Our Stories
Welcome to Switchboard stories. Get to know the Switchboard team, what matters to us, and what makes us tick – like women’s leadership, accessible communications and reading, to name a few. Also: pizza and coffee. Some might say we consume too much of both; we say there’s no such thing.
March 8, 2018
International Women’s Day in The Year of the Woman
We – a female-founded and -led team of mostly women – are all for taking the time to celebrate the accomplishments and the potential of women.
February 22, 2018
What BC companies and British Columbians can expect from the NDP Government’s first full budget
On February 21, Kathleen Reid, Switchboard’s Managing Director, had the pleasure of attending the BC Provincial budget lock-up, where Finance Minister Carole James introduced the 2018-19 provincial budget and three-year fiscal plan.
March 8, 2017
Happy International Women’s Day: Thank you for fighting for us. We promise to fight for you, too
As a woman-led (not women-only) business, we at Switchboard hold International Women’s Day in high regard.
February 23, 2016
We Are Switchboard.
After two years as Kathleen Reid Consulting, it became clear that we had outgrown our name. We’d evolved into a team too dynamic, too diversely talented to work under a single person’s name.
February 8, 2016
Lessons Learned
In October, KRC celebrated its two-year anniversary. In February, we rebranded as Switchboard. Both anniversaries and rebrands are occasions for reflection, so I’ve been reflecting a lot in these momentous few months.
November 25, 2015
Bring Images to Life with Flixel
Here at Switchboard, we love to try out new apps — particularly ones that help us tell stories.
November 12, 2015
What would T-Swift do?
Love her or hate her (and we don’t know how on earth you could hate her), Taylor Swift could teach us all a thing or two about effective
October 28, 2015
Benefits of a Dog-Friendly Work Environment
Last week the Switchboard team welcomed a new addition: Hogan, a rescue puppy and our new mascot.
October 8, 2015
Combining Purpose, Profit and Technology at VanIMPACT 2015
At Switchboard, we’ve been expanding our knowledge-base in this field so we were excited to learn more about how combining purpose, profit and technology can be a catalyst for positive change and rapid business growth.