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    Unlocking the Power of Difficult Conversations in Leadership

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    Unleash the power of difficult conversations in leadership. Through applied exercises and coach-led group discussions, this workshop equips you with the tools to approach tough discussions effectively, adopt a coach-like mindset, and master real-life scenarios that leaders commonly face. Join us to unlock your leadership potential and drive confidence and success in your professional journey. 3 Takeaways Approaching difficult conversations for more effective outcomes Understanding the value of a coach approach in a difficult conversation Considering real scenarios leaders face that require difficult conversations and how to conduct them successfully Meet your presenter.. Ange MacCabe, CEO of Intuity Performance, is an Award-winning certified Performance Coach, Facilitator, Assessor, and HR Practitioner who elevates leaders & teams through WHOLE PERSON PERFORMANCE training and coaching.  With her innovative AI SAAS platform, Ange is championing the next era of emotionally intelligent leaders .

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    Upskilling your career in tech with fundamentals of Cloud computing

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    The training will cover fundamentals of cloud computing and how it is revolutionizing the digital ecosystem by empowering organizations to deploy fast and efficient solutions by standing on the shoulders of giants like Microsoft, Amazon & Google to leverage their infrastructure and reduce the management overhead. Join us for the training to know how the fundamental knowledge of Cloud can help you excel in your career or grow your business. 3 Takeaways 1. Difference between cloud services IaaS, PaaS & SaaS 2. Difference between Public, Private & Hybrid cloud 3. Services provided by Cloud providers like Microsoft, Amazon & Google Meet your presenter.. Rishabh is a Subject Matter Expert at CloudThat. He has 5+ years of total industry experience spanning across software development, tech support and corporate training. He has more than 3 years of teaching experience and is a Microsoft certified instructor. He is also certified in DevOps, Azure Development as well as Software Development Fundamentals by Microsoft. He has delivered trainings for TCS, Infosys, Honeywell, Publicis-Sapient, Wells Fargo, Mphasis, Accenture, KPMG, HCL, and Microsoft which include Software Development Fundamentals, AZ-204, AZ-400 and custom outlines like ADF on ADO, Terraform on Azure, AKS , Winning the App Platform (Microsoft TAW) […]

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    Tech Sales Plus: Pitch Showcase 2023

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    WELCOME TO THE TECH SALES PLUS: PITCH SHOWCASE THIS DNS X UVARO EVENT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MEET TECH SALES PLUS' TOP PERFORMERS - A FIRST EVER FOR DIGITAL NOVA SCOTIA MEMBERS! For the last 12 weeks, this group of creative, out-of the box thinkers have worked with industry leaders to deliver value to clients by: developing integrated strategies across markets performing market research and data analysis honing their persuasion skills and objection handling ...and now they're ready to show you what they've got! Don't miss your chance to get in front of the Atlantic region's most diverse and emerging Customer Success and Sales talent. Your team's next changemaker is just an RSVP away. See you there!

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    Member Mixer | Presented by Rafflebox

    1877 Hollis St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 1W5 1877 Hollis St., Halifax, NS, Canada

    This event is exclusive for Digital Nova Scotia members As we enter the Holiday season, we invite you to join us for our last member mixer of 2023! Join Digital Nova Scotia and Rafflebox on December 7th for our first member exclusive Holiday Mixer!  To celebrate a great year, we'll have a number of door prizes, holiday goodie bags, and fun holiday refreshments. Register now for this networking event and meet with DNS members new and old. NOTE: Space is limited please register to confirm your attendance.   Agenda 5:00pm: Registration & Networking 6:00pm: Holiday Greetings from our CEO   About our partner: Rafflebox Rafflebox is a technology company that exists to help charities and non-profits run online fundraising to raise money for their worthy causes. They provide hands-on support throughout the whole process – from applying for provincial licences, to designing custom raffle websites, to maximizing ticket sales through marketing. Their team is committed to helping local non-profits and communities thrive. At Rafflebox, your cause is our cause.

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    How to get User Feedback when You have No Users

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    We hear consistently in tech how we need to test our features, test our products, and test our ideas. Testing is important but sometimes we struggle with finding the right audience to test on, or asking the right questions when you do find someone. In this session we’ll go over how to leverage existing tools to find test subjects, how to conduct a user test, and how to get insights from those critical moments. 3 Takeaways How to find and test with your target user How to structure a user test How to pull proper insights   Meet your Presenter.. Josh Udall: With 8 years of experience in the field, I'm a seasoned product designer who has spent time in the pharmaceutical, design agency, and fintech spaces. I’m dedicated to crafting innovative and user-centric solutions that delight the user and drive conversion for your business.

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    Knowing your business in real time

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    This session is about businesses that want to use data to make decisions. As a group we will discuss the difficulties of accessing, linking, and reporting from multiple sources of data. Interactive Reports built in either Microsoft’s Power Pivot (Excel) or Power BI Desktop offer a shorter, straighter pathway to improve efficiency and accuracy. The best part is that Excel is on most computers, and experienced staff can quickly learn to use both products. Digital Nova Scotia has been helping the Tourism industry in Nova Scotia with digital marketing tools. Dunvegan will use a Restaurant example to demonstrate Interactive Reports to measure business activity and to help make more informed decisions. The reports will look at revenue and expenses by: Categories & sub-categories Products & sub-products Trends Impact of special occasions Forecast vs actual Meet your presenters.. Dan MacLeod  Dan is the Manager of data analytics, consulting, and training. In his first career, Dan was a Senior Sales Manager with MT&T (now Bell). He was responsible for sales force automation, and held several Sales Management roles including Data Communications, Mobile Radio, and Cellular service, and in small/medium business telecommunications. Dan introduced Cognos (now owned by IBM) data analytics software to […]

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    Expert Series — AI at Work 101: A Practical Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

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    2024 will be the year that most of us start using AI in everyday tasks. This workshop is a practical foundation for using AI at work. First, we’ll explain what AI is and how the technology is evolving. We will then explore the ethics and risks associated with AI systems. Next, we’ll look at some common tools available before learning how to use AI systems to find information and automate workflows with custom GPTs. In conclusion, we’ll work through some adoption best practices. From this workshop, you will learn: A clear understanding of what AI is and how it is changing the ways we work The ability to find and verify information using AI internet browsing The ability to automate repetitive tasks with custom GPTs Meet your facilitator: Iaian Archibald, Principle, Archibald Consulting Iaian Archibald is an entrepreneur and consultant who helps professional service companies understand the impacts and opportunities associated with AI. He’s spent much of his life studying how technology enables social change and was co-founder of a marina management software company (sold, 2020). He has a specialization in AI for Business from Wharton.

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    Optimizing your Profile by Building a LinkedIn Success Hub

    Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre 960 Tower Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Do you have a bare-bones LinkedIn profile, or do you have a well-branded LinkedIn profile that makes you stand out and helps set you up for success? A strong LinkedIn profile works strategically with the LinkedIn search algorithm, focuses on key functional words, tells a story and has the key ingredients to do the job of networking via a virtual context. Your LinkedIn profile is your LinkedIn Success Hub and is powered by AI. Learn the tools and strategies needed to build a story that not only stands out but gets supported and shared by LinkedIn. 3 Takeaways Learn the building blocks for a successful LinkedIn story brand Discover how the LinkedIn search tool works and to partner with AI Identify key skills that power LinkedIn to help you reach your goals Meet your Facilitator: Shelly Elsliger With over 20 years experience working in career development, career readiness, and career advancement, Shelly Elsliger has rightfully positioned herself as a globally recognized Career Coach and LinkedIn Trainer who trains people to use the power of their influence, voice, and skills to effectively build their online brand. Shelly is an author, a certified Clifton Strengths Trainer #28811, a certified coach (PPCC), one […]

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    How to Create 6 Months Worth of Content in a day

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    If you’re feeling like creating content takes so much time out of your day, you’re not alone. However, with the proper tools, it can be easy peasy, lemon squeezy! Instead of taking hours and hours out of your week, you can create 6 months’ worth of irresistible must-see content in a day. And honestly, what else could you accomplish in your business with all that freed-up time in your week?! Kerra will teach you secrets to creating content that works! 3 Key Takeaways How to create a consistent presence on multiple social media platforms. How to save time by pre-planning your content. What tools you should be using to help you create content that attracts your ideal audience. Meet your Presenter... Kerra Aucoin Mansfield is a Social Media Marketing Consultant based out of Halifax NS and the owner of KA Social Media Consulting. Since 2014, Kerra has helped hundreds of small business owners and entrepreneurs conquer their fear of social media marketing and incorporate tips and tricks to maximize the time they spend online. As a small business owner herself, she knows that running a business means being pulled in a dozen directions, so you need to be as efficient as […]

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    Inclusive Leadership in Action – Effective EDI Strategies for SMEs and Startups

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    Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is an integral part of building a positive and sustainable culture within an organization. Most leaders and managers understand the importance of embedding EDI into every aspect of their business, but how do you do so effectively? This session will provide practical best practices for ensuring EDI is a part of the strategy within your organization and offer ways to improve current EDI approaches. KEY TAKEAWAYS Understand how to implement practical EDI strategies; Creating a culture of inclusivity within an organization and; Improving on current EDI approaches. MEET YOUR PRESENTER: DIVERSITY INSTITUTE Diversity Institute Overview The Diversity Institute at Ted Rogers School of Management undertakes research on diversity in the workplace and shares these best practices with businesses across Canada. The Diversity Institute provides resources, training and support as it relates to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) as a means of increasing the competitiveness and diversity amongst Canadian SMEs. The Institute also works with large corporations including RBC, Morneau Shepell, TD Bank, Deloitte Ltd., Scotiabank, Accenture and Microsoft.

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    Expert Series — Transformational Performance Management

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    In this session, you are going to learn the elements and key ingredients of performance management. We are going to discover together principles that apply to performance management on both sides of the process between leadership and employees. You will see “how to” deliver a performance management system and some of the hurdles teams are facing in today’s environment. We are going to provide insight into creating a performance management culture for better measurement systems, accountability, ownership and new levels of execution! From this workshop, you'll learn: Learn the elements of performance management; How to deliver a successful performance management program and; Creating a performance management culture and environment. Meet your facilitator: Dave Reynolds, Founder & CEO, The Rumin8 Group Dave Reynolds is an author and entrepreneur with more than 18 years of business development experience ranging from launching and developing new products (On Dragons Den), market entry strategies, performance management, and customized learning and development strategies for companies around the world! He works closely with executive teams to align culture and leadership, achieving transformational results. Dave Reynolds has been working intensively on performance management principles for over a decade growing and scales teams. Working close with organizations to find […]

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    Craft Captivating Social Media Content with Python and the ChatGPT API

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    You know social media is a must-have. But creating content is hard. Could you automate it somehow? In this workshop, we'll leverage Python and ChatGPT's AI brilliance to create engaging and effective social media posts. We'll take your raw marketing materials and use Python and ChatGPT APIs to craft an Excel spreadsheet full of schedule-ready posts. Geared for marketing managers, small business owners, and those eager to leverage code and AI to enhance their digital footprint. Workshop Takeaways: OpenAI API usage (using ChatGPT in code) Basic Python usage Creating a Python application that automates a task (social media marketing) Meet your presenter... Elias is the author of Memorable, Profitable, Virtual: How to Run Virtual Conferences, Conventions, and Trade Shows That Create Meaning, Value, and Lasting Connections. A pioneer of digital events, Puurunen has charted the essential must-haves and must-nots for successful virtual events. Find out more at tractusevents.com.