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Social Media Decisions that Work Every Time!

This FREE 5-day learning event will teach you the most effective way to develop your social media strategy so you can show up with authority and connect with your audience. Learn how to make decisions about your social media that work for you... EVERY SINGLE TIME. Find your audience. Choose your priorities. Create a consistent presence. All actionable. No fluff. You'll walk away with a solid blueprint for your social media. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 […]

Preparing to Reopen Cape Breton: Products and Services

As part of the Cape Breton Partnership’s Helping Businesses Respond During COVID-19 webinar series, the next session is scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, 2020. The Preparing to Reopen Cape Breton: Products and Services session will explore the products and services available locally to help Cape Breton businesses prepare to reopen, as well as those to consider once they are open again. Webinar details are below: • Topic: Preparing to Reopen Cape Breton: Products and Services • Subject matter experts: o Danielle Johnston, City Print + o Curtis Dolhanty, ServiceMaster Cape Breton • Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 • Time: 2 p.m. The session will be capped at 100 participants, however, the webinar will be recorded and shared on the Cape Breton Partnership website and social media channels to ensure the information is accessible to all. In an effort to support Cape Breton – Unama’ki businesses during the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Cape Breton Partnership is hosting Helping Businesses Respond During COVID-19, a webinar series on topics identified by our business community. The Cape Breton Partnership is planning additional sessions in the coming weeks on a variety of topics. Future webinar sessions will be shared once details are confirmed. Register Now

ACENET: Parallel Computing School

This school is normally done in-person over 3.5 days. We have converted it to an online format that will take place twice a week for two hours eachover the course of six weeks, as follows: 2 June, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 4 June, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 9 June, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 11 June, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 16 June, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 18 June, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 23 June, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 25 June, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 30 June, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 2 July, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 7 July, 2:00-4pm Atlantic 9 July, 2:00-4pm Atlantic The school seeks to educate participants in some tools and techniques used in high-performance computing and scientific computation. Topics will include general parallel computing, Dask, Machine Learning by example, OpenMP, GPGPU, and Message Passing Interface (MPI). Each two-hour session will include a lecture and learning exercises. Participants will be provided take-home exercises to prepare for the next session. These will be oriented to those learners seeking a more advanced experience. There will be online office hours between each session so participants can ask questions about the content or the exercises. The course is aimed at researchers and innovators, both academic and industrial. The background expected is typically that of a graduate student, although both advanced undergraduates and […]

Navigating COVID-19: Bring About What You Think About with Eddie Lemoine

Using the Pandemic to your Advantage Based on Eddie's best-selling book of the same name, this webinar is life-changing and always a hit with audience members. Many people will look back at this time of social distancing as a gift, a time to hit the reset button. Eddie will share ways to leverage this time to achieve goals in both your personal and professional life. Participants are guided through a path to help them understand how changing the way they think can have a profound impact on their future. You will discover that by focusing your attention and your emotions in the right direction, you will come out of this pandemic stronger and happier. Webinar participants will discover: The one statement that can change the direction of your life The role your emotions play on your success (especially during this time of COVID-19) The three steps to setting goals that stick Two ways to accelerate your success You will leave this session feeling energized and enthusiastic about your future. Register Now

Remote Selling with Empathy

In this webinar, the founder of Base Over Apex, Paul Watts, will address the appropriate way to be selling right now (whether you are an essential service or not). He will talk about the current climate, recognizing how our attitudes are affected by the stresses that we are all under right now and understanding that now, more so than ever before, is a time for us to be building our emotional intelligence muscles. He will discuss the importance of checking in with your customers during these challenging times (and we mean really checking in) and how to build a cadence of communication (cell, text, social and virtual). Also covered in this webinar is the importance of being visible, valuable and remaining connected on social media right now and how to protect your brand and that of your organization. What will be covered in the webinar: Current Climate Being Mindful of your Attitude Build Your Emotional Intelligence Muscle Really Checking-In with your colleagues, customers and prospects Building a cadence of communication Social Media is your friend and foe. Visible, Valuable and Connected Next Steps SPEAKER: PAUL WATTS CSL, CSP, CSE, SCPS In his 20+ Years B2B Sales and Sales Management experience, Paul received numerous […]

Mental Health & Productivity: Working in Today’s World

There is no doubt that times are challenging , not just for organizations but for people. As some organizations prepare to reopen there is a new layer of uncertainly that can cause stress being added to employees. To address this, Barrington OPS Is taking a different approach to our weekly webinar. We’ve partnered with Sue Mercer, a Mental Health specialist, to discuss the current situation, what it means for our mental health, how we can take care of ourselves and how we can help each other. Register Now

Is UX Certification right for you?

Is UX certification right for you? Find out at our live online interactive session. UX alliance certification is internationally recognized, competitively priced, and flexible. We offer three levels of remote user experience (UX) Certification - Adoption, Execution and Leadership. Adoption covers the fundamentals, explaining what UX and human centered design is all about, and how to apply it. Execution focuses on how to integrate UX and HCD into your projects, from strategy through to evaluation. Leadership is geared to the manager or senior UX practitioner who leads a team, wants to do design thinking and service design, and wants to build a strong team and great products/services. Sign up to join Alasdair Stuart-Bell from Jumping Elephants on June 3rd for a free 60 minute Lunch & Learn/Webinar to hear about UX, the UX alliance certification, and if it is right for you. About the presenter: Alasdair is the Lead of the Human Centered Research and Design practice at Jumping Elephants, a small, but mighty, consulting firm located in Ottawa. After completing a B.A. in Political Science at McGill and an MBA at Dalhousie, he started working at the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1999. Since that time he has designed […]

Reactivating your Business Safely Webinar

The Strait Area Chamber of Commerce and Cape Breton Partnership are partnering to offer a webinar to help businesses understand what they need to do in order to keep their staff, customers and themselves safe during the reopening of the Nova Scotia economy. Speakers: - Don Martell, owner and operator of Strait Area Safety Services - Marc Andre LaVoie, leader and founder of Risk Marcker Incorporated Presenters will provide details on Occupational Health & Safety legislation and how it applies during COVID-19, the roles and responsibilities of employers, give you examples of innovative ways you can address the challenge in your workplace, leave you with a greater understanding of how COVID can spread and be better prepared to act on preventative measures. The session will be capped at 100 participants, however, the webinar will be recorded and shared on the Cape Breton Partnership website and social media channels to ensure the information is accessible to all. Register Now

Design Thinking for Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning

Design Thinking for Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning Online Workshop This event will be held on two dates: Thu, June 4, 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM ADT Wed, June 10, 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM ADT   This highly interactive and hands-on workshop offers a deep dive into AI, machine learning, and other emerging technologies targeted at leaders responsible for creating disruptive new digital products & services. The program is intended for those with or without a strong background in machine learning, AI, and related technologies – no technical expertise is assumed. Participants can expect to walk away with a comprehensive understanding of how AI and machine learning work, as core technologies and a wide range of applications, including recommendation engines, personalization, predictive analytics, conversational/voice interfaces, and process automation. An overview of ethical or responsible AI frameworks will wrap up the workshop, to ensure that participants are equipped with the skills to think about how data bias, training scenarios and other factors can impact outcomes. Problem reframing methods, confusion matrices, error recovery optimization frameworks, and AI-focused ideation methods will all be introduced throughout the workshop. If you are a part of an underrepresented group and would like to attend this […]

Navigating COVID-19: How to Use Scenario Planning to Deal with Uncertainty

Join Innovation, Learning & Leadership Specialist Laurie Cook of Chutzpah Consulting to learn how to become more proactive instead of reactive in dealing with Covid-19.  This interactive, online workshop will show you how to not just use Scenario Planning on your own, but also how you could involve other people on your leadership team, your employees and other stakeholders in helping you to innovate in a way so you can not just survive, but thrive. If there is one thing we can count on, it is that the world is a complex and chaotic place.  Covid-19 has just made it more so. Organizations that want to move beyond the shock and a day-to-day mindset of struggle related to Covid-19 will find Scenario Planning a very useful tool to help them do that. In this uniquely interactive session, you will learn: What Scenario Planning is all about The key components of scenario planning How to use a very simple but practical approach to doing scenario planning What kind of questions to ask, yourself and others, to move forward in a positive way How to think about your true purpose and focus on that Register Now

Winning in a Crisis

Alastair Campbell’s frontline experience as Tony Blair’s chief spokesperson and strategist during 9/11 and the war in Iraq has made him an expert in communicating and leading during a crisis. In his bestseller, Winners and How They Succeed, Alastair examines winning tactics and other insights that have made him a sought-after strategic advisor in all sectors. You’ll leave this session with tips from Alastair your company can use right away. Register Now

Reopening Cape Breton with Nova Scotia’s Safety Branch

As part of the Cape Breton Partnership’s Helping Businesses Respond During COVID-19 webinar series, the next session is scheduled for Friday, June 5, 2020. Reopening Cape Breton with Nova Scotia’s Safety Branch session will discuss the role of the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education’s Safety Branch, how the Public Health direction helps guide the reopening of businesses, and what businesses need to think about as they develop their plans to reopen. Webinar details are below: Topic: Reopening Cape Breton with Nova Scotia’s Safety Branch Subject matter expert: • Christine Penney, Senior Executive Director, Nova Scotia Department of Labour & Advanced Education, Safety Branch The session will be capped at 100 participants, however, the webinar will be recorded and shared on the Cape Breton Partnership website and social media channels to ensure the information is accessible to all. In an effort to support Cape Breton – Unama’ki businesses during the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Cape Breton Partnership is hosting Helping Businesses Respond During COVID-19, a webinar series on topics identified by our business community. The Cape Breton Partnership is planning additional sessions in the coming weeks on a variety of topics. Future webinar sessions will be shared once […]