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Lunch & Learn | Dashboard Marketing

IGNITE Atlantic - New Glasgow 352 E River Rd, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

About this event Why the %$#& do I need to worry about marketing? If you aren’t thinking about or planning to add marketing to your overarching strategy, your business will fail. If you’re executing marketing tactics without a strategy, your business will stall and stagnate. If you aren’t tracking and reacting to your marketing efforts, you’re wasting money. This workshop will be a no-nonsense discussion around marketing, and offer attendees a guideline to develop an effective, impactful, and results driven marketing strategy that can evolve with the growth of any business. We will dive into how important marketing is to the success of all areas of your organization; how it is ingrained in both acquisition and retention approaches; and how to recognize and react to both success and/or failure. We will explore 3 key components of any successful marketing strategy – brand, customer and category. Each extremely important, and something every organization needs to continually focus on. We will also offer insight, advice and a framework to help build, expand or rework anyone’s marketing strategy. Companies or community groups – be it startups, early stage to well-established – will benefit from this fresh, frank and unique perspective. In this 1 […]

Check Point:

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Virtual Event | October 20, 2022 | 8:30AM PST In the world of "hybrid everything" including distributed apps, networks, and remote workers, preventing sophisticated cyber attacks requires a zero trust security architecture that scales with your business. Join us virtually for Check Point: <SECURE> where you will learn how to implement zero trust policies and prevent the latest threats by leveraging AI, deep learning and automation across your cloud, data center, and endpoints. There will also be some very exciting announcements from Check Point around Threat Prevention, IoT and Network Security that you won't want to miss. You'll hear real world case studies on how companies have implemented zero trust hybrid IT security strategies to prevent cyber-attacks on their businesses. And you'll get the latest zero trust, cloud and data center trends and best practices from Frank Dickson, Group Vice President of IDC’s Security and Trust practice. Register now to secure your spot!  

Entrevestor Live: East Coast Startup Success

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

Entrevestor Live is a half-day hybrid event dedicated to the greatest successes in the Atlantic Canadian startup community. Dispelling the myth that #StartupAtlantic features only early-stage companies, Entrevestor Live showcases the growth-stage companies that have had major funding rounds, exits or gained a global presence. What’s more, our conference is designed to maximize the time and budget of our customers. Its three-hour duration means you can attend without surrendering a day or more of your precious time. (People in Halifax will still benefit from a networking session after the program.) And it’s priced so that even early-stage founders can attend, either in person in Halifax or online from anywhere. If you’re an investor, Entrevestor Live will show you what’s happening in Atlantic Canadian startups – in the most successful companies, those companies poised to join the top tier, and the emerging sectors. If you’re a founder, the program will help you understand how the best companies got where they are. Either way, this is a must-see event. We're delighted to partner with Volta, Canada's East Coast Innovation Hub, which has agreed to host Entrevestor Live. A networking session will follow the event at Volta.

ROAD TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMUNITY SUMMIT

The Prince George Hotel 1725 Market st., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Road to Economic Prosperity Community Summit Join the Halifax Partnership for the second annual African Nova Scotian Road to Economic Prosperity Summit where the community will share and celebrate progress made on The Road to Economic Prosperity Action Plan - a five-year collaborative strategy developed and owned by the African Nova Scotian community to advance economic development and community priorities. DATE Friday, October 21, 2022, 8:30am-3:00pm PRICE Free VENUE The Prince George Hotel ADDRESS 1725 Market Street, Downtown Halifax B3J 0B7 Nova Scotia Canada

2022 IT Security & Risk Symposium

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"Agile Threat Actors - Agile Cyber-Defenses" October 24-25, 2022 About the Event The 2022 Symposium Committee of the Atlantic Provinces Chapter of ISACA is pleased to announce its fall event – IT Security & Risk Symposium is being held in-person this year on October 24-25, 2022. We are thrilled to be inviting speakers, attendees and sponsors to an amazing in-person event. A great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and friends in a educational setting. As a nonprofit, global membership association for IT and information systems professionals, ISACA is committed to providing its diverse constituency of more than 140,000 professionals worldwide with the tools they need to achieve individual and organizational success. The benefits offered through our globally accepted research, certifications and community collaboration result in greater trust in, and value from, information systems. Through more than 200 chapters established in more than 80 countries, ISACA provides its members with education, resource sharing, advocacy, professional networking, and a host of other benefits on a local level. Members rely on ISACA for resources that enhance their skills, expand their professional knowledge and connect them with a vibrant community of peers. As such, the Atlantic Provinces chapter is hosting this two-day event to […]

Workshop on Ethical Design: Reflection and Action

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

Details This month, we are doing a workshop for some hands-on learning! 👋🏻 Join us on Monday, October 24th as we think together and discover with Nata Kostenko. Big tech scandals, deceptive patterns, data privacy issues... We hear about unethical practices all the time. But what exactly does it mean to "work ethically"? And how can you do it in a human-centred way? It all starts with reflecting on our thought patterns and learning how to voice our concerns. We need to find our North Star and equip ourselves with tools to act against injustice (and keep our sanity). This is a practical workshop where we will explore ways to incorporate ethics into your work process. We will play with some tools, talk about existing barriers to ethical action, and go through concrete examples you might encounter in your daily work. Come as you are and let us untangle this knot together! Nata is a service designer and design researcher at Tilt the Scales. Every day she balances her belief in the power of design to make a difference with the urge to hide from the world's problems. This is a FREE event thanks to our friends at Volta and […]

Hiring Event for Women in Tech – October

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About The Event 🌎 VanHack is Canada’s leading tech recruitment company that’s helped employers with more than 1,700 hires. Named one of the Top 100 Tech Companies to Watch For by FoundersBeta, VanHack is on a mission to increase diversity and create a borderless world. Join more than 1,000 other companies like Neo Financial, Dapper Labs, Booking.com, and Brex who hired great software engineers from around the world. In this 3-day virtual hiring event, you’ll get to speed interview a curated group of female software engineers skilled in JavaScript, Java, Ruby, Mobile, Python and others. Join the speed interview session for the skill sets you’re hiring for. All qualified candidates are pre-vetted by VanHack, and have at least 4+ years of experience. Our diverse female developers are engaged and ready to meet you for remote or relocation opportunities. Why Work With Us Hire Fast Fill multiple roles from a single event and cut down your hiring lead times We’ll Do the Hard Work We pre-screen and pre-vet every candidate you talk to Meet Your Hiring Needs Every hiring event has a specialty focus - such as specific developer skills, women in tech, diversity What To Expect You get to interview […]

How Contextual AI is Reshaping WAAP

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About this talk Join our webinar to learn how CloudGuard AppSec pre-emptively prevented the most sophisticated zero-day attacks, such as log4J and Spring4Shell, and truly leverages the power of AI to automatically keep your web applications secure. The presentation will be followed by a fireside chat with Check Point’s Global CISO, Jony Fischbein, who will share his experience battling zero-day exploits. Learn about: The complexities of zero day attacks Next-gen approaches to AI-based precise prevention Best practices from Check Point’s CISO

Tech Wednesdays with NPower Canada

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More than 80% of NPower Canada alumni secure employment or enroll in higher education within 6 months of graduating, with 30-40% already placed into jobs upon completing training. Graduates launch digital careers in roles such as Help Desk Agent, Data Analyst, QA / Tester and Business Systems Analyst with companies like TELUS, Accenture and CIBC. NPower Canada is a registered charity launching underserved young adults ages 17-30 into meaningful digital careers. NPower Canada's virtually delivered programs provide youth with 15 weeks of no-cost, part-time tech skills training, including industry certifications, complemented by employability skills coaching and wraparound supports (including bus pass, interview clothing and laptops/WiFi based on financial need). Program participants are also connected directly with employers, job retention supports and five years of alumni services including continued education and mentorship. Youth do not need any prior background in tech to apply. They must have completed their high school, Dogwood or GED, and be eligible to work in Canada. NPower Canada prioritizes serving lower-income, un/underemployed youth who are female-identified, IBPOC, 2SLGBTQ+, newcomers and youth with disabilities. Join us to learn more and apply early to avoid waitlist for the upcoming start date: https://npowercanada.ca/youth/

WTWT : Visioning Workshop

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

About this event When: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Volta, 1505 Barrington St, Mezzanine Classroom, Halifax, NS, B3J 3K5 Join Volta and Natalie Frederick-Wilson from the Centre for Women in Business for a visioning workshop. Natalie will guide participants through a visioning exercise that will help you establish a clear mission and vision and build confidence in your plan to start and grow your business. By participating in the session, you will be able to describe your business' value proposition, articulate your vision for the future, and know what steps to take next to create a business with a firm foundation. About the speaker: Natalie Frederick-Wilson is an entrepreneur, mentor, business development professional, MSVU student entrepreneurship, program lead who joined the Centre for Women in Business at Mount St. Vincent University, in October 2019 with a goal to inspire women and students to go from innovative idea to start-up, and beyond. She does this by connecting them to the right business advice, engaging business owners in strategic business conversations, and training. Natalie holds a certificate in Business Development and in Leadership and Innovation from Dalhousie University and has extensive experience in business automation, strategic business planning […]

Intro to the Site Editor and Templates

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

Details It's here! Another hybrid event, so you can choose online or in person at Volta, 1505 Barrington Street, Unit 100, Halifax. We will be in the classroom on the mezzanine level. 7:00: Room opens 7:15: Intro to the Site Editor and Templates. The Site Editor gives you the ability to modify templates, template parts and also customize the style of your entire site. What we will cover: how you can use Styles to modify the site-wide style of your site what templates are and a breakdown of their parts how to modify templates or create new ones how to assign templates to individual posts and pages Bio: Kimberly Charron is a Certified Online Business Manager, who helps busy coaches, bloggers, and creatives free themselves up to concentrate on their zone of genius by managing their day-to-day projects, operations, team members, and metrics, so they don’t have to. She brings with her many years of experience offering writing, editing, social media/marketing management, and tech services (especially WordPress), plus a background in music, theatre, education, and admin. 8:00: The in-person event will split off from the online event, each to have their own "Happy Hour" 9:00: Meetup Ends For those attending […]