Working from home? need some professional insight?

Impact Hub Ottawa’s diverse team of Coaches are available to provide one-on-one expertise on a variety of topics. All Virtual and Co-Working members have access to Coaches.

To book a session with one of our coaches:

Read the Coaches cards below to find who can help you.
Click on the "Contact" button at the bottom of the coach's card to organize a discussion.
Any questions, thoughts or suggestions? Reach out to gina@hubottawa.org.

Government Relations

Adam J Smith, CEO-Rise Up Strategies

Skills offered: Digital Strategies; Public Relations & Issues Management; Government Relations; Risk Management; Technology and Data Management.

Can help you with: Public Relations; Issues Management; Government Relations; Risk Management; Technology and Data Management.

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Legal

Ariadni Athanassiadi, Lawyer- Kyma, Consultant- FindYourWave

Knows a lot about: Building and Managing Business Relationships;Intellectual Property Law; Conflict Resolution; Innovation Capture; Policy Development.

Can help you with: Establishing value-aligned partnerships and teams; Design and Review; Intellectual Property management, Privacy Policy Development; Designing Training and Mentorship Programs; Client Communication Protocols.

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Impact Measurement

Ashraful Hasan, Founder-Impactrio

Skills offered: Designing Training and Mentorship Programs; Client Communication Protocols.

Can help you with: Measuring Impact; Managing and reporting on Complex Projects; Monitoring Progress and Learning.

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Creativity

Eve Blouin-Hudon, Founder,Bevy Creative

Skills offered: Creative thinking; Positive psychology and well-being; Productivity and time management.

Can help you with: Understanding the creative process; implementing tools into your workflow to be more productive with your time; the grant writing process; cultivating wellbeing.

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WordPress & Web Design

Frederic Sune, Founder,WP Expert

Skills offered: WordPress; Web Design; Website Improvement; SEO; Business processes automation.

Can help you with: WordPress issues; Website Development; Business automation using a WP website; SEO (On-page and general).

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Bookkeeping & Accounting

Harrison White, Founder and Chief Accountant , Your Virtual Accountant

Knows a lot about: Corporate, personal, and sales tax; bookkeeping; incorporation.

Can help you with: When should you incorporate, Whether your business needs to charge sales tax, Solving bookkeeping problems,Paying salaries vs dividends,Claiming self-employment expenses.

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Social Enterprise

Jonathan Wade, President- Social Delta

Knows a lot about: Ideation; Partnership development; Incorporation; Business planning; Social financing; Marketing.

Can help you with: Connecting with community partners; Board orientation; Market Research; Business design; Pricing models.

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E-commerce & Retail

Krysta Roney, Local Community Manager- Shopify

Knows a lot about: E-commerce;Customer Discovery, Growth & Retention;Business planning; Business Coaching

Can help you with: Starting, growing & scaling e-commerce stores; Increasing web traffic & optimizing for conversions; Identifying customer personas.

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Storytelling

Marley Lewington, Creative & Communications Director-Strategic Kindness

Knows a lot about: Storytelling; branding; campaign development; communication and brand strategy; graphic design.

Can help you with: Designing your brand; creating digital campaigns; writing news releases and op-eds; drafting your comm- unications strategy; performing a brand audit; writing social media content; managing social media platforms

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Newcomer Toolkit For Business and Growth Coaches

Storytelling

Lissa Appia

- Gain the confidence to share your story

- Increase trust with your audience

- Grow your online presence

- Build relationships with people who can help you grow your business/career

Networking

Karla Briones

- Learn the guiding principles of networking

- Discover networking groups and meetings that are right for you

- Get advice about your personal challenges with networking

-Practice your networking skills together

Digital Marketing & Communications

Stephanie Mitchell

- Get started with social media, email marketing, and your website

- Create a simple strategy to guide you on when, where and how to share your content online

- Grow an online community with people who can support your business/career

-Build your personal brand

When reaching out to Stephanie, please indicate in your email:

- What is your goal for the meeting? (i.e. the number one thing you’d like to achieve or that Stephanie can help you with)

- Share any links to your channels: social, website, etc.

E-commerce

Krysta Roney

- Start an online store

- Design a store that increases sales

- Market your online store to reach the right customers

- Manage, maintain and grow your store

Note: Shopify’s 24/7 Support Team is available to help you with urgent requests or technical issues anytime

Wellness

Lamia Al-Ansari & Samoon Tasmim

- Key principles and practices of stress management

- Identify your sources of motivation

- Set and accomplish personal and professional goals

- Develop strategies for self-care

Lamia Al Ansari (MD, MB CHB / Baghdad, Iraq) worked in Baghdad’s hospitals for 9 years as a resident doctor and in 1995 acquired a diploma in anaesthesia from Baghdad. She worked for 14 years in Libya as an anaesthesia doctor in the cancer institute and pain management clinic. In 2015 she joined the Jewish Family Services as a caseworker for Arab seniors for a year, then went on to be a program coordinator and facilitator of the Syrian Refugee Mental Health and Wellbeing Program a program for front-line workers. As of 2020 Lamia has been a coordinator and facilitator for Newcomers’ Mental Health and Wellness support programs.

Samoon Tasmim (PhD Candidate, Psychotherapy) is a mental health professional with over 7 years of international and Canadian experience as a psychotherapist. His clinical work focuses on the mental health of immigrants and newcomers to Canada. He has worked closely with leading immigrant-serving organizations including Muslim Family Services of Ottawa, Ottawa Muslim Community Services and REPFO. He joined the Jewish Family Services of Ottawa in 2021 as Mental Health Training Facilitator. Samoon is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Counselling and Psychotherapy focusing on Psychotherapy for Immigrant communities.

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Lamia Al-Ansari MD, MB CHB / Baghdad, Iraq Worked in Baghdad’s hospitals for 9 years as resident doctor. In 1995 Diploma in Anaesthesia from Baghdad. Worked for 14 years in Libya as anaesthesia doctor in cancer institute and pain clinic management. Joined Jewish Family Services in 2015 as case worker for Arab seniors for one year, then in 2016 as program coordinator & facilitator of the (Syrian Refugee Mental Health and Wellbeing Program/ program for front-line workers). Since 2020 continue as coordinator and facilitator for (Newcomers’ Mental Health and Wellness Support / program for front-line workers.) Contact	Samoon Tasmim PhD Candidate, Psychotherapy Mental health professional with over 7 years of international and Canadian experience as psychotherapist. His clinical work focus on mental health of immigrants and newcomers to Canada. Worked closely with leading immigrant serving organizations including Muslim Family Services of Ottawa, Ottawa Muslim Community Services and REPFO (Ottawa’s Black Francophone Serving Organization). Joined Jewish Family Services of Ottawa 2021 as Mental Health Training Facilitator. Samoon is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Counselling and Psychotherapy focusing on Psychotherapy for Immigrant communities. He also has multiple academic publications in press including a book chapter on Creative Arts therapy with Immigrants. Contact