Issue 46 February 2016

APRA International Chapters Share the Knowledge

February 8-19, 2016

APRA Chapters Share the Knowledge offers complimentary educational and networking activities for members and non-members of APRA International and its chapters.

View the schedule here: http://www.aprahome.org/p/cm/ld/fid=455

By Selene Hur – Director, Mentorship

The start of a new year often has us thinking about what we would like to do differently. Have you set any goals for 2016? If you are thinking about personal and/or career development opportunities, you should consider participating in APRA Canada’s Mentoring Program.

APRA Canada's upcoming conference will take place October 12th to 14th, 2016 once again at the (newly renovated) Courtyard Marriott.

  Conference fees:

  Early bird (until June 30, 2016) - $495 APRA Canada members / $535 non-members

  Regular price (after June 30, 2016) - $545 APRA Canada members / $585 non-members

By Laura Avery, Prospect Research Analyst, QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation

In Summer 2015, I had the opportunity to attend my first APRA International Conference in New Orleans. Thank you to the APRA Canada Chapter and the APRA Canada Radhika Jaggernauth Memorial Scholarship!

By Selene Hur, Manager, Prospect Research, YMCA of Greater Toronto

My main goal of attending a conference is always to learn new concepts that I can put into practice. However, I never considered attending the APRA International conference before because the YMCA of Greater Toronto’s fundraising team and systems were not well-established enough. Instead, I continued to attend the great APRA Canada conferences which offered the right mix of intermediate and advanced topics.

By Shannon Doherty, Director, Communications

A big thank you goes out to Melody Song, who did a great job managing the communications portfolio during her tenure as Director of Communications!

Website/emailing:

Melody worked on importing the membership list to Mailchimp, this was to ensure that members receive the correct communications. The membership list is uploaded to the APRA’s Mailchimp account monthly. Through Mailchimp, consent requests and tracking were implemented.

By Sarah Anderson, Secretary 

Board elections were held in November 2015. We received 9 applications for the board from members across Canada. Three new members were elected, including myself, Selene Hur and Izabela Piasecka-Latour.

Three returning board members were re-elected, including Melissa Young, Whymark Austen and Shannon Doherty.

In accordance with our by-laws as a BC-registered association, we have one elected board member from BC (Sarah Anderson, Research Analyst at UBC).

We had our first board meeting with our new members in January.

By John Hermans, Director, External Relations

APRA Canada Conference 2016

Work on preparing for the APRA Canada 2016 national conference, to be held at the Courtyard Marriott in Toronto on October 12-14, is well underway.

Our 2016 Conference Committee held three conference calls in 2015, and includes:

By Whymark Austin , Director, Professional Development

In 2015, APRA Canada held four professional development events:

On February 11, 2015, APRA Canada hosted a TwitterTalk as part of APRA International’s second annual Education Week.  The session covered topics as diverse as effective coding, best sources, and some lively discussion about ethical ways of using social media.  This event was moderated by Sarah McCarthy from the Ivey School of Business. 

By Steven Sorenson, Director, Regional Reps

2015 Summary:

In 2015, seven people volunteered to become Regional Reps, while three people ended their tenure as Regional Reps. As of February 3, 2016, APRA Canada has 25 Regional Representatives.

In May, I sent out an email to the Regional Reps to get any questions, concerns, suggestions and/or issues regarding the role of Regional Representative and holding activities in their respective regions. Some of the issues that came up included: