8 Minutes with APEX APEX Alberta

Lisa Galecki, the Digital Media & Marketing Specialist for APEX Alberta & Tourism Medicine Hat is the Co-host with Sandra Milne on our final episode for Season 1. Sandra recently accepted a position as the Executive Director of CMHA ASER.

In this episode, Lisa interviews Sandra Milne in this episode and does a year in review with Sandra Regional Innovation Coordinator. Sandra started as the Regional Innovation Coordinator in January 2020 and could have never imagined what her role would look like in the year to come. Sandra discusses what life looked like after March 13, 2020 and her involvement with the Economic Recovery Team in Medicine Hat, the ShopHERE program and how she saw the opportunity for it to play out in our local area and ShopYXH and why it helps small business owners in Southern Alberta reach new customers in a marketplace. As a final farewell, Sandra introduces who the new Regional Innovation Coordinator is for APEX, Tracy Stroud, and shares insights on some exciting things to come for the innovation and tech sector ecosystem in Southern Alberta.

NOTE: At the time of recording the ShopHere program was available but as of March 31, 2021 the program has ended.

In this episode we explore the ShopHERE program with two participants, Cali Bernard of Butter Me Up Co, and Janice Dynes of The Clay Trade. With vastly different backgrounds, and different types of offerings, both Janice and Cali were able to use the program to build beautiful e-commerce sites.

In this episode our host Sandra answers the frequently asked questions she receives at APEX, touching on business in times of crisis, finding the right support, and setting you up for success.

This week Sandra chats with Mark Keller, Executive Director of Advancement and Community Relations at the Medicine Hat College. Mark speaks about programs and services the Medicine Hat College offers to support entrepreneurship, not only for its students, but for the community at large as well.

This week our host Sandra sits down with Lisa Galecki of Tourism Medicine Hat and Community Futures Entre-Corp to talk about the ShopHERE program, marketing supports for entrepreneurs, and programs and services available to help take your business to the next level and gain the exposure you need.

This week our host Sandra is joined by James Kuehn of PULP Digital Creators, Pulp is an organization created to support digital artists in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Learn about PULP's upcoming Digital Juice festival and digital animation in Southern Alberta.