About this event Nova Scotia is becoming one of Canada's leading technology and innovation hubs. For the first time in generations, Nova Scotians can stay where they love (no offense, Ontario), and the best and brightest from other parts of the country and around the world are flocking to Canada's ocean playground. Building on this momentum, FreshBooks -- a Canadian-founded global tech unicorn -- is putting down roots in Nova Scotia with a goal of hiring at least 50 new FreshBookers across Research & Development, Sales, Customer Support, and more in the coming years. To celebrate, FreshBooks has teamed up with Halihax to bring the city's technology community together on November 10th in a truly Nova Scotian way -- for a kitchen party on the waterfront. This event will bring local technology and business leaders together to meet, socialize, and learn from one another: Jeff Andersen, co-founder of Halihax, will introduce the Halihax organization, history of the community, and give a first look at the results from the 2022 Halihax Community Survey. Amanda Jacob (Design), Richard Schaefer (Engineering), and Carmine De Leon (Product Management) from FreshBooks will share the ups (and downs) of building one of the company's newest product […]

Details 👋🏻 We cannot believe it. We're at the last UX Salon Halifax meetup of 2022. Thank you to all those who have supported us, both virtually and in person! It's been so wonderful to connect with our community again. Join us on Tuesday, November 29th at 7:30 PM as we hear and learn from Dr. Simon Landry, a Senior UX Researcher with Thomson Reuters. The aim of UX is to meet the end user's needs through the best experience possible. Often, the best way to understand the end user's needs is through UX research (UXR). However, for UXR (and the product) to reach its full potential, research must only be the start of a process that goes from insight to impact. In this talk, we’ll explore a new 6-step framework to guide UXR insights to measurable end-user impact. This presentation will share how to identify and fill gaps in product knowledge, effectively communicate your insights, and measure your impact on the end user. You will learn about the theory and practice to feel confident using the framework. Simon is a researcher with over a decade of experience working on human perception. His background includes a Ph.D. in human perception, […]

About this event When: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm ADT Where: Volta, 1505 Barrington St, Unit 100, Mezzanine Classroom, Halifax, NS, B3J 3K5 Description: Hear from Reuben Hall the CEO at Mind Sea. Design isn’t just about making products look good. It’s about making products that work well for the users of those products, enabling them to achieve their goals. This is particularly true in today’s highly competitive digital health space. In this session, MindSea will share their ideas and approaches for creating effective and successful digital products. The session will focus on: The current state of the digital HealthTech space (as we see it) The importance of quality Apps for the HealthTech space What is Human-Centered Design Thinking, and how can it help users An end-to-end walkthrough of how great Apps are designed Practical techniques anyone can use to make their products better This event is brought to you by MindSea and Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub. NOTE: By attending this event, you agree to be photographed and/or filmed, and give permission to Volta, Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub and MindSea to use your image in promotional and/or marketing materials. NOTE: If you're unable to attend […]

About this event You're invited! Join Volta and Dal Innovates on Tuesday, November 15th for our open house. Meet program participants and alumni, and learn what is on the horizon for our organizations and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Atlantic Canada. All are welcome to attend, food and refreshments will be offered. NOTE: By attending this event, you agree to be photographed and/or filmed, and give permission to Volta, Dal Innovates and Dalhousie University to use your image in promotional and/or marketing materials. NOTE: If you're unable to attend any of our events please take a minute and cancel your ticket. This allows our events team to better prepare for every event.

About this event Calling all business owners in Atlantic Canada, are you looking to sell your goods or services to government? The Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC) – Atlantic Region, in collaboration with the Department of National Defense (DND), invites all small and diverse businesses to the Reverse Trade Show on Wednesday, November 16 Kenneth C. Rowe Hall at Pier 21 (1055 Marginal Road, Halifax). During this bilingual event you will get a chance to meet with buyers from multiple federal, provincial and municipal governments and learn what types of goods and services they purchase. Buyers will host booths and explain how you can become involved in selling to the public sector. This Reverse Trade Show is an efficient way to market your goods and services to many government buyers in just a few hours.  

About this event We wanted a community where developers and designers of all skill-levels and interests could come together and freely discuss everything front-end. So we made it, it's called HFX.js. Are you into the latest design trends? Great! Do you want to share and hear about all things JavaScript? Perfect! This event will have three speakers with varying backgrounds discussing front-end, and web tech. We encourage students, hobbyist, and professionals alike to come and join in creating the most open, and inclusive front-end community we can! This event will be held at the Wattpad offices in downtown Kjipuktuk (Halifax). There will be snacks and drinks for everyone Our Speakers Ronan Driscoll, Senior Platform Engineer @ Wattpad Ronan O'Driscoll has lived and worked in a number of places: Dublin, Chicago and Japan. He currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia with his family. A software engineer for many years, he was doing full-stack programming before the word stack existed. He has also written two novels: Chief O'Neill, published in Ireland by Somerville Press and Poor Farm, published in Canada by Moose House Press. He currently works at Wattpad, the online novel sharing platform. Allan Lavell, Director @ ThinkRad Studios Creativity. Computation. […]

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 […]