Workshops (old)
Sport BC offers various professional development courses throughout the year. From grant writing seminars to Microsoft Excel training, these leading edge courses empower people with knowledge to increase funding opportunities and maximize the potential of all types of events and sponsorships. Be sure to check out all the information on our various workshops.
Sport BC Professional Development Series
The Sport BC Professional Development Series is an educational calendar of seminars that are complimentary for Sport BC Members. These leading edge courses provide tools that will help organizations improve governance, increase funding opportunities, and maximize the potential of their events and sponsorship arrangements, while respecting the diverse professional development needs and time challenges of each of our members.
Our workshops take into consideration all the key elements that make up a provincial sport organization including, operations, marketing, fund development and administration.
Upcoming Workshop:
Stay tuned for more info!
Past workshops have included:
Risk Management – Legal Focus
Guest speakers: Michael Blatchford
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Location: FIRSTAR Sport Centre
Room: #160
Time: 9:00 am – 4:15 pm (Lunch is provided)
- Legal Risk Management for Sports Organizations in BC [PDF] (Posted July 13, 2011)
- Risk Management Matrix Tool [PDF] (Posted July 12, 2011)
- Legal Risk Management - Checklist for Directors [PDF] (Posted July 12, 2011)
- Legal Risk Management - Key Resources [PDF] (Posted July 12, 2011)
Legal Issues and your PSO
Guest speakers:
Steve Wallace, Ligation Counsel, Dolden Wallace Folick LLP
Steve Indig, Sport Law & Strategy Group
Date: May 26, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
- Waivers: Managing Your Risk [PDF](Posted June 6, 2011) - Steve Wallace
- Legal Issues and your Provincial Sport Organization [PDF] (Posted June 6, 2011) - Steve Indig
BC Sport Participation Program
Ideas and Actions from Successful Projects
The BC Sport Participation Program (BCSPP) workshop is a half-day interactive session to discuss the successes and challenges, and share knowledge of practices from successful projects in the 2010 -11 BCSPP program.
In drawing to close the 7th year of this program, since 2004 the BCSPP program has provided sport opportunities for more than 300,000 new participants and trained over 11,500 coaches and leaders in over 115 communities province-wide creating new opportunities for children and youth, people with disabilities, seniors, aboriginal youth, and girls and women.
Sport Canada and the Province of BC, through 2010 Legacies Now, supported the BCSPP program equally and funded recipients in multi-year phases, from 2004 to 2007, from 2007 to 2010, and again in 2010-11 (a special one-year extension for funding of select programs). 2010 Legacies Now is hopeful that the program will be renewed for 2012 and will be sharing what information is known at the time.
2010 Legacies Now extends this invitation to join us in sharing successes, challenges and practices in the BC Sport Participation Program.
BCSPP WORKSHOP
- Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
- Location: FIRSTAR Sport Centre | 3820 Cessna Drive, Richmond BC
- Time: 9:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- Lunch provided
Objectives
- Networking
- Knowledge transfer
- Exchange information
- Benchmarking with successful practices
- Benchmarking for continuous improvement
How Will You Benefit
- By gaining an exclusive, inside look at successful projects and good practices
- By identifying the resources you will need to attract, recruit and retain new participants
- By leaving with tangible next steps and practices to implement in your program; save hours getting it right the first time!
- By participating in roundtable and group discussion to help innovate your existing program, and make it more relevant and rewarding to your members
What Will You Receive
- An opportunity to network with and learn from colleagues in the program and query each other on specific practices as a means of conducting informal benchmarking
- Expert opinion and stories of success and challenge from project leaders
- Tools, tips, templates and other resources from successful projects
Who Should Attend
- Those currently leading BCSPP projects
- Those intending to apply to the BCSPP program in the future
- Anyone with responsibility in developing sport participation programs
- PSO sport community leaders looking to stay at the leading edge of effective sport participation programming
RSVP Us
Your attendance by May 9th to:
Penny Gardner
2010 Legacies Now
pgardner@2010legaciesnow.com
Professional Development: Philanthropy
This Pro-D session focused on philanthropy in BC’s sport sector, taking place Tuesday, April 19 from 1:00- 4:00pm in Room 160 at the FIRSTAR Sport Centre.
The first hour will be led by Chris Spicer and guest panellists Carlene Lewall – Delta Gymnastics facility campaign, Carole Walkin – the First Fund for Gold and Wayne van Osterhout on the One4All boathouse campaign (Elk Lake). A question and answer period will be included. The second half will focus on discussion about what role should Sport BC play assisting in developing the area sport philanthropy – led by Tim Gayda.
- Workshop Agenda [PDF] (Posted June 6, 2011)
Social Media 201
You know how to use social media, but do you know how to use it effectively to contribute to engagement and growth for your organization? Join Sport BC and Trevor Turnball to hear how to develop the strategy behind social media. The two-hour session will also include presentations from some of Sport BC’s members who have already found success with social media.
Date: Tuesday, February 22nd
Location: FIRSTAR Sport Centre
Room: TBC
Time: 1-3:00pm
RSVP by February 15 to workshops@sportbc.com
Trevor Turnbull is a Sports Marketing Consultant whose passion for the sports industry began while consulting with the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders, where he spearheaded the development of an award winning social media driven website. Trevor’s experience includes work with the Calgary Stampeders, 2009 Grey Cup Festival and 2010 World Jr. Hockey Championships.
Addressing Homophobia in Sport: Leading the Way for your Organization
February 3, 2011
9am –12:30pm
FIRSTAR Sport Centre
Building on the Canadian Association for Advancement of Women and Sport’ (CAAWS) discussion paper “Seeing the Invisible, Speaking about the Unspoken; Addressing Homophobia in Sport”, this 3.5 hour interactive session provides coaches and other sport leaders with the opportunity to really understand what is homophobia, how it can hurt your organization’s athletes, coaches, officials and other participants, regardless of their sexual orientation. From understanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and two-spirited (LGBT) language to dealing with sensitive issues such as same-sex relationships amongst teammates, the session allows for an open and honest conversation about homophobia and the important role coaches and other sport leaders can play in making sport more accepting of sexual diversity.
The workshop will be delivered by Jennifer Birch-Jones, the Program Lead for CAAWS’ Addressing Homophobia in Sport, who has extensive experience in many facets of sport, from the grass roots to international.
There is no cost to attend the workshop but all participants are asked to please register in advance at workshops@sportbc.com or 604-333-3413 by Friday, January 28, 2011. Space is limited to 20 participants.
Professional Development
- Strategic Planning for PSOs – Donald Golob – held September 23, 2010
- Media Madness: Breaking Through Barriers – Betsy Cooper & Jonathan McDonald – held July 20, 2010
- Sponsorship 301 – Colby Fackler – held June 24, 2010
- Leveraging your IT Resources – 101 – Jaden Langford – held May 27, 2010
- The HST is Coming – Are You Ready? – Mark Worrall, CA – held May 18, 2010
- Fundraising for PSOs – 101 – Vivian Smith – held April 22, 2010
- Grant Writing – Barbara Oates – held April 23, 2009
- Corporate Partnership 201 – Colby Fackler – held May 28, 2009
- Communication 201 – Jen Schaeffers – held July 23, 2009
- Working Smart with Microsoft Outlook – Priority Managment - held September 24, 2009
- Risk Management – Rachel Corbett – held September 29, 2009
- Surviving Funding Reductions and Ensuring Future Growth - Ross Ramsey – held November 10, 2009
- Media 101: An introduction to managing the media – Bart Given – held November 26, 2009
Q & A Workshop
- Provincial Gaming Q & A – Ursula Cowland – held April 28, 2009
- BC Activity Reporter – Michelle Hohne – held September 15, 2009
Lunch N Learn Workshop
- Lunch N Learn – Trish Fougner – held July 23, 2009
- Lunch N Learn – Gravity Computers – held September 17, 2009
Leadership Breakfast Workshop
- Leadership Breakfast – George Heller – held September 17, 2009
