Interview with Shaila Visser, Alpha Canada

Episode 14: In this episode, you get to sit in on Ellen’s conversation with Shaila Visser. Shaila has over 20 years of ministry experience and is currently the National Director of Alpha Canada and Global Senior Vice-President for Alpha International. Listen in as Shaila shares what she has learned as a leader navigating the immense changes of the ‘next normal,’ of this global crisis. This episode, we discuss the shift to virtual community, the importance of taking a sabbath and how hypothesis testing allows your organization to be agile in a world that is always changing. Shaila shares incredible advice for non-profit, ministry and church leaders. We’d love for you to share this episode with a leader you know. About Shaila Visser: Shaila is the National Director of Alpha Canada, Global Senior Vice-President for Alpha International, and Executive Producer of both The Alpha Youth Film Series (2013) and The Alpha Film Series (2016). Prior to her work with Alpha, she was on staff with Power to Change in Canada. Shaila has been involved in vocational ministry for over 20 year. She has been studying evangelism and evangelistic responses in non-profits and the church. Shaila has a heart for people coming to know Jesus and helping the local church flourish. She is known for her strategic leadership and her ability to bring people together. Shaila is recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Christian Women in Canada. Shaila lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband Ryan, a K9 Unit Police Officer, and two four-legged family members, Blade and Talon. Alpha Canada produces videos for interactive small groups that deal with questions of life, faith and Jesus. It’s an experience embraced by Canadian churches from coast to coast. Alpha is designed to be a space, online or in person, where people are excited to bring their friends in on a conversation about life's biggest questions.