Events from January 25, 2022 – February 2, 2022 › Webinar › – Page 3 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Using E-Commerce to Reach Chinese Consumers

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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. Learn about a new business model which allows Canadian brands of any size to sell direct to consumers in China, at the lowest cost, with the lowest risk. Whether your business is new to exporting and you're looking to test out your products in a new market, or you're already exporting and ready to invest further into a full branding & promotional campaign, learn how your business can utilize the Atlantic Resource Partnership Platform & China team to achieve full market development in China, without having to leave Canada. Working together as a partnership, this business model promotes a shared-costs model, saving exporters money, as well as minimizing risk. Key Takeaways Benefits of using e-commerce to reach Chinese consumers Challenges Canadian companies face trying to step into China and how the ARP Platform helps Canadian producers/exporters overcome them. Identifying and understanding platforms Canadian businesses should focus to be successful with e-commerce in China A strong digital […]

Creating Content for Social Media

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Power Lunch is back, and going virtual! You’re invited to join us as we serve up our Power Lunch featuring workshops from selected members to deliver expertise you can use to grow your business. Our Power Lunch leaders will walk you through information on a range of business topics, offer key takeaways, and answer your questions. Power Lunch will be held once monthly from October 2021 through March 2022, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m, delivered virtually. As this year’s sessions are free for participants, we ask that you keep your registration to no more than two sessions, to allow for a larger diversity of attendees. About this Webinar Content creation is a key marketing tool for businesses and one that many struggle with. To succeed you need to be able to attract your ideal client/customer/community. This workshop is geared towards entrepreneurs who want to better understand how to create content for their ideal audience through photography & social media. In this session you will: Create product flatlay images Edit photos with iPhone Build a photo gallery for social media Build a customer avatar

Being a Great Coach Makes You a Better Leader

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Ted Herbert has been a master coach for over 25 years and a leadership development director since 1998. Join him for a conversation about how you can build your coaching skills. For decades, leaders have recognized the value of helping people improve their performance by applying coaching strategies that have worked for centuries. From John Wooden to Michael Bungay Stanier, coaches have applied tried and true techniques to get the most from those they lead. Ted honed his coaching skills with athletes from minor soccer, basketball and football. He served as a bobsleigh coach at the Olympics and has developed Olympians in a variety of sports. As a leadership coach, Ted has applied techniques to help people in leadership roles across a variety of industries. This webinar will introduce the elements of successful coaching and answer questions about how to help those you lead improve at whatever they are striving for.

Headshots – Creating your Digital Brand

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With the new age of social media, people are finding products online now more than ever. Clean headshots show your clients who they’re supporting when they choose you over the competition. Headshots put a smiling face to the company name. Smiling pictures are an easy way to make clients comfortable with your business in seconds. When someone browses your website and sees a cheerful employee, it can create a positive connection in their mind. For this session, join Jay Fisher – Halifax’s premier headshot photographer and expression coach from ‘Capture it Photography’ – to understand the importance of headshots for your business. At this session, you will learn about: What a headshot is and how it is different from other types of photography What your photo says and why do you need a headshot How to choose a photographer Preparing for the session What to expect and how to select a headshot Makin selections after the session – looking at different photos and what they say To attend this session, you must: Be an ISANS business client Have a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 5+

Computational Fluid Dynamics – Ansys Fluent

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This session provides an overview of Ansys Fluent and teaches participants how to use it to solve CFD problems. With advancements in computers and new generations of CPUs and GPUs, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is becoming an indispensable tool in many fields. Researchers and industrial design engineers are using CFD to predict and understand complex fluid flow and heat transfer problems, and to verify and optimize designs. Among open-source and commercial CFD packages, Ansys Fluent is one of the most popular commercial tools. In this workshop, you will learn how to set up a small problem and solve it in Ansys Fluent on your personal computer. The instructor will then demonstrate how to design and solve a large problem using a supercomputing cluster. No prior knowledge of Ansys Fluent is required. Participants must have a personal computer with administrative privileges to download software in order to do the exercise. This session will be delivered online. Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail). Connections details and preparation information will be shared prior to the session.

techNL Member Webinar: Ignite Technology

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Discover how you can mitigate your cyber risk and be proactive when it comes to cyber security programs. Did you know that over 21% of Canadian business reported they were impacted by a security incident that affected their business? Discover how you can mitigate your cyber risk and be proactive when it comes to cyber security programs. Join our Ignite security expert Kevin Critch, who will be sharing his knowledge on our approach to mitigate risk in the cyber world. Kevin has over 15 years of experience and helps Ignite clients to discover their needs and build long term solutions. In this webinar you’ll learn: Why Security Programs may fail The benefits of Security Programs How Security Strategies can help your business Being Resilient - Incident Response Planning Sign up today and don’t miss out on this important topic.

Configuring and Optimizing WooCommerce with Eric Leuthardt

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7:00: Zoom opens -- 7:10 Opening Remarks -- 7:15 Presentation: Configuring and Optimizing WooCommerce with Eric Leuthardt Event Details: WooCommerce is the largest and most common eCommerce plugin for WordPress. This event will be an adventure into the configuration of WooCommerce as well as some optimization tips. There will be tips and lessons learned from building numerous stores including a primer on how I configure WooCommerce for my Printful stores. Bio: Eric Leuthardt walks the line between art and technology and does it with a New York no-nonsense approach. Programming since the mid-80s and web designing since the mid-90s, he officially began working in the IT industry in 1995. Two Master's degrees later (one in Computer Information Systems and one an MBA in Technology Management), Eric launched his own tech company and specializes in IT security and supporting small businesses. He also enjoys teaching classes and speaking to groups. Leveraging his undergrad degree in Video and Music Production moonlighting as a DJ for fifteen years, he was at home both on the radio and performing at events. When he transferred his talent into photography, he knew he had found his niche. A published photographer teaching and lecturing since 2008, he […]

DeepSense Info Session

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About this event Calling all undergrads and grads in Nova Scotia! Join DeepSense and learn about our AI, machine learning, and data analysis opportunities for your future co-ops, internships or research projects. Our session will dive into how DeepSense creates student/industry partnerships, how you can use our Super Computer infrastructure to build fascinating AI models, how to gain industry experience, and how to network and grow your career in a booming sector. DeepSense supports cost-effective collaborative projects between academic researchers and businesses in the ocean economy to drive innovation, commercialization, job creation and economic growth. By making better use of data through leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, DeepSense helps develop useful predictive models, analytical prototypes, and applications for use in the ocean economy. Delivered by partners with a global reputation, DeepSense is supported by IBM, Dalhousie University, the Province of Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the Ocean Frontier Institute, and the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship.

Intro to Communitech Outposts

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Join Volta and Communitech on February 2, 2022 at 12pm AST to learn about the Communitech Outposts program and how it can help you. About this event When: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm AST Where: Virtual via Zoom (a link with log in details will be sent to you at 9:00am on Wednesday, February 2, 2022) Description: Are you ready to expand to international markets? Communitech Outposts makes it easy to hire in-market talent in more than 160 countries so you don’t have to worry about the hassle of setting up and maintaining a foreign back office. No entity, no problem. Communitech Outposts is an “Employer-of-Record” service. You do the recruiting. We do the heavy lifting. All you have to do is find your new team member, then we take care of hiring, payroll, group health benefits, severance and more through our network of in-country entities. With Communitech Outposts, you can get boots on the ground in weeks, not months. Save time and money. The exponential time and costs of establishing and managing foreign entities and local regulations is often a deterrent to entering new markets. Communitech Outposts increases your opportunity to rapidly enter new sales markets […]

Transforming the Public Sector Municipalities Edition – Powered by Tech-Savvy Women

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In this special series, forward-thinking government leaders will share their vision, digital acceleration priorities and success measures for digital service delivery. They will also be encouraged to discuss how they can work with the tech community to provide business value, identify specific opportunities for co-creation and address ways to cultivate a more effective partnership-based approach.

Manage Stress with EFT

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As a business owner, there is so much that can leave you feeling mentally exhausted, stressed, anxious, or depressed – long hours, unpredictable cash flow, significant changes in your industry, and having responsibility for your business and employees. Stress and exhaustion can affect your ability to run your business, and it can also impact your relationships with family, friends, employees, suppliers, and customers. Thankfully, there is a solution to help. You can learn to manage your stress and anxiety through the Emotion Freedom Technique (EFT). EFT is an effective skill to help you balance your emotions, based on traditional Chinese medicine theory. In this session, Tom Tian will teach you all about EFT. Tom has been a master EFT trainer for 13 years. He is a member of CAATCM (Canadian Association of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine), a TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) doctor and registered acupuncturist. He is the owner of “I Stop Pain Acupuncture Centre” in Halifax since 2007. At this session, you will learn about: What EFT is The development of EFT How to do EFT How to manage your stress and anxiety with EFT When you can do EFT The benefit of EFT for health and stress […]