Events for December 9, 2020 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Winter Startup Summit

1 conference, 3 provinces, 7 workshops, and hundreds of entrepreneurs. Join us on December 9th for the first-ever Winter Startup Summit! On December 9th, join PEI's Startup Zone (in partnership with NB's Planet Hatch and NS' Ignite) for a day of learning to focus on you and your business. As one of the last big events of the year, the workshops from the Winter Startup Summit are meant to leave you with a strategy to grow your business (or start a new one!) in the new year. While the Winter Startup Summit is a digital event, it will also have an in-person streaming portion hosted at the Delta in Charlottetown with limited seating available. The day will consist of 7 workshops, all aimed at providing you with the resources, skills, and ideas to grow yourself as a small business owner Register

Safety First! Securing Your Compute Canada Virtual Machine

If you have a Compute Canada Virtual machine, or are considering applying for one, this workshop is for you! Learn the best practices at Compute Canada for minimizing your risk for cyber attacks. Difficulty level is beginner/intermediate. Topics will include SSH security, firewalls, using logs and creating backups; all applied to running and maintaining cloud projects at Compute Canada. We will be recording the presentation part of this session, the question period at the end will not be recorded. Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail). Register

The Grant Thornton Education Series: Utilizing COVID-19 Government Programs

In this session, we focus on helping you prepare for new tax changes and processes amidst COVID-19 related federal programs and what you need to be aware of for the 2020 tax season. We will cover the following: What’s happening now within the business landscape Outstanding government programs: Learn which ones you can still take advantage of Preparing for the upcoming 2020 tax season: Issuing T2200’s – Declaration of Conditions of Employment Changes to T4 Slip process CEWS: What the CRA audit process looks like and how you can prepare for it Register

Preference Management Best Practices

In this webinar, you will learn how to effectively manage marketing preferences for your customers across email and mobile channels. We’ll be sharing examples of preference center design, in addition to best practice architectural patterns and considerations for orchestrating preference data across platforms. Register

Stories of Resilience: Advice and Inspiration for Small Businesses

Featured Speakers: Mark Cuban, Billionaire Entrepreneur, Investor, and TV Personality Angela Antony, CEO of Scoutible Marie Rosecrans, SVP of SMB Marketing, Salesforce With decades of experience leading, advising, and investing in successful entrepreneurs, Mark Cuban has been a key supporter of the small business community. Mark joined us early in the pandemic to offer advice to small businesses. Hear what he has to say almost a year in about the future of business and AI. The original Shark is joined by Angela Antony, CEO of Scoutible, a game-based hiring platform. Angela will share her thoughts on innovative hiring, and show how Salesforce technology can help small business owners take control of their future. Stories of Resilience is an ongoing virtual event series where small business leaders share true stories of how they’ve navigated challenging times. Speakers share how they've adapted their businesses and offer inspiration to forge a path forward. Register