Events for August 6, 2020 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Travel Inter-Continental Brunch and Learn

The CMA regularly hosts breakfast sessions to explore different areas of content marketing so that our community can learn from experts in the industry to improve their content plans and knowledge. This breakfast is being hosted as a virtual webinar series and the topic is TRAVEL! We will focus on the travel industry and call on experts from within the sector to talk about the challenges faced in our industry right now. Travel has always played a large part within the content marketing space, and over the years we’ve seen incredible work submitted to our ‘Best Travel’ category at the International Content Marketing Awards. Join our upcoming virtual content breakfast and find out how the travel industry has been affected by COVID-19, more importantly, what a ‘new normal’ will look like, and how we as an industry work together to see the travel sector flourish. Register Now

Plan To SucCEED Orientation

Starting a business? The CEED Plan To SucCEED Program assists aspiring entrepreneurs to become self-sufficient through self- employment. This 40-week program is available to eligible participants. It provides them with income and entrepreneurial support as they start a business. The program is comprised of mandatory business training workshops, and provides ongoing support from our Business Development Officers. How it works: You MUST meet with a case manager at a Nova Scotia Works Centre to review your eligibility status. If you meet the eligibility criteria as determined by your case manager, obtain a referral from your case manager, to attend the next Plan To SucCEED Orientation session. To find Employment Centres in HRM, See HERE

How to Maximize Your Distributed Workforce Strategy

The boundary between our professional and personal lives has disappeared. In its place is a distributed workforce model that includes modified physical workspaces, expanded work-from-home options, virtual operations and a choice of devices with no-touch provisioning and cloud management. As financial services and insurance leaders, how do we maximize the opportunity before us to connect with employees and customers in new and better ways? In this live webinar, panelists from IHS Markit, NTT DATA, and VMware will discuss how to: Accelerate digital-first strategies that refresh how we engage customers and enhance company culture   Optimize your distributed workforce strategy to balance employee safety and experience with business performance, security and growth   Reimagine and adapt workplace operations for greater inclusion Register Now