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: Harvard Business Review: Making good choices about channels can increase your productivity
Harvard Business Review: Making good choices about channels can increase your productivity
You can be an email ninja, but with the explosion of email (not to mention instant messages, Twitter, LinkedIn, Slack, and countless other communication tools), you’ll never be fast enough to deal with all the incoming communication. choosing the right…
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Read more: UBC’s Accessible and Inclusive Event Planning Guide
UBC’s Accessible and Inclusive Event Planning Guide
Access UBC’s guide and downloadable checklist that can assist you in planning events, public consultations, celebrations, and other occasions so that they can be equally accessible to, and inclusive of, community members who have a disability.
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Read more: The Harvard Business Review: Storytelling Can Make or Break Your Leadership
The Harvard Business Review: Storytelling Can Make or Break Your Leadership
Whether you need to win over a colleague, a team, an executive, a recruiter, or an entire conference audience, effective storytelling is key.