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Navigating Non-Dilutive Funding

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

When: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 from 12:00pm – 1:30pm Where: Volta, 1505 Barrington St, Unit 100, Halifax, NS, B3J 3K5 Description: Non-dilutive capital can play a key role in the financial strategy of a technology startup. Join us as we dive into how to navigate the challenges of accessing and leveraging non-dilutive funding through a panel discussion with experts in this space. Panelists: Valerie Caswell, Business Development Advisor, Invest Nova Scotia Forrest King, Industrial Technology Advisor, NRC-IRAP Lorie McCarthy, Vice President, Banking, RBCx Evan Radisic, Portfolio Manager, Technology Investments, ACOA

Celebrating a Year of Growth in Tech with Digital Nova Scotia

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

Celebrating a Year of Growth in Tech Join us for an engaging panel of industry leaders as we hear stories, successes and milestones of 2022. Our panelists will share benchmark business growth moments, trends they see coming, and more!  This is the perfect opportunity to come together and connect before the holidays, we'll have a hot chocolate station, treats, and festivities. We can't wait to see you!  Special thank you to our friends and partners at Volta for hosting us.  Panelists Adline Noronha, CGI Adline Noronha, CGIAdline is a seasoned leader with 20 years of rich experience in leading strategic IT engagements. Her expertise is in leveraging IT to complement enterprise strategies and business operations. Adline is a Certified Program Manager with extensive experience in technical program management, IT service delivery, ERP implementation, business process modelling, management consulting, PMO set-up, operations planning for multimillion-dollar programs. Adline is also an advocate and enlighten leader on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and is focused on building inclusive equitable spaces, inspiring inclusive behavior and cultivating culture to Thrive at CGI. Marty Stevens, Believeco An experienced marketing professional, Martha (Marty) has extensive experience in government and public sector environments. Prior to moving into professional services […]

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.

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 […]

UX Research: From Insight to Impact

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

Details 👋🏻 We cannot believe it. We're at the last UX Salon Halifax meetup of 2022. Thank you to all those who have supported us, both virtually and in person! It's been so wonderful to connect with our community again. Join us on Tuesday, November 29th at 7:30 PM as we hear and learn from Dr. Simon Landry, a Senior UX Researcher with Thomson Reuters. The aim of UX is to meet the end user's needs through the best experience possible. Often, the best way to understand the end user's needs is through UX research (UXR). However, for UXR (and the product) to reach its full potential, research must only be the start of a process that goes from insight to impact. In this talk, we’ll explore a new 6-step framework to guide UXR insights to measurable end-user impact. This presentation will share how to identify and fill gaps in product knowledge, effectively communicate your insights, and measure your impact on the end user. You will learn about the theory and practice to feel confident using the framework. Simon is a researcher with over a decade of experience working on human perception. His background includes a Ph.D. in human perception, […]

Search Inside Yourself (SIY) Keynote

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

About this event When: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm ADT Where: Volta, 1505 Barrington St, Unit 100, Mezzanine Classroom, Halifax, NS, B3J 3K5 Description: An inspiring introduction to the mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training program developed at Google and backed by cutting edge research in the field of neuroscience, this practical presentation helps to improve focus and empathy to harness individual and team engagement and potential. It’s through developing our intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence that individuals and organizations can build a culture of effective leadership and strong collaboration. The SIY program teaches how and where to use our attention to foster peak performance and flow, both for ourselves and within our teams. This session including lunch will provide attendees with practical tools for focus, self-awareness and resilience. Facilitator: Bryan W. Burns Bryan is President of HRO Core Inc. and a Certified Teacher with San Francisco based Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI). Search Inside Yourself (SIY) programs were born at Google and teach tools for focus, self-awareness and resilience. Bryan has also worked in the field of emotional intelligence and has decades of experience practicing and teaching mindfulness and yoga - initially connecting with mindfulness as a sprint […]

Intro to the Site Editor and Templates

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

Details It's here! Another hybrid event, so you can choose online or in person at Volta, 1505 Barrington Street, Unit 100, Halifax. We will be in the classroom on the mezzanine level. 7:00: Room opens 7:15: Intro to the Site Editor and Templates. The Site Editor gives you the ability to modify templates, template parts and also customize the style of your entire site. What we will cover: how you can use Styles to modify the site-wide style of your site what templates are and a breakdown of their parts how to modify templates or create new ones how to assign templates to individual posts and pages Bio: Kimberly Charron is a Certified Online Business Manager, who helps busy coaches, bloggers, and creatives free themselves up to concentrate on their zone of genius by managing their day-to-day projects, operations, team members, and metrics, so they don’t have to. She brings with her many years of experience offering writing, editing, social media/marketing management, and tech services (especially WordPress), plus a background in music, theatre, education, and admin. 8:00: The in-person event will split off from the online event, each to have their own "Happy Hour" 9:00: Meetup Ends For those attending […]

WTWT : Visioning Workshop

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

About this event When: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm Where: Volta, 1505 Barrington St, Mezzanine Classroom, Halifax, NS, B3J 3K5 Join Volta and Natalie Frederick-Wilson from the Centre for Women in Business for a visioning workshop. Natalie will guide participants through a visioning exercise that will help you establish a clear mission and vision and build confidence in your plan to start and grow your business. By participating in the session, you will be able to describe your business' value proposition, articulate your vision for the future, and know what steps to take next to create a business with a firm foundation. About the speaker: Natalie Frederick-Wilson is an entrepreneur, mentor, business development professional, MSVU student entrepreneurship, program lead who joined the Centre for Women in Business at Mount St. Vincent University, in October 2019 with a goal to inspire women and students to go from innovative idea to start-up, and beyond. She does this by connecting them to the right business advice, engaging business owners in strategic business conversations, and training. Natalie holds a certificate in Business Development and in Leadership and Innovation from Dalhousie University and has extensive experience in business automation, strategic business planning […]

Workshop on Ethical Design: Reflection and Action

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

Details This month, we are doing a workshop for some hands-on learning! 👋🏻 Join us on Monday, October 24th as we think together and discover with Nata Kostenko. Big tech scandals, deceptive patterns, data privacy issues... We hear about unethical practices all the time. But what exactly does it mean to "work ethically"? And how can you do it in a human-centred way? It all starts with reflecting on our thought patterns and learning how to voice our concerns. We need to find our North Star and equip ourselves with tools to act against injustice (and keep our sanity). This is a practical workshop where we will explore ways to incorporate ethics into your work process. We will play with some tools, talk about existing barriers to ethical action, and go through concrete examples you might encounter in your daily work. Come as you are and let us untangle this knot together! Nata is a service designer and design researcher at Tilt the Scales. Every day she balances her belief in the power of design to make a difference with the urge to hide from the world's problems. This is a FREE event thanks to our friends at Volta and […]

Entrevestor Live: East Coast Startup Success

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

Entrevestor Live is a half-day hybrid event dedicated to the greatest successes in the Atlantic Canadian startup community. Dispelling the myth that #StartupAtlantic features only early-stage companies, Entrevestor Live showcases the growth-stage companies that have had major funding rounds, exits or gained a global presence. What’s more, our conference is designed to maximize the time and budget of our customers. Its three-hour duration means you can attend without surrendering a day or more of your precious time. (People in Halifax will still benefit from a networking session after the program.) And it’s priced so that even early-stage founders can attend, either in person in Halifax or online from anywhere. If you’re an investor, Entrevestor Live will show you what’s happening in Atlantic Canadian startups – in the most successful companies, those companies poised to join the top tier, and the emerging sectors. If you’re a founder, the program will help you understand how the best companies got where they are. Either way, this is a must-see event. We're delighted to partner with Volta, Canada's East Coast Innovation Hub, which has agreed to host Entrevestor Live. A networking session will follow the event at Volta.

Using Mitacs Funding Opportunities to Build Your R&D Recruitment Pipeline

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

About this event When: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm ADT Where: Volta, 1505 Barrington St, Unit 100, Halifax, NS, B3J 3K5 Description: Hear from Marie Hogan, Director of Business Development, Mitacs . Mitacs is a national not-for-profit that helps your organization identify opportunities to innovate, connects you with expertise from our universities and colleges, and doubles your investment to bring on research interns. Many organizations use Mitacs programs to leverage their R&D budgets and build their recruitment pipelines. You can learn more about us here: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/industry. Learn more about how to align these programs to your challenges and opportunities, and how to get the most out of Mitacs’ network of researchers and accessible funding. The session will focus on: Research & Innovation Collaborations – Building your recruitment pipeline in partnership with Post-Secondary Institutions Student, Recent Grad, and Post-Doc Founders of Start-Ups – Funding research related to your company International Programming – Travel to an incubator abroad to explore potential market opportunities NOTE: By attending this event, you agree to be photographed and/or filmed, and give permission to Volta to use your image in promotional and/or marketing materials. NOTE: If you're unable to attend any of our events […]

Fall Into Autumn Social

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax, NS

About this event When: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 from 3:30pm - 5:00pm ADT Where: Volta, 1505 Barrington St, Unit 100, Lobby Level, Halifax, NS Description: As the leaves turn and the temperatures cool, let's get together and celebrate this beautiful time of the year. Highlights will include: Hot chocolate and cider station Sweet treats Mini gourd painting We hope to see you there to mingle, enjoy some seasonal treats and share tips on where to take the best fall colours pictures in Halifax. Flannel is encouraged!