Welcome to VPFO Communications & Engagement
Everyone in the VPFO has a part in telling the story of how finance, facilities, and safety enable UBC’s teaching, learning and research.
Here you will find information, resources, and tools to do your part to strengthen your communications and achieve our business goals.
Plan
Plan your communications to focus your objectives, refine your messages and identify your audiences.
Produce
Take advantage of our resources to create outstanding communications that align with our vision and values.
Publish
Discover the channels at UBC to make sure your message is reaching the right audiences, in the right way, at the right time.
Learn
Explore what makes good communications, find resources to improve, and see where we’re at and where we’re going.
2024-27 VPFO Strategic Communications Plan
The VPFO’s strategic Communications Plan provides a moving 3-year planning window for Communications & Engagement across the VPFO, supporting the Vice-President Finance & Operations’ (VPFO) Strategic Plan, in alignment with the UBC Strategic Plan.
News & Announcements
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Read more: Simple storytelling moments can help connects employees to their work
Simple storytelling moments can help connects employees to their work
The Harvard Business Review shares that brief storytelling, featuring concrete examples that reframe a moment by personifying human consequences, has been proven to help people see past the details of a task and greatly improve performance and engagement.
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Read more: May 26 VPFO Town Hall presentation and slides
May 26 VPFO Town Hall presentation and slides
The resources from the VPFO Town Hall on May 26, including recording, slides, agenda and helpful links, are now available on the VPFO website.
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Read more: To make a change at work, tell yourself a different story
To make a change at work, tell yourself a different story
For better or for worse, our stories shape what we notice and how we interpret it. There may come a time when you need to shift your guiding story to one that enables you to pursue new goals or do…