Past Events from November 15, 2022 – November 19, 2022 – Page 3 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Smarter, Smartphone Photography

448 Main Street 448 Main Street, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Instructor: Bridget Havercroft, In collaboration with the Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce Course Length: 4 hours Workshop Description: The What, the How, The Why, The WOW! Learn how to get the most of your smartphone to capture great pictures that showcase your products, experiences, or accommodations. Photographer Bridget Havercroft will share her best practices and photography’s key ingredients, Aperture, ISO, Shutter Speed, and Composition, to capture and edit photos you’ll WANT to use to promote your business or share beautiful pictures with family and friends. In this workshop, Bridget will walk you through the basics of your device’s camera, we’ll cover tips and techniques for capturing beautiful images using your device’s built-in features, as well as cover postproduction editing using 2 leading photo editing apps guaranteed to make your images pop! If you’re an entrepreneur, marketing yourself, or just want to learn how to take better pictures using your smartphone, this workshop is for you. Cost: $125 + tax (includes nibbles)  

Building Effective Health Products with Human-Centered Design

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

About this event When: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm ADT Where: Volta, 1505 Barrington St, Unit 100, Mezzanine Classroom, Halifax, NS, B3J 3K5 Description: Hear from Reuben Hall the CEO at Mind Sea. Design isn’t just about making products look good. It’s about making products that work well for the users of those products, enabling them to achieve their goals. This is particularly true in today’s highly competitive digital health space. In this session, MindSea will share their ideas and approaches for creating effective and successful digital products. The session will focus on: The current state of the digital HealthTech space (as we see it) The importance of quality Apps for the HealthTech space What is Human-Centered Design Thinking, and how can it help users An end-to-end walkthrough of how great Apps are designed Practical techniques anyone can use to make their products better This event is brought to you by MindSea and Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub. NOTE: By attending this event, you agree to be photographed and/or filmed, and give permission to Volta, Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub and MindSea to use your image in promotional and/or marketing materials. NOTE: If you're unable to attend […]

Dal Innovates X Volta Open House

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

About this event You're invited! Join Volta and Dal Innovates on Tuesday, November 15th for our open house. Meet program participants and alumni, and learn what is on the horizon for our organizations and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Atlantic Canada. All are welcome to attend, food and refreshments will be offered. NOTE: By attending this event, you agree to be photographed and/or filmed, and give permission to Volta, Dal Innovates and Dalhousie University to use your image in promotional and/or marketing materials. NOTE: If you're unable to attend any of our events please take a minute and cancel your ticket. This allows our events team to better prepare for every event.

Atlantic Tech Summit

Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane 5657 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

On November 16th, Atlantic Canada's premier technology conference returns. The Atlantic Tech Summit will welcome technology leaders, industry disruptors and tech workers from across our 4 Atlantic provinces and beyond. Their theme this year is "Fuelling your Digital Acceleration”. Join in person or online using their virtual event app, as the regions leaders share their insights and experiences from the past 12 months as well as their thoughts on what's coming next. Exciting sessions will include topics on the following: Digital Acceleration - The Human Factors Quantum Computing - Practical Applications for Business CIO Panel - Top tech leaders from across the region Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in technology Evolution of the Digital Workspace Fireside conversations with tech leaders and much more Meet and network with some of Canada's top tech companies and fellow attendees both in person and online via their digital app. DNS Members can use Discount Code "DNS22" for 20% off!

$86.57

Reverse Trade Show for Atlantic Small Businesses

Nova Scotia, Canada

About this event Calling all business owners in Atlantic Canada, are you looking to sell your goods or services to government? The Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC) – Atlantic Region, in collaboration with the Department of National Defense (DND), invites all small and diverse businesses to the Reverse Trade Show on Wednesday, November 16 Kenneth C. Rowe Hall at Pier 21 (1055 Marginal Road, Halifax). During this bilingual event you will get a chance to meet with buyers from multiple federal, provincial and municipal governments and learn what types of goods and services they purchase. Buyers will host booths and explain how you can become involved in selling to the public sector. This Reverse Trade Show is an efficient way to market your goods and services to many government buyers in just a few hours.  

Third Wednesday – November 2022

The Cannery 1980 Robie St, Halifax, Nova Scotia

November's Halifax Third Wednesday tech/media/marketing meetup is Wednesday, November 19th from 5-7:30pm. We’ll have our 30-sec intro/opportunity spots, networking, and lots of cool peeps from the Halifax tech community!

Halihax November Event brought to you by HFX.js

Wattpad 1877 Hollis St, Halifax

About this event We wanted a community where developers and designers of all skill-levels and interests could come together and freely discuss everything front-end. So we made it, it's called HFX.js. Are you into the latest design trends? Great! Do you want to share and hear about all things JavaScript? Perfect! This event will have three speakers with varying backgrounds discussing front-end, and web tech. We encourage students, hobbyist, and professionals alike to come and join in creating the most open, and inclusive front-end community we can! This event will be held at the Wattpad offices in downtown Kjipuktuk (Halifax). There will be snacks and drinks for everyone Our Speakers Ronan Driscoll, Senior Platform Engineer @ Wattpad Ronan O'Driscoll has lived and worked in a number of places: Dublin, Chicago and Japan. He currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia with his family. A software engineer for many years, he was doing full-stack programming before the word stack existed. He has also written two novels: Chief O'Neill, published in Ireland by Somerville Press and Poor Farm, published in Canada by Moose House Press. He currently works at Wattpad, the online novel sharing platform. Allan Lavell, Director @ ThinkRad Studios Creativity. Computation. […]

$11.62

Lunch & Learn with Dashboard Marketing

IGNITE Labs Yarmouth 208 Main St, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

About this event Why the %$#& do I need to worry about marketing? If you aren’t thinking about or planning to add marketing to your overarching strategy, your business will fail. If you’re executing marketing tactics without a strategy, your business will stall and stagnate. If you aren’t tracking and reacting to your marketing efforts, you’re wasting money. This workshop will be a no-nonsense discussion around marketing, and offer attendees a guideline to develop an effective, impactful, and results driven marketing strategy that can evolve with the growth of any business. We will dive into how important marketing is to the success of all areas of your organization; how it is ingrained in both acquisition and retention approaches; and how to recognize and react to both success and/or failure. We will explore 3 key components of any successful marketing strategy – brand, customer and category. Each extremely important, and something every organization needs to continually focus on. We will also offer insight, advice and a framework to help build, expand or rework anyone’s marketing strategy. Companies or community groups – be it startups, early stage to well-established – will benefit from this fresh, frank and unique perspective. In this 1 […]

BNI Maritimes – Speed Networking (St. Margaret’s Bay)

St. Margaret's Bay Community Enterprise Centre, Unit 1 5229 St. Margaret’s Bay Road Upper Tantallon, Peggy’s Cove Road, Nova Scotia, Canada

St. Margaret's Bay Community Enterprise Centre, Unit 1 5229 St. Margaret’s Bay Road Upper Tantallon, crossroads of St. Margaret’s Bay Road and Peggy’s Cove Road Halifax, NS, B3Z 4R9 SPEED NETWORKING! Connect with local professionals and build stronger, more meaningful business relationship at our FREE Speed Networking event! According to HubSpot, nearly 100% of professionals believe that face-to-face meetings are crucial to keeping long-term business relationships. This event is hosted by: CBDC Bluewater, St. Margaret’s Bay Chamber of Commerce, Ulnooweg, Black Business Initiative, SMBCEC & BNI Maritimes Details: When: Thursday, November 17th, 2022, 6:00-8:00pm *Bring your business cards & info* Free to attend Contact information: Dalene Allen dalene@bnimairimes.com

Sobey School of Business’s 4th Annual Responsible Leadership Event

Saint Mary's University 923 Robie St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

The 4th Annual Responsible Leadership event is on Friday, November 18 2022 at 9 a.m. AST and it will be in-person in Halifax. The theme is Digital Future: Ethics, Integrity, and Values. It is Saint Mary’s University’s goal to create community and dialogue around data ethics, digital citizenship, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in support of the Sobey School’s commitment to PRME and our new Master of Business Analytics (MBAN) program. Keynote speaker Juliette Powell is a consultant, researcher, and speaker whose expertise lies at the intersection of technology, business and ethics. Juliette advises large companies on the accelerating change that is underway due to AI-enabled technological innovation coupled with shifting social dynamics and heightened global competition. Her keynote will focus on AI leadership and how the digital transformation can coexist with ethical data sharing and analytics in business, education, transportation, banking, mobile, retail, and social gaming. The panel discussion “Data Analytics as Climate Action” will focus the conversation on the potential for big data and AI to advance an organization’s climate action goals. Panelists from the agriculture, transportation and energy sectors will participate. Dr. Wendy Carroll, a Sobey School professor, whose scholarly activity sits at the intersection of […]

Hoist North Preston: Design Thinking

North Preston Community Centre 44 Simmonds Road, North Preston, Nova Scotia

About this event When: Saturday, November 19, 2022 from 12:30pm to 2:00pm Where: North Preston Community Centre, Multipurpose Room, 44 Simmonds Road, North Preston, NS What is Hoist? Hoist sessions are led by industry experts and are designed to help teens explore and expand their interests in technology and entrepreneurship. Workshops develop skills in areas like design, coding, game development, and much more. Hoist sessions take place one Saturday a month (with the exception of July, August and December) and are targeted for teens ages 12 to 19. Topics change each month and are based on current trends, as well as the needs and interests of Hoist participants. This helps make each session unique and fun for the participants. November's Topic: Design Thinking During this fun and interactive session we will work together and go through the design thinking process. Entrepreneurs use design thinking for solving problems to help best understand what their customers are looking for. What Happens at Hoist? Lunch A healthy light lunch will be provided. Should there be any dietary restrictions or food allergies please let us know when registering and we will do our best to accommodate. Learn At the beginning of the session the […]