Events from January 7, 2022 – January 19, 2022 › Webinar › – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

QT Connect Café with Mazdak Chinichian

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In this Livestream, we will get to know Mazdak as he immigrated from Iran to Canada, earned an engineering degree and decided to help entrepreneurs through coaching. Mazdak will also share tips on how to make 2022 your best year ever by designing your ideal life. RSVP Today! Who is Mazdak? Mazdak Chinichian is a professional leadership and business coach who is motivated to facilitate personal growth and change in his clients through corporate workshops and personal coaching sessions. Mazdak is CPCC, ACC, PMP, CSM, ProSci ADKAR®, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, and Google SIY® Mindful Leadership Certified, and offers a transformative Co-Active™ coaching experience. Partnering with new and emerging leaders, he works to co-create a roadmap to take them to where they want to be. He supports his clients in identifying the personal barriers that are holding them back and provides them with the tools they need to excel. Mazdak draws on his passions for travel, mindfulness, yoga, martial arts, and music to provide the inspiration for his multi-sensory, human-centred approach to workshops.

Astonishing Consulting Careers Master Class Begins

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Consulting careers are multiple jobs. And while you’re focused on today’s client, project or partnership, you must also manage your business and plan for tomorrow. Building relationships, balancing work & life, using the right tools to manage your business and your client work all takes practice, precision and dedication. Every consultant has a process that clearly defines the practice, usually an expertise developed over several years. We’re here to share our knowledge, lessons learned and hopefully, save you a few hours of sweat and tears along the way. Upon completion of the Astonishing Consulting Careers Master Class you will have: A good understanding of the challenges and opportunities involved in building your consulting career. a strong understanding of the tools you need to manage client work and your business. confidence in your consulting career roadmap, networks and partnerships

Jump into Ocean Networking: Ocean Talent and Start-up Meet ‘n Greet

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This event is presented by Innovacorp and the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurships (COVE). With so many creative and exciting ideas coming out of the technology start-up space, networking opportunities are the best way for you to get in on the ground floor. Join us on Tuesday, January 11, as we play matchmaker for local ocean start-ups looking to hire great talent who are keen on working in the entrepreneurial space. If you are in the market for a new job or interested in learning more, take advantage of this amazing opportunity to connect with some like-minded people. Start-Ups This is your chance to meet skilled, eager-to-work talent, including students, grads, and jobseekers of all types keen to work for a start-up like yours. Come share what your company is doing, and its talent needs, as you collect resumés from capable candidates. Talent Do you consider yourself entrepreneurial? Does the challenge of helping build a tech-based company into something great excite you? Bring your virtual resumé and come ready to network with some of Nova Scotia’s up-and-coming technology companies. The start-ups we spoke to are looking for individuals skilled in computer science (developers), data science, mathematics, research, engineering (embedded, […]

Media Relations for Startups

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Join Volta and Peter Moreira for a one hour workshop on January 12, 2022 at 12pm AST to learn about media relations for entrepreneurs. Dealing with the media can be daunting and confusing – but ultimately rewarding for startups. This seminar will teach you how to write a press release and identify which publications to target for your news and updates. We’ll also discuss how to build relationships with journalists and publications to help promote your startup, and we’ll look at some common mistakes Founders make and tips on avoiding them to help elevate your startup.

Entrepreneurial Operating System- A New Way of Running your Business

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Business Support Series The Business Support Webinar Series will explore timely topics with  industry experts to provide key insights and answers on the best ways to succeed as a business.  Hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, this series will feature a wide range of topics on how to survive and thrive. EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) is a people operating system aimed at harnessing the human energy that exists within an organization through a set of timeless principles and tools. Its tools were derived from great business minds like J.D. Rockefeller, Jim Collins, Patrick Lencioni, Stephen Covey and others, are in use in close to 100,000 companies. Through mastering this system, organizations will experience the following: Vision: Getting everyone in their organization on the same page with regard to what the business is, where it’s going, and how it’s going to get there. Traction: Creating a culture of discipline and accountability so everyone knows who does what and can count on one another to fulfill their role. Healthy: Creating an environment where everyone genuinely enjoys working together Register today and submit your question!

Resume, Interviews, and Employment Opportunities

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Andrea Murray, New Grad Talent Acquisition Partner for Early Professionals at IBM, will guide the DeepSense community through a session to help you prepare for the next step in your career. You will learn how best to position yourself when applying for a new job, co-op or internship. This session will explore: Recommendations for writing a resume for a specific job Writing a quality cover letter How to prepare for an interview Employment opportunities at IBM Who should attend: Students looking for their first job after graduation Students in the middle of their degree applying for internships and co-ops Those interested in a refresher of what to do with their resumes Andrea Murray joined IBM in July 2020 after graduating from Saint Mary’s University with a Commerce Degree. She joined the Project Management practice through the IBM Associates program designed for new grads. Andrea is now the Talent Acquisition Partner for Early Professionals.

Introduction to HPC with ACENET and Compute Canada

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This core session is designed to help new users at ACENET and Compute Canada get up and running. What is high performance computing (HPC) and what can it do for me? How can ACENET help? Used by researchers across many disciplines to tackle analyses too large or complex for a desktop, or to achieve improved efficiency over a desktop, this session takes participants through the preliminary stages of learning about high performance computing (HPC) and computing clusters, and how to get started with this type of computing. It then reviews software packages available for applications, data analysis, software development and compiling code. Finally, participants will be introduced to the concept of parallel computing to achieve much faster results in analysis. This session is designed for those with no prior experience in HPC, and are looking for an introduction and overview. This session will be delivered online. To get the most from ACENET basics, please register for a Compute Canada Account. To register contact your supervising professor, ask for their CCRI, then visit https://ccdb.computecanada.ca/account_application. If your professor is not registered with Compute Canada, please have them register, then follow up with you. In addition to a Compute Canada account, you will […]

QueerTech personal finances series by Hao Wu Financial Solutions: Webinar 2

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QueerTech and Hao Wu Financial Solutions Inc. under the SunLife banner are excited to bring you a series of webinars to help you make informed financial decisions and build wealth to achieve your various goals in life. In this second Webinar we are going to talk about : How to invest smartly depending on your goals and the risks you are ready to take? Why and how to invest in diversified asset classes for long-term investors? How “Responsible Investment” is becoming the new norm? The presentation is 40mins and we have 15 mins of Q&A time. Bring your questions and ask the speakers directly. French version of the webinar will take place on January 20, 2022 at noon

Introduction to Linux

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This core session is designed to help new users at ACENET and Compute Canada get up and running. Linux is the terminal interface used to enable you to use the ACENET and Compute Canada HPC clusters from your desktop. It's the tool you need to get your data on the clusters, run your programs, and get your data back. In this session, learn how to get started with Linux, how to create and navigate directories for your data, load files, manage your storage, run programs on the computing clusters, and set file permissions. This workshop is designed for those with no prior experience in working with a terminal interface. This session will be delivered online. To get the most from ACENET basics, please register for a Compute Canada Account. To register contact your supervising professor, ask for their CCRI, then visit https://ccdb.computecanada.ca/account_application. If your professor is not registered with Compute Canada, please have them register, then follow up with you. In addition to a Compute Canada account, you will want a computer with Windows, MacOS X, or a Unix-based operating system (not a ChromeBook), and a stable internet connection. A registered account is not mandatory, just recommended to get the […]

Plastic Waste Challenge – Ideation Session

Pier 21 1055 Marginal Road, Halifax, NS, Canada

Join us on January 18th at 1:00pm for the Plastic Waste Challenge - Ideation SessionOn January 18th, IGNITE is hosting the "Plastic Waste Challenge - Ideation Session." at the newly opened Halifax Pier21 at 1209 Marginal Road. This event will consist of three-afternoon sessions from 1:00pm-3:30pm AST, followed by a networking session until 5pm. If you are unable to attend in person, there is a virtual attendance option at registration. The Plastic Waste Challenge Ideation Session will take a deep dive into the Plastic Waste Challenge. Throughout the afternoon sessions, you will hear from Sobeys representatives about their current use of styrofoam trays and plastic wrap and why they are searching for an alternative. You will learn about the possibilities of creating a more sustainable product, and the materials that could or could not be recycled. Finally, we will present the Plastic Waste Challenge, our proposed timeline and the requirements for participation. At the end of the Ideation Session there will be an opportunity to network with other members of industry and IGNITE, Divert NS, ACOA, and Sobeys. “Plastic Waste Challenge - Ideation Session” IGNITE has partnered with ACOA, DivertNS and Sobeys Inc. to deliver a pitch competition called the […]

WTWT Workshop: Employee Engagement + Career Development

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Join Volta + Genevieve MacInnis on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 4pm AST, to learn about Employee Engagement + Career Development. Organizations want engaged employees. Engaged employees are adaptable to change, deliver exceptional customer service, miss less time and produce higher quality work. All of these behaviours lead to better results and more profitable organizations. Engagement is a two-way street, and Managers have a lot of influence over their team’s level of engagement. The expectations of today’s workforce have changed. Employees want to work for employers who invest in their growth and development and the current labour market demands that employers meet these expectations in order to attract and retain employees. Join us to learn: Key factors that impact employee engagement Employee expectations around career development Best practices to develop and retain top talent

Innovation as Opportunity: The CEO Perspective

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Learn how data can take your organization to the next level. Join David & Eric as they unpack crisis management in a time where rapid change is creating stress fractures in organizational culture. Gain insight from the CEO perspective on how change can become innovation.