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An Acadian Kitchen Party – July 7!!

tboyer — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:40:37 +0000

Come for the dessert and drink, the history and the music. A perfectly interesting and fun evening! Acadian dessert by Chef D! Music by Robert-Yves Mazerolle Gig Cadien avec Grou Tyme Gumbo.

Learn more about how this event is part of a seven-day trek. Listen to a short interview conducted by Dan Robichaud of Trois Beaux Canards Radio with Gerard Boyer, the Morin Trek initiator.

GET YOUR TICKETS SOON!!! $20pp or $35 for a couple. Tickets available online or at the door, evening programme listed here: http://hubmorintrek.eventbrite.com/

Demo Hub: Ideas for Growth on June 3

tboyer — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:51:48 +0000

How can the internet help you take your business to the next step? How can online marketing tips help you help others? What are some exciting social ventures taking shape in Halifax right now? Join us at Demo Hub to find out!

On Thursday, June 3rd, from 6.00 to 7.30, come by the Hub for an evening of networking, new ideas, and inspiring presentations. Following an engaging first installment in November, we invite you to the second Demo Hub, featuring a new slate of topics and speakers. Whether you’re high-tech or organic, enterprise or grassroots, Demo Hub is a chance to…

Yassine Ouhilal at the Hub

tboyer — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:25:05 +0000

Today our friends down at Argyle Fine Art brought new inspiration to visit the Hub. Feels like good timing with Earth Day coming up next week. Stop by, have a look. A bit more about Yassine’s inspiration below:

Social Media Experiment & Learning

tboyer — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:05:26 +0000

On Feb.23, we hosted HubTalk Climate Change Part 2 and decided to use live streaming and a twitter feed to engage more people in the talk. Hi There did a great job of capturing our learning and some event highlights. Have a look:

Participate: Climate Change Talk Tonight

tboyer — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:15:41 +0000

If you can’t make it to the Hub tonight for the climate change talk, you can view it here on Haligonia’s live stream:

Send in your questions, comments and ideas through Twitter here:

TweetChat Room http://tweetchat.com/room/ccns

February Update @ the Hub

tboyer — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:09:18 +0000

Hello Everyone!

It’s been awhile but we’ve got some great things to share. This update is a bit different to ones from 2009. We are adding a feature to our news which includes information from some of our neighbours in the area. No, we aren’t getting paid but we are trying to encourage people to participate in a healthier downtown core so this is one way to show your support – participate. Good times and deals are right around the corner downtown Halifax! Tell us what you think as well…

HUB EVENTS

Rescheduled from FEB.17 to MAR.3, 12.30pm ~ Human Resource Professionals Lunch…

Thanks Halifax!

tboyer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:23:52 +0000

The Hub Halifax was honoured to be amoung several businesses nominated for a Halifax Business Award. We were also pleasantly surprised to receive a silver award in the category of New Business of the Year. We were impressed with the selection of businesses who were nominated and there seemed to be a strong emphasis on rewarding green and community values based businesses such as CarShare Halifax (Winner of New Business of the Year) and Lean Machine (Winner of Small Business of the Year). Two great examples of business making a difference in our community.

Congratulations to everyone involved, it made us proud to…

Haligonia@theHack

tboyer — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:46:41 +0000

Check out Haligonia at the Friday Afternoon Hack. Visit their site for more amazing clips and local news http://live.haligonia.ca/index.php

Article about Apps4Good in INFOExecutive

tboyer — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:27:56 +0000

Doing good … There’s an app for that

By: Maria Cootauco

January 24, 2010

Going into the second event, Zak has a better idea of what he’d like to do differently, including extending Hackathon to a week-long event instead of over two days. “In hindsight, what we should have done is followed more of a development process,” he said. “We would have had an envisioning stage, we would have gone into design, we’d have gone into development and then moved into testing.”

Dan Robichaud on Non-Profit sector use of emerging technologies

tboyer — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:06:24 +0000

Information for Non-Profit sector use of emerging technologies
By Dan Robichaud

I am currently enrolled in a Non-profit governance course at Dal, and we are doing a Stakeholder Accountability exercise. About two dozen ED’s from the voluntary sector across Canada sharing their success stories and challenges in 2010. Reading these posts has made me want to comment a little bit on new technologies and how I have seen non-profits and charities shift in the last few years .

In my daily work, I help communities and organizations benefit from emerging trends and technologies. Permit me, if you will, to digress…