Stacy Kelly

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Stacy Kelly

Executive Director, Community Foundation for Kingston & Area

BAH

Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Education

Kingston

Paul Blizzard

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Paul Blizzard

Associate at Bereskin & Parr LLP

BASc, JD

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Toronto

Konnect: Speaking, Presence and Pitching

Date

Thursday April 7, 2022
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Location

Learn more about speaking, presence and speaking with Megan Hamilton from uBu Skills. 

Konnect: Fundraising and Accelerators 101

Date

Wednesday March 30, 2022
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Location

Learn more about fundraising and accelerators from the founders of BinoBooks and Pocketed. 

Konnect: Sustainability / Business Structures

Date

Thursday March 24, 2022
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Location

Hear from Myra Arshad from ALT TEX, Melanie Robb from m cultivo and Ana Mandri from Zamia Media to learn more about sustainability and business structures in a Not-for-Profit, CleanTech and B Corp setting. 

Konnect: Building Your Business and Personal Brand

Date

Wednesday March 9, 2022
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Location

Learn how to build your business and personal brand with Claire Bouvier from FEiST Studio. 

Winter Pitch Competition

Local startups vied for early stage seed funding in DDQIC's Winter Pitch Competition, and one venture that is providing an on-demand boat ride-hailing platform rose to the top.

Teams could compete for either seed capital or for admission to the QICSI incubation program that provides not only funding but wraparound supports like office space, mentorship, and training during the summer.