Overcoming Obstacles and Opening Doors - An Olympic Journey

Alexa Loo
Free Seminar, Please RSVP

November 16, 2010 (Point Grey Campus)
Registration Deadline: November 10, 2010
Please register before this date to ensure event is not canceled.





Program Summary:
Are you a professional who is interested in being inspired and motivated to take control of your career? Here is Alexa Loo’s story: She dreamed big and never lost sight of her Olympic dreams.

You Will Learn:
• Techniques to get motivated and stay focused.
• How to not only overcome obstacles but turn the obstacles into opportunities and open doors for your career.

Presenter Bio:
Alexa Loo is a seven time national champion and two time Olympian in the snowboard parallel giant slalom event. She represented Canada in Torino, Italy, making history as the first Canadian woman to compete in the event for Canada. She then went on to compete at home in the Vancouver 2010 games where she placed 12th.

As an 11 year veteran of the national snowboard team, Alexa was a pioneer in the sport, being the first Canadian woman to make a worldcup final and the first to reach a World Cup podium. She has 3 world cup podiums (one silver and 2 bronze), 11 Continental Cup wins and 22 Continental Cup podiums.

Alexa recently retired from competitive snowboarding ranked 1st in Canada and tied for 9th in the World! Alexa is a chartered accountant, working at Entrust CAs in Richmond. She continues to be give back to sport by serving on the Audit and Finance Committees for the Canadian Olympic Committee, coaching entry level track and field with the Richmond Kajaks and motivating and inspiring others to aim high, work hard and give back by speaking at schools and community events.

Who Should Attend:
This workshop is open to all AAPS members

Program Information:
November 16, 2010
12:00pm-1:00pm

Student Union Building
6138 Student Union Boulevard (view location map)
Rm 216 & 214

To Register:
Simply send an email to aaps.pd@ubc.ca with the event name in the subject line.

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Leading from the Middle-Administrators and Staffers Need to Create New Kinds of Conversations for a Hacked World

Presented by Bill Jensen and Josh Klein

Friday, October 22, 2010 (Point Grey Campus)

Program Summary:
Leadership knows no bounds. Especially during times of great change, each of us has a responsibility to lead from wherever we are, no matter what our sphere of influence may be.

In this highly interactive session, Bill and Josh will discuss how to lead from the middle in a hacked world. For their latest book, Hacking Work, they met with an underground army of hackers who are saving business from itself, one bad act at a time.

This session is a call for each of us to help our teammates and institution continuously learn and grow through change. That is “leadership” by any definition!

You Will Learn How To:

• Provide “air cover” for those who benevolently hack
• Do Soft Hacks: bending rules through your relationships
• Gain support of an entire department
• Support change just by sharing data
•…and more

Presenter Bio:

THE CV OF A Simpleton

Harvard Business Review, CNBC and Fast Company have called Bill Jensen today’s foremost expert on work complexity and cutting through clutter to what really matters. He has spent the past two decades studying how work gets done. (Much of what he’s found horrifies him.) He is an internationally-acclaimed author and speaker who is known for provocative ideas, extremely useful content, and his passion for making it easier for everyone to work smarter.

His first book, Simplicity, was the Number 5 Leadership/Management book on Amazon in 2000.

His next best-seller is Simplicity Survival Handbook: 32 Ways to Do Less and Accomplish More. His current book, Hacking Work: Breaking Stupid Rules for Smart Results reveals an underground army of benevolent hackers — breaking all sorts of rules so everyone can do great work. Bill is CEO of The Jensen Group, whose mission is: To make it easier to get stuff done. Among the Jensen Group’s clients are Bank of America, GE, NASA, the US Navy SEALS, British Petroleum, American Express, Chevron, the government of Ontario, Pfizer, Merck, L’Oréal Italia, Johnson&Johnson, Guangzhou China Development District, and the Swedish Post Office. Bill’s personal life fantasy is to bicycle around the globe via breweries.

THE CV OFA Hacker

“Josh Klein is the quintessential hacker — someone who takes his greatest joy from combining the unexpected and seeing the result work in new and better ways.” Josh has practiced and was trained, both formally and informally, in hacking — social systems, computer networks, animal behavior, the publishing industry, and most recently, corporate culture. He is an internationally-acclaimed author and speaker with a reputation for provocative ideas, crystal-clear communication across disciplines, and a passion for finding hidden opportunities for technology innovation.


Josh is CEO of H4X Industries; delivering insight on technology innovation strategy. Most of his time is spent consulting to companies and organizations both large and small, such as: Microsoft, Oracle, Frog Design, Best Buy, the MoMa, Gizmodo, Nokia, Johns Hopkins, Bankinter, The FBI, CIA, and others. He also spends a significant amount of time speaking at conferences, such as Gadgetoff, TED, SICS, LA-IP, BIF, and Serious Play, and writing for publications such as The Guardian, Make Magazine, Harvard Business Review, and others. He has appeared on the Sundance Channel, Discovery, Nova, NPR, and similar programs.

Who Should Attend:

All AAPS Members are welcome

Program Information:

Friday, October 22, 2010
11:30 am to 1:00 pm

Student Union Building
6138 Student Union Boulevard (view location map)
Auditorium/Theatre

To Register:

Simply send an email to aaps.pd@ubc.ca with the event name in the subject line.

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