Call for Board Nominations for ACMP Greater Vancouver Chapter
We’re excited to announce the opening of the Board of Directors election nomination period for the ACMP Vancouver Chapter! Are you or someone you know passionate about advancing the practice and profession of change management? If yes, now is your [...]
ACMP Greater Vancouver Chapter member and board Director, Lindsay MacDonald, shares a thoughtful review of our most recent events.
ACMP Greater Vancouver Chapter member and board Director, Lindsay MacDonald, shares a thoughtful review of our most recent events. Mid-September, I had the privilege of attending two ACMP Greater Vancouver hosted sessions with Karen Ball, from Prosci. Each session had [...]
Two Must-Attend September Events with Change Management Expert Karen Ball!
As part of our 2024 vision to strengthen our local ACMP community, we are thrilled to share some exciting news! Our chapter has been forging strong partnerships with local associations, including the Project Management Institute (PMI) West Coast Chapter, [...]
Webinar Learning Reflections: April 19 session summary
On April 19 Kate Degon, Founder and CEO of ChangeSync gave a presentation on the topic “Organizational Change Design”. She defined “Organizational Change Design™ “as the process of creating a strategic plan to develop the change infrastructure and capabilities [...]
2024 Strategic Plan
The ACMP Vancouver Board held their strategic planning sessions and identified goals and plans for 2024. The planning started with a look back at 2023 and lessons learned: what went well, what didn’t go well, and what can be improved. [...]
Celebrating the First Joint Event by ACMP Van and PMI CWCC
We are excited to share the outcome of the first-ever joint event hosted by the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) and the Project Management Institute (PMI). This event, held online on October 11, 2023, brought together professionals from the [...]
Call for Board Nominations for ACMP Greater Vancouver Chapter
Call for Board Nominations for ACMP Greater Vancouver Chapter We’re excited to announce the opening of the Board of Directors election nomination period for the ACMP Vancouver Chapter! Are you or someone you know passionate about advancing the practice [...]
PMI West Coast and ACMP Vancouver collaboration
PMI West Coast and ACMP Vancouver collaboration We are excited to bring you news that marks the beginning of a new collaboration for our professional communities. The Association for Change Management Professionals (ACMP) Vancouver Chapter and PMI West Coast [...]
The Power of Change Management & Professional Coaching: A Valued Partnership.
The Power of Change Management & Professional Coaching: A Valued Partnership. Last week I had the opportunity to listen to ACMP Global’s The Way Change Works podcast entitled: The Intersection of Change Management and Professional Leadership with Magdalena Nowick Mook. [...]
Praise for Who Killed Change?
Praise for Who Killed Change? Have you ever reflected on a change initiative while doing your Lessons Learned exercise and wondered… "Gosh… how did that piece go wrong?" Or, at least not as you had planned. While it's wonderful to [...]
The power of case studies in change
The power of case studies in change. Last week, I had the pleasure to attend another insightful ACMP workshop presented by one of our very own ACMP members, Lee Anne Davies. The workshop was on how to bring about [...]
Recording Is Now Available: UBC Change Management Instructors Panel Discussion
Recording Is Now Available: UBC Change Management Instructors Panel DiscussionAs part of the ACMP Vancouver Chapter Presentation Series, we hosted an event on June 6 with four of the instructors of the UBC Sauder Continuing Business Studies Change Management associate certificate program.Our panel of [...]
FREE Change Management Information Webinar with UBC Sauder Continuing Business Studies
FREE Change Management Information Webinar with UBC Sauder Continuing Business Studies Join the UBC Sauder Continuing Business Studies for a FREE informational webinar on July 14th to learn about the field of Change Management, industry trends, and employment opportunities! You [...]
Getting Your CCMP – ACMP Vancouver – July 2022
Getting Your CCMP™ – A Personal Challenge is Around the Corner Summer is here… and your thirst for knowledge awaits… For new and seasoned practitioners alike, are you interested in expanding your understanding the world of change management, and its [...]
FREE Change Management Information Webinar with UBC Sauder Continuing Business Studies
FREE Change Management Information Webinar with UBC Sauder Continuing Business Studies Join the UBC Sauder Continuing Business Studies for a FREE informational webinar on April 20th to learn about the field of Change Management, industry trends, and employment opportunities! You [...]
2022 Chapter Board Strategic Planning
2022 Chapter Board Strategic Planning To prepare for the year ahead, our Greater Vancouver Chapter Board held our strategic planning session - to reflect and come together (virtually!) in order to focus our efforts. We brainstormed strategies, and currently our [...]
Mentorship Announcement 2022
SEEKING INTERESTED CHANGE PRACTITIONERS We are pleased to share that we will be launching our 2022 ACMP Vancouver Mentorship Program early next year, supporting our chapter goals of ‘Increase knowledge of Change management’ and ‘Deepen connections and networks with other [...]
Is Imposter Syndrome a good thing?
Is Imposter Syndrome a good thing? Author: Lindsay Macdonald Have you heard of the expression “imposter syndrome”? For me it is that uncomfortable nagging question “who am I to be advising and guiding an organization’s change effort?” As a change [...]
My CCMP Journey: Reflections from a new practitioner
My CCMP Journey: Reflections from a new practitioner… Author: John Boylan, CCMP I held my breath….I felt my heart beating in my throat… I paused for a moment and clicked submit. “Congratulations… you passed” were the words on screen. The [...]
Truth and Reconciliation: Calls to Action by Grace McKeown
At our September “Conversations with Change Practitioners” we were invited to share our knowledge and experience around the following topic: In November 2019 the BC provincial government passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act) into [...]
Effective Feedback by Melissa Breker
Giving and receiving feedback can be a tricky thing. Done well, effective feedback can share insights to improve performance, challenge perceptions, and support new insight and growth. Done poorly, it feels, well… terrible. Although many of us want helpful and [...]
Is a “Structured Approach” Relevant in an Agile World?
Is a “Structured Approach” Relevant in an Agile World? In a recent conversation with my change peers, we debated the relevance of the current ACMP definition of Change Management as a “structured approach”. In this era of Agile where [...]
Learning Best in a Storm of Change
Learning Best in a Storm of Change - By Becky Querido and Erin Anderson “There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm” – Willa Cather A hurricane and a blizzard When Langara College moved its [...]
“STRETCH & FOLD” by Grace McKeown
Grace McKeown is President, ACMP Greater Vancouver Chapter. She works as an independent consultant supporting organizations with strategic planning, project and change management. I partnered with Lisa Kempton at our March “Conversation with Change Practitioners” to discuss the volume [...]
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Change Manager
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - or DEI as it is known - is everywhere right now. The death of George Floyd fueled the Black Lives Matter movement and focused a spotlight on the need to dismantle institutional power that perpetuates [...]
Reflections on Appreciative Inquiry by Becky Querido
Think back to the last few projects you were on. How much of the work that you did on those projects were focussed on fixing (or avoiding) problems? We ask questions like ‘how do I get out of this rut?’ [...]