In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving digital sales environment, capturing and retaining the attention of potential buyers has become more challenging than ever. Join Volta and Matthew Nicolle on June 13 for an in-depth lunch and learn where we will explore strategies and techniques to navigate this complex landscape and effectively engage with your target audience. During this session, you will discover how to: Master the Art of Pipeline Creation: Learn advanced techniques for generating and nurturing a robust sales pipeline through strategic and data-driven methods. Implement Insight Selling: Use powerful, actionable insights to position your solutions as the best fit for your buyers' needs, helping them see the unique value you offer. De-Risk Purchasing Decisions: Build trust and confidence with your prospects by addressing their concerns and mitigating perceived risks, making it easier for them to commit to a purchase. Facilitator: Matthew Nicolle, President and CEO, Sales Training Experts

Join Volta for an exclusive Fireside Chat with Tim Chae, Managing Director at 500 Global. They'll dive into the current state of venture capital in North America and beyond, exploring what 500 looks for in founders, the role of AI in evaluating business potential, and the challenges, and opportunities, of scaling a business outside Silicon Valley. Plus, they'll discuss the exciting relaunch of the 500 Global in-person accelerator. Moderating the conversation will be Yves Boudreau, CEO of CareerBeacon (formerly Alongside), whose Series A round was led by 500 Global. If you’re a founder, investor, or even thinking of launching your own startup, you won’t want to miss this.

Details Design and Development are a match made in heaven. If you are on either side and have the know-how of the other, it's always beneficial! In this talk, Chris will share his journey as a blended designer and developer over the past 18 years, highlighting the pivotal moments that shaped his career. We’ll discuss how a genuine love for continuous learning, a passion for side projects, and being surrounded by supportive teammates have been instrumental in his growth. Join Chris as we explore the importance of staying humble, embracing new skills, and nurturing a multidisciplinary approach to user experience design. AGENDA 7:30 PM Doors open, networking time 7:45 PM Introductions from Nata and Ruby 7:50 PM Featured talk by Chris Lowe 8:20 PM Q&A 8:45 PM Wrap up & networking time 9:00 PM Doors close SPEAKER BIO Chris Lowe is a seasoned designer and developer, currently serving as a Senior Application Designer and Developer at Stewart McKelvey, where he designs and develops web applications to support lawyers and staff. In addition, Chris is the owner and operator of Alltimelowe Design Co., a boutique design studio specializing in designing and developing WordPress websites. With 18 years of experience in the industry, Chris has a diverse background, having […]

Join them for a fireside chat with cofounder of Cohere Ivan Zhang. They will be talking about the role of large language models in society and how Cohere is helping make that a reality by making it easy for developers to use large language models and helping large language models be used in a safe and responsible way. They encourage students, hobbyist, and professionals alike to come and join in creating the most open, and inclusive data science community we can! This event will be held at Volta's CoWorking space in downtown Kjipuktuk (Halifax). There will be snacks and drinks for everyone.

Join us for an interactive fireside chat with Robert Forsythe, CEO of Milk Moovement, which raised a US$20 million (C$26 million) Series A round earlier this year. A rising tech company in Nova Scotia, Milk Moovement develops software that improves efficiency in the supply chain for the dairy industry. In this intimate conversation, lead by Paul Ryan from BDC Capital, we will hear from Robert on his experience scaling a venture-backed software company. We will take your questions and find out which goes first, the milk or the cereal? Key takeaways: Mooving on up: Career journey and key learnings  Avoiding udder disaster: Key skills for founders to be successful Becoming legen-dairy: Raising capital for a high growth startup Meet your Host: Paul Ryan: Director, Growth & Transition Capital -Nova ScotiaBDC Capital   Paul Ryan is Director, Growth & Transition Capital, with BDC Capital. Paul provides high growth businesses with flexible financing for growth or working capital, an acquisition, a change of ownership, or refinancing. Based in Halifax, Paul has over 25 years of experience in commercial banking, specialized financing, staffing and recruitment, and technology sales with RBC, Radian6, Wooshiii, and Salesforce. Paul holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from St. Mary’s University, […]

If you feel like creating content takes so much time out of your day, you’re not alone. However, with the proper tools, it can be easy peasy, lemon squeezy! Instead of taking hours and hours out of your week, you can create six months’ worth of irresistible must-see content in a day. And honestly, what else could you accomplish in your business with all that freed-up time in your week?! Kerra will teach you secrets to creating content that works! In this Women Taking Over the World with Tech workshop, we’re going to break down the following: How to create a consistent presence on multiple social media platforms. How to save time by pre-planning your content. What tools should you use to help you create content that attracts your ideal audience?