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Expression of Interest for ACMP Vancouver Mentorship Program We are accepting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for ACMP Vancouver Mentorship Program. The ACMP Vancouver Chapter’s Mentorship Program is a unique opportunity for members to receive personalized project and career guidance tailored [...]

What will our chapter look like in 2027? This question was at the heart of our recent strategic planning session, where the ACMP Vancouver Board came together to shape the future of our chapter. Through collaborative discussions, we refined [...]

AGM November 2024 – Board Profiles To fill the open 2024/2025 Board positions, the Board of Directors appointed a Nominating Committee to identify qualified and interested candidates. Through newsletter, emails and conversations, the committee sought candidates that we feel will [...]

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. Mid-September, I had the privilege of attending two ACMP Greater Vancouver hosted sessions with Karen Ball, from Prosci. Each session had [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 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 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. 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? 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. 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 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 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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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? 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… 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 [...]

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 [...]

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? 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 - 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 [...]

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 - 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 [...]

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?’ [...]