BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250723T150000Z DTEND:20250723T163000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Awards Submissions 101 - July 23\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:Nominations for the 2026 Halifax Business Awards are open!\n\n Have you been nominated? \n\n\n\nRBC and the Halifax Chamber invite you to join us at Submissions 101! A complimentary workshop to help you with your submission application. \n\nJoin us for this 1.5hr workshop over lunch to help you identify the best approach to completing your submission. Get advice from the professionals\, meet the Halifax Chamber team and get started on your submission so you can wow the judges. \n\n \n\nPlease note that due to space limitations we can only permit two reps per company to attend this session. We want to include as many companies as possible for this opportunity!\n\n\n \n Gain insights from one of the Judges on the Halifax Business Awards Judging Committee\,\n \n \n Hear from a past winner on their tips for success\, and\n \n \n Learn from facilitator\, Zoran Jokic\, on how to complete a successful submission\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\nZoran Jokic\, Facilitator\n\nTraining First Consulting\n\n\n\nUnlocking the potential of businesses is my passion. With over two decades of experience in business consulting\, I specialize in providing tailored solutions to optimize operations\, drive sales and marketing strategies\, ensure financial stability\, and empower HR development. Having conducted over 1000 training sessions\, I have helped countless local businesses and individuals achieve their goals.\n\n\n\nAs an accomplished IT consultant and network engineer\, I've worked with renowned national brands such as Pepsi Canada\, Adidas Canada\, Good Life Fitness\, Vet Strategy clinics\, Valvoline Oil\, and more. In the past 5 years I have helped small business owners with their online presence. I also provided training and consultation to customers/clients with new products and solutions with superior ease-of-use and seamless integration (web-site creation\, scheduling and ecommerce integration). My local firm is proud partner of Google\, Microsoft\, Hubspot and Amazon AWS. My main moto is let's collaborate to take your business to new heights.\n\n \n\n\n\nAngela Simmonds\n\nFounder & Lead Consultant\, A Team Coaching\n\n\n\nAngela Simmonds is an equity\, diversity\, inclusivity\, and accessibility consultant\, lawyer\, former member and deputy speaker of the Nova Scotia legislative assembly\, small-business owner\, and community mobilizer. Her 20-year career spans socio-economic development\, education\, entrepreneurship\, policy\, and cultural competency. Her work on the Land Titles Clarification Act has received national attention with support from the United Nations Working Group. She was recently recognized as one of the top 100 most accomplished Black women in Canada.\n\n\n\nAngela combines her lived experience\, education\, and backgrounds in law and politics to train organizations on discrimination\, anti-Black racism\, sexual harassment\, and biases. She supports employees and organizations in building cultural competency and integrating equity\, diversity\, inclusivity\, and accessibility into their work.\n\n \n\nMatthew Martel\, Chair of the Halifax Business Awards Judging Committee\n\nChief Executive Officer\, Black Business Initiative\n\n\n\nA Certified Project Manager who believes in a 'people-first' approach to business\, Matthew James Martel is the Chief Executive Officer at the Black Business Initiative (BBI). He holds a master's degree in Technology\, Entrepreneurship\, and Innovation from the Sobey School of Business. A serial entrepreneur\, Matthew also has an extensive background in leadership\, Human Resources\, change management\, and strategic planning. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:


\nNominations for the \;2026 \;Halifax Business Awards are open!
\n​\;Have you been nominated?  \;

\n\n


\nRBC and the Halifax Chamber invite you to join us at Submissions 101! \; A complimentary workshop to help you with your submission application. \;

\n\n

Join us for this 1.5hr workshop over lunch to help you identify the best approach to completing your submission. Get advice from the professionals\, meet the Halifax Chamber team and get started on your submission so you can wow the judges. \;
\n \;
\nPlease note that due to space limitations we can only permit two reps per company to attend this session. We want to include as many companies as possible for this opportunity!

\n\n\n\n
\n

 \;

\n\n
\n
\n

Speakers

\n\n

Zoran Jokic\, Facilitator
\nTraining First Consulting
\n
\nUnlocking the potential of businesses is my passion. With over two decades of experience in business consulting\, I specialize in providing tailored solutions to optimize operations\, drive sales and marketing strategies\, ensure financial stability\, and empower HR development. Having conducted over 1000 training sessions\, I have helped countless local businesses and individuals achieve their goals.
\n
\nAs an accomplished IT consultant and network engineer\, I'\;ve worked with renowned national brands such as Pepsi Canada\, Adidas Canada\, Good Life Fitness\, Vet Strategy clinics\, Valvoline Oil\, and more. In the past 5 years I have helped small business owners with their online presence. I also provided training and consultation to customers/clients with new products and solutions with superior ease-of-use and seamless integration (web-site creation\, scheduling and ecommerce integration). \;My local firm is proud partner of Google\, Microsoft\, Hubspot and Amazon AWS. My main moto is let'\;s collaborate to take your business to new heights.

\n\n

 \;

\n
\n\n
\n

A Team March 7 2025 (print) - 24-min.jpgAngela Simmonds
\nFounder &\; Lead Consultant\, A Team Coaching
\n
\nAngela Simmonds is an equity\, diversity\, inclusivity\, and accessibility consultant\, lawyer\, former member and deputy speaker of the Nova Scotia legislative assembly\, small-business owner\, and community mobilizer. Her 20-year career spans socio-economic development\, education\, entrepreneurship\, policy\, and cultural competency. Her work on the Land Titles Clarification Act has received national attention with support from the United Nations Working Group. She was recently recognized as one of the top 100 most accomplished Black women in Canada.
\n
\nAngela combines her lived experience\, education\, and backgrounds in law and politics to train organizations on discrimination\, anti-Black racism\, sexual harassment\, and biases. She supports employees and organizations in building cultural competency and integrating equity\, diversity\, inclusivity\, and accessibility into their work.

\n\n

 \;

\n\n

Matthew Martel\, Chair of the Halifax Business Awards Judging Committee
\nChief Executive Officer\, Black Business Initiative
\n
\nA Certified Project Manager who believes in a &lsquo\;people-first&rsquo\; approach to business\, Matthew James Martel is the Chief Executive Officer at the Black Business Initiative (BBI). He holds a master&rsquo\;s degree in Technology\, Entrepreneurship\, and Innovation from the Sobey School of Business. A serial entrepreneur\, Matthew also has an extensive background in leadership\, Human Resources\, change management\, and strategic planning.

\n
\n
\n LOCATION:RBC Waterside Centre 1871 Hollis St. (6th Floor) Halifax\, NS UID:e.2481.4284 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260517T000825Z URL:https://business.halifaxchamber.com/events/details/awards-submissions-101-july-23-2025-4284 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR