Events for July 21, 2020 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Team Development Lessons From Sports

Part 3: Growing Teams, A Winning Team The most famous winning sports franchises didn't become winners because they had the right players, they started to win because they got those players to work together and play their positions effectively. Getting players to work together is a key element in creating a winning organization! In this 90-minute webinar, we'll cover: Play your position Coaching relationship with a team Coaching relationship with players one-on-one Performance systems that help players reach their potential Recognition and accountability systems Participants will leave this webinar with: Coaching techniques for teams and individuals A plan for structuring a performance management system Strategies to ensure your team members understand their roles and their contributions to the team Skills for formal and informal recognition and accountability Register   Team Development Lessons From Sports Part 1: Leading Teams Team Development Lessons From Sports Part 2: Growing Teams About Dave Reynolds Dave Reynolds has over 15 years of business development experience ranging from launching and developing new products, to refining sales strategies, and customizing learning and development programs for companies all over Atlantic Canada. Dave has been growing sales teams for the past 10 years and has found a unique way of motivating employees to […]

Navigating Covid-19: Wage Support Programs for Hiring Students

Join the conversation about how student wage subsidies can help you take your business to the next level for little or no cost. Join the ICTC Atlantic Regional Coordinator, NS Department of Labour and Advanced Education Youth Outreach Coordinator, and Dalhousie University Co-op Education Coordinator to learn about the Provincial and Federal wage subsidy programs available to NS businesses and not for profit organizations and how to find the skills you need within the NS student community. Your key takeaways from this session will be: • Hear about how co-op students can add value to your organization • Learn about provincial and federal student wage subsidies you may be able to leverage • Gain an understanding of the ICTC WIL-Digital program • Gain an understanding of the provincial programs for students and new graduates • Find out how to match your needs with student talent What is the WIL Digital Subsidy? ICTC’s WIL Digital is an innovative Work Integrated Learning program that helps employers grow their businesses by providing financial assistance for hiring post-secondary students. WIL Digital is funded by the Government of Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) and provides a wage subsidy of 75% up to $7,500 for […]

Shaping Success: Positioning Your Business for Growth in What Lies Ahead

About this Event You have built a company that matters, creating value for customers, employees, and your community. You want to stabilize where you are now and position your business to achieve growth and innovation for what lies ahead. No one can predict the future, although you want to be clear on what is most important to make the right decisions to persevere and succeed. And you want to protect the people who are with you and provide a bigger future of possibility and opportunity. But there is a lot of noise around you, too much information in fact, distracting you from what is most important, and taking your attention from where you need to be. And people are talking about the same things again and again. And the pandemic has created upheaval and disruption, and it continues – leaving you worried about what is happening with people in your company. Are people in your business focused on the right opportunities to sustain revenues? Are people in your business investing time to innovate? Are people in your business able to cope with the accelerated pace and scale of challenges hitting the company? The key to the future of your business […]

Shaping Success: Positioning Your Business for Growth in What Lies Ahead

About this Event You have built a company that matters, creating value for customers, employees, and your community. You want to stabilize where you are now and position your business to achieve growth and innovation for what lies ahead. No one can predict the future, although you want to be clear on what is most important to make the right decisions to persevere and succeed. And you want to protect the people who are with you and provide a bigger future of possibility and opportunity. But there is a lot of noise around you, too much information in fact, distracting you from what is most important, and taking your attention from where you need to be. And people are talking about the same things again and again. And the pandemic has created upheaval and disruption, and it continues – leaving you worried about what is happening with people in your company. Are people in your business focused on the right opportunities to sustain revenues? Are people in your business investing time to innovate? Are people in your business able to cope with the accelerated pace and scale of challenges hitting the company? The key to the future of your business […]

Tenant Talks, featuring Marie MacCormick of SEATAC

Join us every Tuesday for Tenant Talks, a new weekly web series with COVE tenants. We sit down with a new COVE member each week to discuss their company and the exciting projects and products they are working on. Marie MacCormick, SEATAC Program Director, joins us for this episode of Tenant Talks. SEATAC supports the growth of the ocean economy by providing research services to local businesses and other organizations that work in the ocean technology sector. NSCC was awarded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) funding to establish SEATAC in 2019, along with industry funding from Thales Canada and the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE). Nova Scotia's first Technology Access Centre (TAC), SEATAC helps businesses be more productive and competitive through for-fee, easy access to research expertise and technology. SEATAC's team is focused on addressing customers’ needs and collaborates with NSCC Applied Research and other NSCC departments to offer a wide array of services and expertise. SEATAC’s services include: • Mechanical design engineering and prototyping • Various types of 3D printing • Data communications and analytics • High-resolution remote sensing • Geographic information system (GIS) capabilities. Register Now