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: The trickle down does not work: a beginners guide to more strategic communications
The trickle down does not work: a beginners guide to more strategic communications
There’s an idea that when a message is sent out it will act as a cascade or waterfall — it will trickle into every nook and cranny of your organization and everyone will learn and understand the message automatically. That…
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Read more: 5 Tips for Better Communication Around Change
5 Tips for Better Communication Around Change
Communications must focus on the right people at the right times and in the right ways. Leveraging our collective experiences and more than two decades of Prosci Best Practices in Change Management research, we complied five helpful tips to improve…
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Read more: Pink Shirt Day 2021: Celebrate Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Across the VPFO
Pink Shirt Day 2021: Celebrate Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Across the VPFO
The VPFO Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee presents Pink Shirt Day on February 24, 2021. The VPFO will be celebrating equity, diversity and inclusion across our portfolio with a virtual event and cookies for those working on campus. Join…