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.
There is growing information that workplace mental health is becoming a more significant challenge (e.g., YOY increases in STD/LTD & WCB claims due to mental illness). Knowing workers’ mental health is a growing concern is not enough. Assuming that simply introducing programs and policies will be enough to have an impact is a common mistake. To positively impact workplace mental health, employers must understand what psychosocial risk factors and hazards are creating considerable strain on workers and leaders. They must then discover what protective factors they can facilitate by using a Plan – Do – Check – Act approach to reducing mental harm and promoting mental health. Transformation and impactful workplace mental health initiatives drive worker engagement and productivity and lower sick time and disability costs, contributing to a secure and sustainable workforce. In 2020, companies with the highest workforce treatment scores in Just Capital’s rankings outperformed the Russell 1000 by 4.7 percent. Dr. Bill Howatt, an international expert in workplace mental health, will provide professionals tasked with facilitating workplace mental health a framework for putting your organization on the right track to transforming workplace mental health. All workers and leaders have mental health. How effectively employers and employees promote […]
Digital Nova Scotia is pleased to invite you to the 2022 Tech Forward Awards presented by RBC. Join industry leaders for a night of celebration to highlight and recognize organizations, and individuals who are making a difference in the ICT sector in Nova Scotia. The Tech Forward Awards presented by RBC features 8 unique awards: Talent Champion Award, Sponsored by MobSquad Tech for Good Award, Sponsored by Covers Thinking Forward Award Provincial Spotlight Award Best of Tech Award, Sponsored by BDC One to Watch Award, Sponsored by Dash Hudson Role Model Award, Sponsored by Compugen Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award, Sponsored by MOBIA Together we are recognizing that diversity is fueling innovation in our province, and the impact and influence of leaders in our community. Thank you to our sponsors and selection committee for making this years event possible! Keynote Speaker: To be announced! Agenda: 5:30 - Cocktail Reception 6:00 - Doors open 6:30pm - Dinner & Tech Forward Awards Ceremony Commences
The employment landscape is changing, and fast. It’s on employers to adapt to new ways of working with new talent - and it takes an inclusive and purposeful approach to get it right. Join Matt Thomson and Bradley Daye, Co-founders and CEO at Nova Scotia-based, socially-conscious recruiting enterprise, Placemaking 4G, as they share their experience and lessons learned on how to build an inclusive workplace culture where every person can thrive. We will talk through the shifting landscape and inclusive leadership practices that can help you attract and retain younger workers and members of historically underrepresented groups, so that your vision and business may carry a legacy into coming generations. After this webinar you will... Re-define opportunities, Check our biases, Understand the impact of, and relationship between: Competency, Strategy and Representation Meet the Presenters Bradley Daye is Co-Founder and CEO of Placemaking 4G. Bradey's track record of taking an idea from incubation to success has sparked the successful launch and scale of two businesses and a non-profit organization. Matt Thomson is Co-Founder and CEO of Placemaking 4G, and a father, husband and social entrepreneur. With a life-purpose of leading courageously toward love, his leadership journey has always been rooted in […]
Blockchain is a technology that was invented 13 years ago. Its short presence has made big impacts in the tech sector, where some industries claim that blockchain solves some of their most testing issues. You may have heard it being used in tracking and tracing diamonds or FedEx and Walmart investing millions to implement it in their supply chain. In this webinar, we’re going to talk about the use of blockchain in some real world examples so that you can discern whether or not it’s a tech investment you need to make in your own company. 3-Key Takeaways: Where is blockchain used in 2022 What to look for to determine the usefulness of blockchain How is blockchain different from a normal database Meet your Presenters... Keegan and Mrugakshee opted out of traditional finance and decided to Go Full Crypto in the summer of 2020. Since then, they have been educating, consulting, creating products and services around Bitcoin. Having graduated with a degree in computer science from Acadia University, both founders decided to pursue entrepreneurship in 2018, when they founded their business - Atlantic Blockchain Company. The duo pivoted to Cryptocurrency in 2020, following their decision to convert 95% of their […]
Please join us for a night of mixing & mingling and panel discussions with the Digital Skills for Women co-founders Laura Hawkins and Eilidh Lindsay-Sinclair, our many talented speakers throughout the program cohorts & key industry counterparts to discuss hiring, what makes candidates stand out and so much more! The panel will be moderated by our very own Project Coordinator, Vimbayi Handara, and the panellists include: Emily Peterson, Human Resources Manager @ Verb Interactive Steph MacIntosh, IT Recruitment Specialist @ Venor Emily Yach, Specialist, People & Culture @ Outshine Sheeba Kochhar, Manager of Human Resources @ Proposify This is the perfect opportunity to come together and connect with current & past cohort participants. Partners throughout the tech sector will join us to celebrate the successes of the program. Special thank you to our friends and partners at Volta for hosting us.
Within this workshop, Disability Awareness Consultant Andrew Gurza using their lived experience as a disabled person, will walk you through how to make your workplace not only accessible but also work to become anti-ableist. Through real-world examples, a sense of humor and honesty, Andrew will help you understand that accessibility is more than just ramps, buttons and elevators, it is how a disabled person feels in the space. What are 3-Key Takeaways: Participants will understand what ableism is and how it affects the workplace, and be given the tools to call it out. Participants will learn about the different types of accessibility and how they can implement it in their own organizations and workplaces and; Participants will learn how to be anti-ableist at work and why that is important.
Did you know that: On 1st June 2023, Google WILL end Google Universal Analytics Free version. On 1st June 2024, Google WILL end Google Universal Analytics 360. In this webinar we will help businesses find out How does this affect your band, website, and app? What is the urgency to solve this problem? How can we help solve the problem? What are the additional benefits of migrating to Google’s latest version of analytics? We have helped startups to publicly-traded tech companies to Fortune 500s over the last 15 years, and we will bring our digital analytics experience to solve the problem. What are 3-Key Takeaways: How does this affect your band, website, and app? What is the urgency to solve this problem? How can we help solve the problem? What are the additional benefits of migrating to Google’s latest version of analytics?
People are the most precious asset in any organization. Learn how diversity, equity, and inclusion can improve workplace culture while improving the bottom line! We don't tell you what to do, rather we engage you in a process that builds your awareness, confidence, skill, and excitement Training will take place in a safe space over 2 half days. Together we will explore topics related to self awareness, diversity, bias, and leadership What we will cover together: 1. Self-Awareness- Understanding how our values and beliefs drive our behavior. 2. Diversity and Inclusion- What is it and how can it be cultivated at work. 3. Systemic Awareness- Addressing the history of systemic barriers and their impact on social inequality. 4. Unconscious Bias and Microaggressions- Where ourbiases originate and how they can unintentionally marginalize certain groups. 5. Empathy- What is it and how can it be used to fuel connection. 6. Leadership- Defining leadership.
People are the most precious asset in any organization. Learn how diversity, equity, and inclusion can improve workplace culture while improving the bottom line! We don't tell you what to do, rather we engage you in a process that builds your awareness, confidence, skill, and excitement Training will take place in a safe space over 2 half days. Together we will explore topics related to self awareness, diversity, bias, and leadership What we will cover together: 1. Self-Awareness- Understanding how our values and beliefs drive our behavior. 2. Diversity and Inclusion- What is it and how can it be cultivated at work. 3. Systemic Awareness- Addressing the history of systemic barriers and their impact on social inequality. 4. Unconscious Bias and Microaggressions- Where ourbiases originate and how they can unintentionally marginalize certain groups. 5. Empathy- What is it and how can it be used to fuel connection. 6. Leadership- Defining leadership.
Join Digital Nova Scotia as we discuss the technology being developed and used in healthcare to assist in surgery, oncology and health monitoring. Our panelists will look ahead at what this could mean for healthcare in future decades. Meet our Panelists: Nelson Ventura, Director of Innovation at Nova Scotia Health Nelson works with the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub partners to seek creative solutions to provide high quality and timely access to care for Nova Scotians. Brent Townsend, Director of Sales, Canada for ESO Brent works with customers to provide an integrated suite of software products for EMS agencies, fire departments, and hospitals that are transforming the way first responders collect, share, report, and analyze critical information to improve community health and safety. Rohit Seth, Director, Marketing at Adaptiiv Medical Technologies Inc. Throughout his 20 year career, Rohit has worked in various professional capacities in the financial, energy, hospitality, technology, and healthcare sectors. Rohit currently works at Halifax-based Adaptiiv Medical Technologies Inc. as Director of Marketing. Daphne Sleigh, VP of Product Development and Planning at MARS VR Lab Daphne is a twenty-year veteran of the IT industry, specializing in business analysis and technical project management. For the past two […]
The world has changed and so have the expectations of employees and the realities of today’s workforce. There have been many studies, articles, and research conducted over the years that well articulate the evolution of the workforce including how important it is for businesses and organizations to evolve along with it. Enter the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 forced the world through a massive disruption to the norms of the workplace and forever changed the perceptions and expectations of today’s workforce. The vast majority of these “new” expectations that employees are bringing to the workplace since the pandemic were not created by COVID-19. They were only amplified by it. The result of these expectations not being met by their current jobs caused employees to resign on mass. According to the US Department of Labor, a record 4.5 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in November 2021. Even though this is slowing down in 2022, many of the underlying problems that caused it remain. The long term effects of the Great Resignation are not just a North American problem, they are a global phenomenon. As impactful as the Great Resignation was for businesses in 2021, the problems that created it have been building […]