event is for marketers, communicators, nonprofits and everyone else who wants to learn the art of community management.

RSVP on Meetup.com

When: Tuesday, January 28, 2013, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Where: Executive Briefing Centre at SAP, 910 Mainland St, Vancouver, BC.

RSVP on Meetup.com

AGENDA

  • 6:00 – 6:30 PM: Networking and snacks
  • 6:30 – 7:30 PM: The main event!
  • 7:30 – 8:00 PM: Q&A and Wrap

LIMA AL-AZZEH

Lima Al-Azzeh is the Marketing & Communications Manager at Invoke: A Digital Innovation Company. By day she’s helping clients build meaningful connections and find their voice online. By night she’s in adamant analog mode and volunteers her time towards local storytelling initiatives like Rain City Chronicles and A Good Book Drive.

TWITTER

  • Event hashtag: #Net2van
  • Hosts: @Net2van and @marketing_girl
  • Presenter: @ivancouverite
  • Venue sponsor: #SAPVancouver

ACCESSIBILITY

Mobility Access: This venue has ramps and elevators and is wheelchair accessible.
Hearing Access: Speakers at this event will use microphones.
Sight Access: Contact the organizers if you need an advance copy of the presentation.

We want everyone to be able to participate in the Net2Van community and events. Please don’t hesitate to let us know what we can do to accommodate your needs.

Community Management: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Data Wolf?





Community Management: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Data Wolf?

The words data, analytics and metrics need not strike fear into the hearts of Community Managers. Let’s talk data – big and small – and discuss how, what, where, and why to measure the activities and results of community management. We will discuss tools, tips, tricks and time savers, how to avoid measuring for measurements sake, and ways to accurately show the value behind community management.

RSVP on Meetup.com

When: Monday, November 25, 2013, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Where: Executive Briefing Centre at SAP, 910 Mainland St, Vancouver, BC.

RSVP on Meetup.com

AGENDA

  • 6:00 – 6:30 PM: Networking and snacks
  • 6:30 – 7:30 PM: Presentation
  • 7:30 – 8:00 PM: Q&A and Wrap

DESTIN HAYNES

As the Director of Community at HootSuite, Destin helps to drive and nurture the company’s global growth at a grassroots, community level. Through this global outreach she helps to build connections with, and between, the more than 8 million plus users – one user at a time.

Prior to coming to HootSuite, Destin spent time as a social media strategist and community manager – both at a local Vancouver social media marketing agency and also as an independent consultant. During this time she had the opportunity to work with an array of local, national, and international brands across a variety of industries – including retail, travel and tourism, technology, and non-profit – in the development and execution of award-winning social media strategies and campaigns.

TWITTER

  • Event hashtag: #VanCM
  • Hosts: @Net2van and @marketing_girl
  • Presenter: @destinfall
  • Venue sponsor: @SAPVancouver

ACCESSIBILITY

Mobility Access: This venue has ramps and elevators and is wheelchair accessible.
Hearing Access: Speakers at this event will use microphones.
Sight Access: Contact the organizers if you need an advance copy of the presentation.

We want everyone to be able to participate in the Net2van community and events. Please don’t hesitate to let us know what we can do to accommodate your needs.