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Social Selling Success (Optional free workshop)

How to Use LinkedIn to Fill Your Pipeline Now is a great time to rethink and evolve your social media sales strategy. Mike Montague, Sandler’s Global Head of Content and author of "LinkedIn the Sandler Way," will dive into his effective methods for utilizing social media, specifically LinkedIn, to add more people, opportunities, and information to your sales pipeline. Learn how to prospect from the comfort of home. Looking for a break instead of this workshop? No worries. Take a leisurely break, eat, stretch, move around, check your emails, take out the dog, and mentally prepare for the second half of the summit. Either way, you've got 45 minutes before it's time to focus on sales strategies. Register Now

Winning Sales Strategies for Today’s World

Get ahead and stay ahead by avoiding the "Buyer-Seller Dance" Designed for salespeople, sales leaders, and business owners. Gain the skills that will help you who set goals and succeed. Whether you are trying to avoid a sales slump or maximize your peak sales window, these selling strategies will help you get ahead and stay ahead of the competition. Selling is a slight edge business, and sometimes, the advantage of beating your competition can mean millions of dollars. You'll learn how to: > Manage behaviors and best practices to develop your people > How tracking revenue goals provide lagging patterns > Top performers' approach to culture Register Now

AXIS Capital Job Fair

AXIS is seeking qualified developers, software engineers and IT business specialists to join their expanding team in Halifax and work on a number of exciting, global business technology projects.

Simple & Accessible Applications for AI & Machine Learning

In Part 2 of our 3-part series, Jennifer LaPlante from DeepSense will explain how participants can begin working with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Attendees will be introduced to free and easy ways to explore these technologies such as how to build a chat-bot feature or use image prediction and classification. The session will also cover methods participants can use to compare possible AI & ML initiatives. Participants will walk away with: • Knowledge of online tools available to start integrating artificial intelligence into their businesses or organizations • Methods to compare possible AI & ML initiatives Please Note: While this is a 3-part series on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, attendees are welcome to participate in any number of sessions. It is not necessary to participate in Part 1 in order to attend Parts 2 or 3.   Register Now   About Jennifer LaPlante The Executive Director of DeepSense, Jennifer LaPlante is a passionate leader with broad experience in innovation, analytics, strategy and technology. LaPlante’s career began in research and analytics in Ontario before expanding into more technological roles after moving to Atlantic Canada. She holds an MBA and is currently working towards an MSc in Computing and Data […]

The Fundamentals of SaaS Marketing Today

In addition to running Foundation Marketing; Ross is the founder of a wide range of different businesses including Hustle & Grind, an ecommerce brand described as the voice of modern entrepreneurs. Ross has invested in a handful of start ups and sits on the board of director for a handful of non-profit organizations.

Building Connection with Your Customers Through Social Media – Part 2

Social media is one of the best ways to connect with people who are already interested in your business. It’s also vital for reaching people who haven’t heard about your business yet. Whether you’re just getting started or already have social media accounts for your tourism business, this will help you get to the next level to connect with your customers. In this webinar, Ingrid from word-craft will discuss: How to engage with your followers Making sense of insights Boosting and targeting posts Tourism Nova Scotia and Digital Nova Scotia invite you to join a webinar delivered by word-craft on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. Register

Wage Subsidy Webinar

Join Career & Experiential Learning for a virtual session on wage subsidy programs at 11am on Thursday, June 11th, 2020. The webinar will provide an introduction to a variety of Provincial, Federal and Saint Mary's University facilitated wage subsidy programs. Find out about which of these programs are available to you as an employer and get a chance to connect with people who can provide you with all the information you need regarding each program. Email career.assistant@smu.ca to register.  

Social Media Day Halifax

SOCIAL MEDIA DAY HALIFAX 2020 is a one-day conference coinciding with Social Media Day events held worldwide during June. We are proud to focus on the success of Atlantic Canadian businesses by bringing local experts together to share strategies that have worked for them, right here in Atlantic Canada. Find out more here. Important Dates: Tickets on sale February 1 - click here Sponsor Package available February 4 Call for Presenters starts February 20 Call for Volunteers starts May 1 Ticket sales end June 10 Social Media Day Halifax June 12 For more information visit: https://socialmediadayhalifax.com/about/ Register

Understanding Nova Scotia’s Digital Media Tax Credit

Free for ISNS members, this webinar is targeted to both people who have previous experience using the credit and those new to the credit, looking to gain insight into how it works. Register Now

Setting Up Your Website for Social Media Success

Do you want to just get down to the business of doing business, and not spend time knee-deep in your website? Just started a new business and need to get all your ducks in a row quickly? Join me on this FREE webinar to learn about the essential items your website must have to ensure social media success. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Anita Kirkbride, owner and Head Twirp at Twirp Communications, is a highly sought after social media consultant and speaker who helps small business owners and entrepreneurs leverage their social media. She is Halifax’s leader in social media training and consulting, founder of Social Media Day Halifax, and the pioneer behind Responsible Scheduling — guidelines that help clients make the most of their social content without overwhelming or ignoring their audience. For over a decade, Anita has been helping businesses and agencies improve their social skills and manage their own social media marketing through social media consultations, strategy development, training, and audits. She’s also been a featured speaker at a variety of industry conferences and business events including Atlantic Internet Marketing Conference, Blog Jam, PodCamp and the Centre for Women in Business. Register Now

Exploring Our Tech Ecosystems

A national conversation with our tech associations on the uniqueness of small business and start-up tech ecosystems in Canada. About this Event What does the tech small business and startup ecosystem look like across Canada? Join a virtual panel discussion to help you better understand Canada's tech start-up and small business ecosystems. The panel features industry experts; CEO of BC Tech Jill Tipping, CEO of Tech Manitoba Kay Gardiner, Vice President of ICTC Marc Lijour and Board Chair of Digital Nova Scotia Jenn Priske sharing regional insights to form a national perspective. Register Now

IdentityNORTH VIRTUAL Annual Summit – 2020

With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world we knew began changing at lightning speed. Each of us, our families, businesses, our governments were all forced to alter our “standard operating procedures,” and any sense of priorities and normal routines were paused or painfully abandoned. However, amidst the hardships, upheaval and uncertainty, there is an opportunity. Canada must take pragmatic steps to build foundations for our lives that will leave us stronger, and more prepared for the future. Reducing our dependence on in-person transactions and physical signatures is a logical step forward. Digital ID and authentication is key. If we reflect on the transactions that have ground to a halt or experienced unacceptable friction over the last two months, it’s easy to see that we need to work and think differently if we are to capture the benefits of a digital world. We need to be able to share medical records and test results digitally, securely and privately to only the trusted recipients. We need to be able to digitally sign contracts, deeds, and wills with a trusted standard that we all recognize. We need to be able to trust the identity of our medical equipment suppliers or contract […]