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About this event It's been a long time since we've been able to connect with the community in person. We had to scrap our social event in September so let's make this a great one! Join us for some lightning talks on the topic of "what was the last thing you broke" hear from our community members as they recount the last thing they broke and how they were able to fix it. Database lost in production? Large scale bug deployed? Blew a budget? Plenty can go wrong! This will be a fun social event and we can't wait to see you all there! This event will be hosted at The Good Robot Brewing Company with snacks and refreshments provided by Halihax, and our sponsors.
What we're about UX Salon Halifax is a group that gathers to inspire and entertain one another. Join us if you're interested in collaborating with others and contributing to ideas on User Experience and Design. What is a Salon? A salon is a regular gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held to increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation.
Join us to learn more about How To Stand Out As A Coop Student and hear some tips on improving your Resume, Portfolios and LinkedIn Profiles
As Nova Scotia approaches the one-million population mark, the city looks and feels much different than it did a decade ago. We are achieving sustainable, progressive growth, creating new opportunities for young people and attracting more people from more places to Halifax. Together with our partners at Halifax Chamber of Commerce, we invite you to hear Mayor Mike Savage address the challenges and opportunities of growth in Halifax.
Hosted by the Cape Breton Regional Chamber of Commerce, Advantage is a full day of inspiration and empowerment for women, by women working in or for businesses on Cape Breton Island. Advantage is presented by Scotiabank. Advantage Women’s Empowerment Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Sydney Waterfront on April 29,2022. The doors will open at 8:30 am and the events starts at 9:30 am and runs until 5 pm where it will be followed with a cocktail hour.
About this event Halifax Port Authority, PSA Halifax, COVE and DeepSense are are hosting the third Ocean Data Challenge. This free event will kick off on Monday, May 2nd at 4pm ADT with an introduction to the Challenge, presentations from experts, and the chance to ask questions to help idea exploration. Participants submit their video presentation on Monday, May 16th and the winners are announced on Friday, May 20th. Recently PSA Halifax acquired the Fairview Cove container terminal, and now owns both the Fairview Cove and the Atlantic Hub container terminals in Halifax, making our port unified like few others. The Port of Halifax now has one terminal operator, one railroad operator, and one port authority. This change helps Halifax become a One Port City and will create new opportunities for our community. This Data Challenge will invite participants to imagine new ways to drive port efficiency and sustainability, and to help us better understand and communicate the benefits of being a single container terminal operator port. We are inviting students at post-secondary institutions across Atlantic Canada to use ocean data to examine how we can drive urban port sustainability through this Challenge. The challenge is broken down into three […]
Time to get back to business! Tourism Operators start preparing for the return of travel at this insightful one-day workshop. About this event Join Yarmouth and Acadian Shores Tourism Association, Ignite Atlantic, the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia, and Tourism Nova Scotia to learn how to create and promote travel packages and experiences, and raise awareness of your business. Participants will have an opportunity for one-on-one experience coaching and can enter their experience idea in Ignite Atlantic’s Pitch Competition, with prizes to be won! Lunch provided. In this workshop, we will share: Insights about traveller preferences from Tourism Nova Scotia's market research Best practices for creating and delivering experiences and packages Marketing tactics to help grow your business Tourism updates from your region Presenters include: Melanie Lowe, Tourism Development Advisor at Tourism Nova Scotia Lisa Dahr, Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia Malcolm Seaboyer, Yarmouth and Acadian Shores Tourism Association
In this 60 minute webinar, join Roman3 and identify some of the warning signs of presenteeism, address the cost and impact of presenteeism and burnout as well as speak to the damaging workplace culture that enables it. Remember, you are always promoting a workplace culture, make sure you are choosing to promote the one you intend. We will also look to engage conversations and input from the participants and use as many real-life examples to ensure that all information is practical and meaningful to everyone in attendance. After this webinar you will: Understand the warning signs of burnout Learn the real cost and impact of presenteeism and burnout Identify how you can address the factors of the workplace that cause employee burnout
Do you want to get into the tech industry? Considering a career change? Tech sales is an incredible opportunity for you to consider - great pay, benefits, and lots of personal growth. If you want to figure out how to get in, join us for this webinar! Volley and QueerTech have partnered to bring you ‘Queering Tech Sales’ where you’ll hear from fellow queers working in tech sales on how they got in, why they love it, and what steps you can take.
Allison Smith is a photographer & social media coach. She shares actionable methods to create photo galleries and content strategies that level up your brand visibility. Get away from stock photos with DIY flatlay photos that showcase your products or services. Take away the overwhelm and understand the workflow of a social media post that consists of scroll stopping images, a caption that tells your story, and offers a call to action.
This workshop will be a hands-on introduction to the FORTRAN programming language. Prerequisites: Familiarity with another programming language Fortran, one of the initial high-level programming languages, continues to be an excellent option for high-performance computing due to its superb performance. The newer versions offer many modern features, including object-oriented programming capabilities to programmers. This course will cover some of these features. The session will take place on: Wednesday, May 4th - 12:00pm - 4:00pm (Atlantic time) You need to have a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you will need to pre-load specific software packages. Participants must register using their institutional / organizational email address (not a personal email, ie. gmail) Instructions for how to join will be sent out one day prior to the start of the event.
