Events for October 21, 2025 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry
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Funnels, Filters & the Future of Sales

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In today’s tech environment, traditional sales strategies are losing their edge. This session explores how sales professionals can adapt to economic shifts, AI disruption, and evolving buyer behaviours. Learn how to recalibrate your approach to drive revenue and stay competitive. 3 Key Takeaways Understand how leaner budgets, fewer resources, and SEO shifts are reshaping the top of the funnel Learn how to pivot sales strategies to respond to constrained buying environments and evolving markets Discover actionable tactics to use both modern and old-school techniques to reach more prospects and close more deals Meet Your Facilitator - Mary Jane (MJ) Leslie Mary Jane (MJ) Leslie is the owner of Chapter 3 Ltd., a consulting company that specializes in helping start-up companies and small businesses overcome obstacles and achieve growth objectives. With a background in communications and a career spent building start-up companies, MJ works with clients to identify gaps and improve business operations within marketing, client care, sales operations, and communications. Prior to founding Chapter 3, MJ held the role of Chief Growth Officer for LifeRaft, a threat intelligence SaaS company. She focused on how to leverage open-source intelligence for security programs from enterprise clients to investigative firms. During her tenure at […]

Designing in Agile: Lessons from the field

Details Join us as Graham MacDougall shares what it’s really like to practice UX and Service Design within Agile teams. Drawing from real-world projects, he’ll show how methods like research, journey mapping, and blueprinting can be woven into fast-paced work without losing sight of what matters to users. We’ll look at practical ways to integrate discovery into delivery, collaborate across disciplines, and keep a user-centred focus even when timelines are tight. It will be an interactive session with time to ask questions, exchange ideas, and reflect on how to make design more effective and influential in Agile environments. Agenda 7:00 PM Doors open, networking time 7:15 PM Introductions from the event hosts, Nata and Ruby 7:20 PM Designing in Agile: Lessons from the field with Graham MacDougall 7:50 PM Q&A 8:15 PM Networking and wrap-up 8:45 PM Doors close Speaker Bio Graham MacDougall is a digital strategist and UX practitioner with over 25 years of experience helping teams design and deliver exceptional digital products. He’s worked across broadcasting, advertising, education, and tech — from national media brands to startups — leading projects that blend business goals with user needs. Drawing on his background in Service Design, content strategy and analytics, Graham focuses on connecting insights to results. He’s […]