Free game industry social night at The Oxford Taproom in Halifax! It's time to hang out and meet other game industry folk in-person at The Oxford Taproom! Come meet your fellow game devs and help grow the industry in Nova Scotia! Date and time Thu, 29 September 2022, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM ADT Location The Oxford Taproom 6418 Quinpool Rd Halifax, NS B3L 1A8
Details Please note that this is a hybrid event. This registration is for in-person event at Volta in downtown Halifax only - please see the online event to RSVP if you're attending online only: https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-halifax/events/288477946/ . 7:00: Room opens 7:15: Introduction to WordPress Multisite - speaker is online and will be streamed to us live in the room. What Ken will cover: What is Multisite? (Software Architecture) Hosting and Business Considerations (Pros & Cons) Setting It Up Domain Mapping Must-Have Plugins Q&A Bio: Ken Stuczynski, owner of Kentropolis Internet Community (1998-present), provides hosting, design, registrar, and web consultation services to individuals, community organizations, and businesses. His core competency is Wordpress and primarily uses a Divi theme framework, as well as running multiple WPMU (WordPress MultiUser) sites for many years. 8:00: We will be splitting off from the online event for the "Happy Hour" in person while we split into groups and have discussions and get questions answered. 9:00: Meetup Ends
Join NASA & problem-solvers around the world to create your own projects addressing challenges facing Earth & space. NASA is calling people from around the globe to join the NASA Space Apps Challenge this Oct 1-2! Join NASA and problem-solvers around the world to create your own projects addressing challenges facing Earth & space. This year Space Apps celebrates their theme of #MakeSpace by creating an inclusive and diverse #SpaceApps community. Participants from around the world are welcomed regardless of background and experience to create, explore, learn, and build together.
Our signature event is back with the exciting roster of keynote speakers, presenters and networking opportunities you've come to expect and enjoy. We are pleased to announce the impressive program for the 2022 PEIBWA Symposium: 2022 Keynote Speaker | 9:00-10:15 am Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa Chika Stacy Oriuwa is a Canadian physician, spoken word artist, and advocate against systemic racism in health care. Concurrent Session One | 10:30-11:15 am Mentorship as a Strategy for Success, featuring Chantal Brine, CEO at EnPoint The Future of Our Changing Workplace - panel discussion including Sarah Mullins from UpTree HR , Chastity Smith from The Inn at Bay Fortune and Tracey D'Aviero from the Canadian Association of Virtual Assistants. Luncheon Keynote Presentation | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm "A Report Card on Rural Innovation" featuring Canadian Rural Futurist Ashleigh Weeden Concurrent Session Two | 12:45 - 1:45 pm Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - discussion with Kiersten Mohr from Terra Firma. Sandpipers Session - Women as Investors Concurrent Session Three | 2:00 - 3:00 pm Women excelling in STEM and skilled trades, featuring Lara Murphy, co-founder at Ryan Murphy Construction Inc., with an introduction from our partner Techsploration A panel showcasing Women Entrepreneurs (panel discussion […]
Every design decision we make has the potential to include or exclude someone. In this webinar, you will learn the basics of an informed approach to problem-solving that starts with people and ends with a solution for helping you design better digital products. During this webinar you will: Learn about context building to help inform your digital product strategy and design Get tips for weaving in key takeaways from this webinar into your current workflow Learn from real-world use cases
Webinar Registration Topic How to Practice Allyship in the Workplace Description Allyship is not a destination, it’s also not a checklist. It’s big and small choices you make every day to understand how oppression benefits some and steals from others. In this webinar, racial equity consultant Camille Dundas outlines how we each can commit to dismantling systems of oppression and what is required of anyone striving to practice allyship in the workplace. Time Oct 4, 2022 12:30 PM in Halifax
Why Microsoft on AWS When: Wednesday Oct 5, 2022 Program: 2 - 4 PM ADT Happy Hour: 4 - 6 PM ADT Location: The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse, 5136 Prince Street, Halifax Join Amazon Web Services, CDW, and NorthBay Solutions to learn why AWS is the best cloud solution to run your Microsoft workloads! For 10 years, AWS and NorthBay have been working together to help customers untangle the complex world of software licensing in the Cloud. AWS and NorthBay will discuss and demonstrate that a partnership with us offers a cost-effective and low-risk way to transition traditional on-premise workloads into the Cloud. Ultimately, this will build your confidence in choosing AWS as a preferred Cloud platform for Microsoft workloads. Then you will interact with a group of panelists, discussing the “Art of the Possible” as you hear how customers transverse from legacy on-premise workloads or another Cloud offering onto AWS. Finally, we look forward to getting to know you better with a fun and social LIVE happy hour. Agenda 1:30 PM Registration 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Cloud Economics 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Why AWS for Microsoft Workloads 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM How NorthBay helps customers transition […]
TECHNATION works with CIO leaders from across Canada at all levels of the public sector. After hosting a well-attended virtual CIO briefing session in June 2021, we are back hosting a hybrid event to profile more amazing forward-thinking leaders from the Atlantic Region to discuss critical issues and to identify digital acceleration opportunities for government services (including ongoing Covid recovery and response). This curated dialogue will create an open and transparent value exchange between industry and government; increased awareness of current challenges and opportunities; and identify opportunities for innovative, citizen-centric digital solutions and collaboration, partnership, and co-creation. TECHNATION will host this important briefing with a hybrid format to allow speakers to participate from throughout the region and attendees from across Canada.
The Board of Directors and the staff of Digital Nova Scotia are pleased to invite you to our Annual General Meeting. We will celebrate some of our successes from the past year, and elect our new Board Directors. This year's AGM will be conducted in person and virtually, with events being hosted across Nova Scotia. Door prizes, food and refreshments will be provided. All are welcome to attend, and we look forward to having you join us! Join us in person at: Halifax - Sponsored by McInnes Cooper, Purdy's Wharf, 1969 Upper Water Street #1300 McInnes Cooper Tower, Halifax, NS B3J 3R7 Pictou County - Sponsored by Sobeys & IGNITE Atlantic, IGNITE Northern Office, 352 East River Road, New Glasgow, NS B2H 3P7 Yarmouth - Sponsored by word-craft, 342 Main St Unit 2, Yarmouth, NS B5A 1E6 Cape Breton - Navigate Startup House, 37 Nepean Street, Sydney, NS B1P 6A7 OR join us virtually, Zoom link opens at 3:45pm!
Join Digital Nova Scotia and Strategy Up in this FREE webinar all about the importance of the Business Plan and learn how to write a good one. During this session you will learn why it is imperative for any business owner to write a business plan. We will also talk about what are the key components of a good business plan and you will recieve a blueprint which you can use for your own business.
Webinar Registration Topic How to be Rewarded for Your Learning Experiences Description If you've been doing your personal taxes for years or have training from another educational institution, you could apply to have this learning recognized in order to fast track new learning at Dalhousie. It's called Recognition of Prior Learning and we will walk you through how you can apply to RPL and be rewarded for your past learning experiences. RPL is a process that awards learners access to formal study and advanced standing through the assessment of certified, non-formal and informal learning including work and life experience, training, independent study, volunteer work, travel, and hobbies. RPL assesses the knowledge you've gained from your experiences, not how much experience you have. Join us for this informative webinar! Time Oct 11, 2022 12:00 PM in Halifax
This presentation will focus on ensuring that businesses are maximizing their efforts on social media to enable their ideal clientele to find them. This involves utilizing all features on various platforms, location tagging, and hashtag strategy.
