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Get Certified in Change Management

Join the Dalhousie University College of Continuing Education for an overview of two change management certifications that are being offered for the first time at Dalhousie University. In today’s environment, the pace of change is increasing and its impact is being felt everywhere. This information session is for anyone who is leading change or is impacted by change and wants to gain an understanding of the value of training in change management. You will also see the great benefits of having an international certification in change management. Register

Export Growth in a Virtual World: a Step-by-Step guide

Help your business thrive with this step-by-step guide to export growth in a virtual world. Have you ever considered expanding your business beyond your region or even beyond Canada? The Atlantic Provinces and the federal government have come together to help your business grow beyond our borders. Export Growth in a Virtual World: A Step-by-Step Guide is an interactive, online training session providing Atlantic Canadian businesses with tools, in-depth knowledge, and a robust understanding of the best practices they need to thrive in an increasingly virtual world. This small group session identifies new ways to reach customers, developing a strategy for expanding into markets around the world. Key topics include: Virtual Trade Event Preparation Navigating Virtual Trade Tools Shifting Your Message to Virtual Registration is free. Choose one of our upcoming workshop dates today! https://www.novascotiabusiness.com/export/egvwRegister

Azure AI Immersion Workshop

Join MNP and Microsoft to explore how Azure AI services can be used to propel innovation at your organization. This free, half-day learning opportunity is designed to help you think differently about developing cloud applications when AI is part of the solution set. You’ll learn about machine learning models, bots, and AI apps and discover the most efficient ways to build solutions using Azure AI. Technical roles from all organizations will learn about Azure AI capabilities and use real-life examples to visualize innovative projects. The workshop starts with an overview of how Azure AI is powering new possibilities for many organizations, followed by a deeper dive and demo showcasing Azure Cognitive Services, Knowledge Mining, and Bots. Register

AMPlify your Email

In this session, you will learn how to leverage unprecedented features in AMP for Email to create highly dynamic and interactive emails. Discover the capabilities of AMP for building rich and highly engaging email content using Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Register

Getting Results from Your E-commerce Platform

So you’ve implemented an e-commerce platform for your business, what’s next? Join Tourism Nova Scotia and Digital Nova Scotia for a webinar presented by Arbuckle Media to learn how to fully integrate e-commerce into your business and get results. The webinar will cover: 1. The e-commerce mindset: how to adapt e-commerce into your regular business reporting and reap the rewards, not only by using it to makes sales but also to learn about your customers. 2. How to speak the language of e-commerce and marketing, even when you have a skills or experience gap in your team; whether you're a service or product-based business. 3. How to stay organized and confidently read e-commerce and marketing reports so you can make actionable decisions based on the data and insights. Register

Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency

In this live 30 minute, information-packed event featuring renowned blockchain and cryptocurrency expert instructor George Levy, you will have the opportunity to learn about the many opportunities currently available with blockchain technology, and why it is considered "essential critical infrastructure" during the COVID-19 Pandemic. You will also have the chance to learn valuable information about Bitcoin, Blockchain and how you can take part in the greatest technological transformation since the World Wide Web. Register

Fueling Startup Growth: Getting it Right the First Time

The world is more competitive than ever, and while ideas are easy, taking something beyond idea to real growth can be much harder. In this training, we will equip you to use data to help you make decisions, and orient yourself for growth. Session 1: What do you need to understand to figure out where your business fits in the grand scheme? What actually matters for your technology startup? Session 2: Once you’ve started to understand your place in the world, how do you gather information successfully, from primary and secondary sources? Session 3: Once you have data inputs, how do you make sense of it? What are your next steps? The course will be facilitated by Dr. Jonathan Calof, an expert who has helped thousands of companies with their growth. All of the content will build on the previous day, so make sure you join us for all of it. Due to interactive nature of the training, this will be offered only as live training. Training will run from 9am Atlantic Standard Time - 1130am Atlantic Standard Time each of the three days. This training is supported by ACOA and is free of charge for Atlantic Canadian Startups. This […]

Women Entrepreneurship Conference: She-Covery: The Role of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Pandemic Recovery

An official event of the Women Entrepreneurship Conference; a free, month-long event series, presented by the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) in partnership with Women Enterprise Organizations of Canada (WEOC). As Canada begins to focus on post-pandemic economic recovery, supporting women entrepreneurs is more critical than ever before. The research shows clearly that structural barriers long-faced by women entrepreneurs have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic and health crisis that has affected women entrepreneurs more than men and has affected Indigenous, racialized and other diverse entrepreneurs most of all. In this session, we’ll discuss how the ecosystem is responding to support women entrepreneurs during this time. Register

Vessels of the Future

Vessels of the Future - Module 2 of  the Exploring Opportunities in Ocean Tech for Young Women Program The Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) in partnership with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development – Nova Scotia, Ignite Labs, Dalhousie University’s Emera IDEAhub and DeepSense, and with support from IBM Canada and Engineers Nova Scotia, is thrilled to announce the launch of a program aimed at engaging young women in the region’s burgeoning ocean tech industry. Exploring Opportunities in Ocean Tech for Young Women is an extracurricular program being offered across the province to youth in grades 10-12 as part of a strategy to attract more under-represented groups to the marine industry. Featuring a monthly speaker series, mentoring program, and hands-on design-thinking workshop, this program will be led by women, for young women. Exploring Opportunities in Ocean Tech for Young Women connects young women in the Western, Northern & Central Nova Scotia regions to female role models in the ocean tech industry to build their awareness of the many applications of engineering across the industry, develop their understanding of what engineering is and how it contributes to innovation across the broad industry. Through the program, students will gain awareness of the skills required and develop pathways to engineering and […]

Incidentally Informed Webinar Series – Cyber Insurance

Join Cyberclan on the fourth Thursday of every month as they partner with some of the best in the cybersecurity industry to bring you relevant and important educational topics. Grab your morning coffee or happy hour mocktail depending on your time zone and learn from the experts. This month they bring you the ABCs of cyber insurance in partnership with Beazley Canada. Register

ADVANTAGE 2021: A Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference

A virtual women's leadership conference hosted by the Cape Breton Regional Chamber of Commerce, presented by the Scotiabank Women Initiative We are so excited to be hosting our first-ever Advantage Conference as a virtual experience* on Friday, February 26. Advantage 2021 is an opportunity to bring together a community of women to connect, learn, and grow together through covering topics and encouraging discussion around the important shift that is happening with women in the world of business and entrepreneurship. This conference will feature keynote speaker Barb Stegemann, the best-selling author of The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen, a woman’s guide to living and leading in an illogical world, whose pitch led her to be the first woman from Atlantic Canada to land a venture-capital deal on the CBC TV show Dragons’ Den. In addition to Stegemann, there will be several local, women speakers from various professions and sectors. With the change from an in-person to a virtual platform, we have decided to have two options for tickets. OPTION 1) $100 - for a Virtual Ticket and the Advantage Conference Box. Full details in ticket description. (CBRM only) OPTION 2) $60 - for a Virtual Ticket only Let's own our power and celebrate this advantage! See you on February 26th 2021! […]

Extending the Conversation: Creating Content with Podcasting

There’s a lot of fuss around podcasts. Sure, it was the fastest growing medium in 2020 but before you produce and distribute, hit pause. A podcast is a source for so much natural content, that it can fill up the most aggressive of content calendars. In this webinar, Jon and Rhys from Podstarter.io will share tips learned in the field, on how to distribute podcast content, build an audience across digital and social channels, and how to create micro content to reach any audience. Register               About Podstarter Every podcast starts somewhere. Building a podcast from scratch can be daunting, and breaking through to a new audience is difficult. If you have a voice, an idea or an expertise, Podstarter will help you build a podcast and a platform to share it. Podstarter brings years of experience in production, design and technology to help you fill in the gaps and ensure your podcast aligns with your key objectives. Whether you're taking your first step or you're already running at full speed, Podstarter can help! About Jon Burns Co-Founder & Producer at Podstarter Jon connects people and companies with their audience. It sounds simple, and […]