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Hi, I'm Jessica!

I'm incredibly passionate about stewarding relationships, coaching and mentoring others, and developing and improving processes.

In this blog, I'll share my experience from 13+ years of non-profit volunteer engagement, and discuss new things I learn every day.

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Jessica

Jul 29
3 min

About Me at Work: A tool to help onboard or transition employees to your leadership

I'm in a Facebook group called Nonprofit Happy Hour where this question was recently asked, "When you've started at a new job or welcomed...

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Jessica

Apr 12
7 min

Making Videos for Non-Profits with Volunteers: A Chat with David Phu

In 2011, David and I worked together at South Vancouver Neighbourhood House (SVNH). He was a leader for the Out of School Program and I...

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Jessica

Feb 27, 2022
2 min

Personal Branding Series Part 1 of 3: A Personal Reflection

My definition of personal brand encompasses how one reflects themselves into the worlds they interact with. Different worlds can have...

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Jessica

Apr 25, 2021
3 min

Internet Inquiry: April 2021 Edition (Improving Your Writing for Job Applications and Beyond)

This question came to me from a family member who has spent about 30 years climbing the career ladder in Canada but was recently...

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Jessica

Jan 16, 2021
9 min

Celebs x Volunteer Engagement: An Interview with Dana Litwin

Dana Litwin, CVA is a volunteer engagement consultant from San Francisco. She is also the host and producer of "Dana's Priceless Advice...

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Jessica

Dec 13, 2020
4 min

Internet Inquiry: December 2020 Edition (Celebrating Volunteers' Birthdays)

Volunteer birthdays- do you celebrate them? How? Our team has started taking note of volunteers' birthdays to acknowledge and celebrate them

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Jessica

Jul 28, 2020
5 min

Building Relationships Through Presentations

Don't see a presentation, or a donation, or a new member, or a six-month volunteer commitment, as the end game. To maintain relationships, y

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Jessica

May 13, 2020
4 min

Employee Partners: It's Time to Level Up

Employee Partner: a paid staff member who works with volunteers throughout the volunteer engagement cycle, to enable success for a...

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Jessica

May 7, 2020
3 min

Sharing My Values with a Soul-Baring Story

I am the child of immigrants from Hong Kong. On my first day of kindergarten, my mom said to me, “and one day, you’ll go to university.”

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