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Virtual Chamber 101

Get the MOST out of your Halifax Chamber of Commerce Membership! Join us for an online information session with Cindy Mann, our Member Services and Business Development Specialist, to learn more about how you can leverage your Chamber membership to save money, gain exposure, make connections, and drive change. We're in Your Corner: Save your company and employees money through our Affinity Partners Gain local exposure in our Business Voice publication and E-Newsletter Make valuable business connections networking at over 100 Events each year Drive change in our community through our Advocacy and Policy initiatives Register Now

The Four P’s of Winning Organizations

The Secret Sauce Ever look at a competitor or similar organization and wonder what their secret sauce is? If you could peek behind the curtains of these winning organizations, you’d find some consistencies. Their success didn’t occur by happenstance, it’s a result of a finely tuned Operational Management System at their organization’s core. In our work as consultants, we’ve spoken to countless smart, strategic-thinking leaders who have expressed that they are spending too much time working IN the business and not enough time working ON the business. The Four P's Every organization has an Operational Management System but to achieve optimal performance, this system must be centred around the integration of the four P's: Purpose, People, Process, and Problem Identification/Solving. Think of these as ingredients in your recipe for success. If you’re missing any one of these key ingredients, things are not going to turn out as you’d hoped. If you’re ready to learn what the secret sauce is for success, tune in to Barrington OPS’s next webinar on Wednesday, June 17th at 12:00pm (AST), where we’ll be talking about the Four P's of Winning Organizations. Register Now

Culture in the Age of COVID-19

Culture is at the core of a company's ability to adapt, especially in times of chaos. In the age of COVID-19, companies the world over are being tested like never before. From the very beginning, Shopify has built an intentional culture rooted in an ability to thrive on change. This unique and carefully fostered culture has contributed to the company's success in helping entrepreneurs in all corners of the globe start their own businesses and reach for independence. It's also made the company one of Canada's most respected employers. This webinar will explore the origins of Shopify's culture and how those cultural attributes are enabling it to navigate through the changes associated with COVID-19. Presented By: Catherine Hughes, Director, Talent at Shopify Catherine Hughes is a Director of Talent at Shopify. In her role, she leads Shopify’s internal communications function with a focus on connecting the context, beliefs, and behaviours that define Shopify’s unique culture. From being merchant obsessed, to thriving on change, Shopify has built a company culture rooted in a commitment to continuous growth and development, anti-fragility, and an ability to adapt and emerge stronger from chaos. Catherine brings over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of communications, […]

Virtual Health Challenge Pitch Event #1: Cancer Care

Building on the exciting new partnership between Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), QEII Foundation, BioNova, ACOA and Volta, the Health Challenge Pitch Event Series will showcase medtech companies with disruptive technologies and/or services that align with a major priority of the province’s health care system. This series of pitch events (five in total) will focus on priorities identified by NSHA; companies in the medtech space will be tasked with presenting their technologies as a means of solving these priorities. The goal is to provide market validation for these medtech startups and provide an opportunity for NSHA to consider adopting these new innovations. The first Health Challenge Pitch event on Friday, June 19, 2020 will focus on cancer care. Medtech companies are invited to apply, and those selected will present how their technology and/or service will solve the identified priority. The judging panel will be comprised of experts as identified by NSHA and other partners. The winning company will receive $100,000 and their innovative technology will be considered for adoption by the NSHA. Event Schedule: 12:00pm to 1:40pm: Eight medtech companies pitch (Seven minute presentation + three-minute Q&A) 1:40pm to 2:00pm: Judge Deliberation + Winner Announced Companies interested in applying to […]

Delivering Under Pressure

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson is one of the UK’s most successful athletes. She has spent her career working under pressure, whether competing as a professional athlete or working in politics. She is the most decorated Paralympian in the world and one of the subjects in Alastair Campbell’s book, Winners and How They Succeed. In this interview, Tanni will share how she managed to cope with the stress of expectations and become a global ambassador for disability sport. Register Now

A Website That Works For Search Engines And People

This is the third session in a series of foundational digital marketing lunch and learns provided by IGNITE and Digital Nova Scotia. Your website isn’t an ‘online brochure’. It’s your sales, marketing and customer service teams all rolled into one. But how do we insure people find your business when they’re not familiar with your brand? What are the things we can do that makes it easier to be found by search engines, but also understood by people? In this session, Alison K will cover: Search Engine Optimization: what it is and how to apply it to your site now Google My Business page: why you need it and how to set up a great listing Register Now   About Alison Knott Alison K (Alison Knott) is an international creative tech speaker who is passionate about the intersection of the web, creativity, and business. Drawing from over ten years of experience through consulting and teaching, Alison helps small business owners turn website woes into wins. Audiences of her sessions walk away with the knowledge, direction and confidence to reach their goals. All through humour and a welcomed absence of tech jargon. In addition to public speaking, Alison has held teaching […]

Entrepreneurial Session

In these sessions, we will facilitate discussions, answer questions, provide insight and helpful advice on entrepreneurship and innovation. About this Event This Friday, at 4pm, ShiftKey Labs’ director Akram Al-Otumi is leading our first virtual entrepreneurial session! In these sessions, we will facilitate discussions, answer questions, provide insight and helpful advice on entrepreneurship and innovation. We can also help you find mentors, and find the right path to execute your idea successfully! If you’re interested, please register online to receive your Zoom link. Register Now

Global Affairs

Webinar: Canadian Technology Accelerator

About this Event Join us for a webinar on the Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) program designed for Canadian tech companies looking to tackle the Silicon Valley market in 2020. Speakers include: Yaa-Hemaa Obiri-Yeboah, Canadian Trade Commissioner , Vancouver Thierry Lu, CTA Program Manager, Palo Alto Jonathan Lowenhar, Founder of Enjoy the Work, Silicon Valley Topics covered Introductions Canadian Trade Commissioner Service offer to Canadian businesses Overview of current dynamics in Silicon Valley in the wake of Covid, particularly the ICT / digital sector Overview of the CTA Digital Disrupted Program in Silicon Valley: how we work with Canadian companies and key dates Q&A REGISTER The CTA Program in Silicon Valley The CTA in Silicon Valley helps early stage Canadian technology startups and SMEs access the region’s unique resources to achieve business objectives such as acquiring clients, establishing strategic partnerships and fundraising. The program will prepare selected companies to gain exposure at a globally recognized conference: TechCrunch Disrupt*. The whole program will take place from July 27 - Sept 18, 2020. Who should apply The ideal startup should already have raised some funding (think Seed) and be prepared to raise a Series A round when applying for the program. Startups and SMEs with a […]

Halifax Partnership Virtual Event: Reopening Halifax’s Economy

As COVID-19 swept across our city, we all responded to stay safe and minimize the spread of the virus. The economic impacts have been severe, and Halifax Partnership and Halifax Regional Municipality have been working with partners across the city to develop and implement Halifax’s Economic Response and Recovery Plan. Join us to discuss Halifax’s economic recovery as we chart a path forward for a stronger, more resilient city. Register Now

Einstein Engagement Frequency & Engagement Scoring

Part 1 of 4 part webinar series: Master Einstein for Salesforce Marketing Cloud In this webinar series, you will learn how to quickly get started using Einstein for Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and how you can use this integrated AI toolset to increase your marketing impact, enhance customer segmentation and build highly personalized cross-channel experiences. Register Now

Angular Meetup @ Home

After a brief COVID hiatus, we’re happy to have secured the date for our first virtual Angular Meetup on June 23. The event will kick off at 6 with some fun Angular-esque trivia and the chance to win a Pluralsight gift card. There will be a series of breakout sessions throughout the event. We’d like to make sure these are tailored towards the needs of the community, so please let us know what types of sessions interest you here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNXcHHbQr1fSvQUmhFjVicigW6wkNN5zL_K9hGgODGWPjdaw/viewform We are also excited to announce two confirmed presenters: Aravind, a Haligonian living in Vancouver and REDspace’s Director of Client Engineering, Andrew Hamilton. We still have a couple tricks up our sleeve so join us on the 23rd to find out what they are. More details to come. Last but not least, we don’t want to limit the great conversations to the events only so we have joined forces with the Halifax ReactJS Meetup and have created a shared Slack organization “Halifax Dev Meetups”. Join us here to talk all things tech: https://halifaxdevmeetups.slack.com/ Schedule 6:00-6:15: Trivia 6:15-6:45: Angular Fire 6:45-7:15: Breakout sessions 7:15-7:45: Unit Testing Angular Applications with NgRx 7:45-8:00: Closing remarks About the sessions: Angular Fire: Andrew will walk […]

Implementing Lean Activity Based Planning for Business Process Improvement

A 1-day workshop on how to integrate Lean and Activity-Based Planning to strengthen business process improvement initiatives About this Event This one-day online workshop (delivered on 2 successive mornings) covers the basics of Lean and Activity-Based Planning (ABP) and how they can be merged into a comprehensive approach for business modeling, resource management and process improvement. Following the Lean Six Sigma DMAIC approach, combining Lean and ABP offer a means to: Define – understand the problem(s) within the processes and conduct a strategic and operational assessment to determine the best opportunities for business process improvements and utilize a proven methodology to tackle them Measure – recognize non-value-added activities within a process and how to collect and validate operational, financial, and performance data to model current and future state processes Analyze – evaluate model results and explore operational and financial relationship to help recognize root causes for waste (non-value-added work) and other process problems Improve – identify process improvement ideas and test/evaluate potential solutions to assess the impact on throughput, quality, resources, costs and profitability Control – develop strategies to sustain a Lean-ABP program and move towards a continuous improvement culture through understanding leading performance and quality indicators Workshop Dates/Times: Wednesday, […]