Events from July 21, 2020 – August 4, 2020 – Page 21 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Tenant Talks, featuring Marie MacCormick of SEATAC

Join us every Tuesday for Tenant Talks, a new weekly web series with COVE tenants. We sit down with a new COVE member each week to discuss their company and the exciting projects and products they are working on. Marie MacCormick, SEATAC Program Director, joins us for this episode of Tenant Talks. SEATAC supports the growth of the ocean economy by providing research services to local businesses and other organizations that work in the ocean technology sector. NSCC was awarded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) funding to establish SEATAC in 2019, along with industry funding from Thales Canada and the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE). Nova Scotia's first Technology Access Centre (TAC), SEATAC helps businesses be more productive and competitive through for-fee, easy access to research expertise and technology. SEATAC's team is focused on addressing customers’ needs and collaborates with NSCC Applied Research and other NSCC departments to offer a wide array of services and expertise. SEATAC’s services include: • Mechanical design engineering and prototyping • Various types of 3D printing • Data communications and analytics • High-resolution remote sensing • Geographic information system (GIS) capabilities. Register Now

Student Wage Subsidies + Hiring Strategies in Nova Scotia

Join the conversation about how student wage subsidies can help you take your business to the next level at little to no cost. About this Event A Zoom link will be emailed to you at 10:00am day of the event.   Join the conversation about how student wage subsidies can help you take your business to the next level for little or no cost. Tim Perron: ICTC Atlantic Regional Coordinator, Margaret Schwartz : NS Department of Labour and Advanced Education Youth Outreach Coordinator, and Theresa Myra: Dalhousie University Co-op Education Coordinator, to learn about the Provincial and Federal wage subsidy opportunities to make it easier for small businesses, non-profits and startups to hire post-secondary youth into meaningful career opportunities. Key takeaways from this session will include: • How co-op students can add value to your organization • Gain an understanding of the ICTC WIL-Digital program • Provincial youth employment programs such as Graduate to Opportunity and the Co-op Education Incentive. • Find out how to match your needs with student talent Register Now

Update on the Internet for Nova Scotia Initiative in Cape Breton

Hosted by the Cape Breton Partnership, this webinar will feature a presentation and update from Deborah Page, Director of Marketing and Communications with Develop Nova Scotia on the Internet for Nova Scotia Initiative in Cape Breton. This webinar is open to the public and free to attend, however, pre-registration is required. The session will be capped at 100 participants, however, the webinar will be recorded and shared on the Cape Breton Partnership social media channels to ensure the information is accessible to all. Register Now

Intro to Customer Discovery with Katelyn Bourgoin

About The Webinar ​​​​​​​This 45-min webinar will give you a quick introduction into customer discovery. You'll learn how many of the world's fastest-growing companies use customer discovery to make better decisions and grow 2-3X faster. We believe that the customer discovery process is often overlooked but if done correctly it can yield amazing results. We want to help set you and your brilliant idea up for success. We hope to see you on Thursday, July 23 from 12:30-1:15 pm. ​​​​​​​ ​​​​ ​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​About Katelyn Bourgoin: ​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​She is a 4X founder turned growth strategist and trainer. She understands the challenges business leaders face because she's ​​​​​​​been there herself. With operational experience spanning the marketing, tech, and ​​​​​​​hospitality sectors, Katelyn has been named as an influential entrepreneur by Forbes magazine and featured in Inc., HuffPost, Bustle, CBC, CTV, Global TV and more. Katelyn is recognized as one of the " top 20 wonder women of SaaS marketing and growth" by SaaStock. Her past clients include high-growth tech startups, SMBs, business support organizations, and Fortune 500 companies like ​​​​​​​Target and Holiday Inn. Today Katelyn is the CEO of Customer Camp and helps frustrated founders, marketers, salespeople to focus on what really matters- their customers. After all, whoever gets […]

WTWT Workshop: Visioning

This visioning workshop will help you establish a clear mission, vision, and build confidence in your business plans. About this Event Join Volta and Natalie Frederick-Wilson from Centre for Women in Business on July 23 at 5:30pm for a visioning workshop. Natalie will guide participants through a visioning exercise that will help you establish a clear mission and vision, and build confidence in your plan to start and grow your business. By participating in the session, you will be able to describe your business' value proposition, articulate your vision for the future, and know what steps to take next to create or update your business plan. About the speaker: Natalie Frederick-Wilson is a former business owner, who joined the Centre for Women in Business in October 2019 with a goal to inspire women and students to go from innovative idea to startup, and beyond. She does this by connecting them to the right business advice, tools and training. Natalie holds a certificate in Business Development and in Leadership and Innovation from Dalhousie University and has extensive experience in business automation and customer service management. As an American immigrant of Afro-Caribbean descent, Natalie believes that helping others succeed is the greatest […]

Blue Economy Leadership Labs: Optimizing Opportunities with Design Thinking | Part One

Design Thinking helps navigate the unknown through cycles of creativity and critical thinking. Think of it as a superpower that allows for ideation in new markets and new purposes/applications for existing technology/products. Given the current COVID situation, and the lull it has pressed into sales cycles for several SMEs across the ocean technology industry, there is an opportunity to provide training into how your business can creatively repurpose your existing products for new markets, or retool your current production for new purposes. Join us for a two-part virtual workshop led by Doug Jones, CEO of IGNITE, and Christine Hamblin, Innovation Principal at Accenture. These online sessions will be highly customized to the ocean tech community, highlighting relevant examples of repurposed products and offering useful activities to help develop the creative and cognitive muscle. The desired outcome of the workshop is to facilitate ongoing innovation for sales optimization that will help regional companies to recover and build resilience during this unprecedented time. Part One with Doug Jones: Friday, July 24th | 10:30 am – 11:30 am Part Two with Christine Hamblin: Wednesday,. July 29th | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Register Now

ICTC CyberTitan Virtual Summer Camp

Cybersecurity is a fast growing field. Would you like to start learning the basics of how to protect your computer? This summer camp is designed for beginners to help understand how to prevent cyber attacks. The camp is designed to be hands-on, going through the basics to secure Windows and Linux based computers. On the last day, there will be a mini-competition with those participating. One week only! Seats are limited! July 27-31 starting at 9:00am each day. Camp will be held via teleconference. For Youth 12-18 years old. Participants should have DSL internet connection and Windows OS computer. Registration is free. Register Now

SEO Brunch

About this Event SEO Brunch | Event Schedule 12:30-1:00: 10-Minute SEO Audit (TBA) 1:00-1:30: Guest Speaker (TBA) 1:30-2:00: Q&A Period What is SEO Brunch? SEO Brunch is a meet-up of people who are interested in Search Engine Optimization. The community varies from professionals who have worked in the space for a long time to those new to the industry. Some regular attendees include: seasoned SEO professionals affiliate marketers who generate a large portion of their traffic and sales from organic search new-to-the-industry marketers tasked with improving their companies organic visibility business owners that want to improve traffic to their website professionals with other marketing specialties who want to align their approach to SEO those that are always curious and want to learn Webinar Details Our event will be hosted on Zoom which can be used (for free) in-browser as well as through their downloadable app. Anybody interested in joining needs to get their free ticket here & we will then send you the link to our Zoom webinar. Please join us & ask lots of questions! Register Now

Blue Economy Leadership Labs: Optimizing Opportunities with Design Thinking | Part Two

Design Thinking helps navigate the unknown through cycles of creativity and critical thinking. Think of it as a superpower that allows for ideation in new markets and new purposes/applications for existing technology/products. Given the current COVID situation, and the lull it has pressed into sales cycles for several SMEs across the ocean technology industry, there is an opportunity to provide training into how your business can creatively repurpose your existing products for new markets, or retool your current production for new purposes. Join us for a two-part virtual workshop led by Doug Jones, CEO of IGNITE, and Christine Hamblin, Innovation Principal at Accenture. These online sessions will be highly customized to the ocean tech community, highlighting relevant examples of repurposed products and offering useful activities to help develop the creative and cognitive muscle. The desired outcome of the workshop is to facilitate ongoing innovation for sales optimization that will help regional companies to recover and build resilience during this unprecedented time. Part One with Doug Jones: Friday, July 24th | 10:30 am – 11:30 am Part Two with Christine Hamblin: Wednesday, July 29th | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Register Now

Finding your way in a time of uncertainty: Informatics & the COVID-19 Hub

About this Event ~From Nova Scotia Health (Clinical) Information Management & Technology~ Nova Scotia Health (NSHA) Information Management & Technology is pleased to welcome guest speakers from NSHA's Provincial Library Services, Policy Office and Interprofessional Practice and Learning teams to share their experience about how they supported the organization's response to the pandemic through the development of the COVID-19 Hub - https://covid19hub.nshealth.ca/covid-19. Ways to Attend this Session: Join on-line via Webex - https://nsgov.webex.com/nsgov/onstage/g.php?MTID=e14df0446ca7efc98e7e1f96104e458ee If you don't have the Webex application on your desktop, please click " go here" and "run temporary application". Online password: letstalk (if joining by mobile Webex app) Phone: Canada Toll (Halifax) +1-902-706-7113 Register Now

Welcoming Workplaces

As a follow up to AVCC’s Anti-Racism and Discrimination policy, we are please to present an online facilitated presentation. “Welcoming Workplaces” will cover  what is needed to attract, hire and retain immigrant employees and what you need to know to make everyone feel safe, comfortable and welcomed!  Learn how your own Workplace Culture is an overlooked amazing opportunity to become a magnet for enthusiastic and dedicated employees. Covering hiring to “fit in” vs how to hire to “contribute to” and the overlooked skills sets and the actions needed to make your workplace more welcoming. Register Now

Ocean Startup Challenge Info Session

About this Event Do you have questions about your Ocean Startup Challenge application? Drop in to our virtual info session to learn more about the Challenge and have your questions answered. We’ll share details about upcoming training opportunities and tips to help you submit a strong application. About the Ocean Startup Challenge We're looking for innovators and entrepreneurs from rural, Indigenous and urban communities across Canada, and internationally, who are working on solutions to ocean industry challenges. Don’t miss out on the projected $3-trillion ocean economy! If you have ever wanted to solve big problems and make a lasting impact, now is your chance to take the leap into ocean entrepreneurship. There has never been a better time to take advantage of all the opportunities and resources available in the ocean sector. With the world's longest coastline, globally renowned research facilities and experts, government programs and supports, initiatives like Canada’s Ocean Supercluster and a steady flow of talent, Canada is the right place to start or grow a successful ocean tech company. We want to help you and your company (or venture-to-be) become Canada's next ocean tech success! Register Now