Aimia employees donate their data analysis skills to help local not-for-profits this weekend
Employees have less than 24 hours to sift through reams of data to help
the United Way, Art Gallery of Ontario & Engineers Without Borders
improve the impact of their programs
MONTREAL, Oct. 29, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – Aimia’s data scientists and
consultants are coming together this weekend in Toronto to work with
three prominent not-for-profit organizations to analyze trends and
patterns in their data and make recommendations to meaningfully improve
their programs. With the help of some students from the Rotman School
of Management, Aimia employees will have less than 24 hours to provide
actionable insights to Engineers Without Borders Canada, United Way
Toronto, United Way Centraide Canada and the education programs at the
Art Gallery of Ontario’s Weston Family Learning Centre.
Overview of itinerary:
Friday, November 1, 2013
|
6:00pm – 7:00pm 7:00pm – 9:00pm |
Kick-off / Opening remarks Vince Timpano, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada, Aimia Susan Doniz, Global Chief Information Officer, Aimia Susan McIsaac, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way Toronto Dan Clement, Senior Vice President, United Way Centraide Canada Matthew Teitelbaum, Michael and Sonja Koerner Director and Chief Executive Officer, Art Gallery of Ontario Alexandra Conliffe, Vice President Operations, Engineers Without Borders Canada Breakout sessions with 4 core teams to support each charity – huddle and strategize for the next day, as well as socialize to get to know each other |
Saturday, November 2
| 9:00am |
Teams assemble and start diving into data – analyzing and problem solving |
| 11:30am |
Teams break for words of encouragement from a colleague in the UK who led a similar data analysis volunteer event last year |
| 12:00pm | Lunch and a check-in with the teams |
| 10:00pm | Teams wrap up for the night |
Sunday – November 3
| 9:00am | Teams reconvene to finalize their presentations of their results |
| 10:00am |
Each team presents their findings and recommendations for each of the charities for approx. 20 minutes each |
| Closing remarks by Kevin O’Brien, Chief Commercial Officer, Aeroplan | |
| 12:00pm | Event wraps up |
| Location: |
MaRS Collaboration Centre, The MaRS Centre, South Tower, ROOM CR2 & CR3, 101 College Street, Toronto. |
Various executives from Aimia and each of the charitable organizations
will be dropping in throughout the weekend. Members of the media
interested in visiting the event can contact JoAnne Hayes at joanne.hayes@aimia.com.
For live updates be sure to follow us on Twitter at @AimiaInc, hashtag #AimiaEvents.
About Aimia in Canada
Aimia, a global leader in loyalty management, has unique capabilities
and proven expertise in delivering proprietary loyalty services,
launching and managing coalition loyalty programs, creating value
through loyalty analytics and driving innovation in the emerging
digital and mobile spaces. In Canada, Aimia owns and operates Aeroplan,
Canada’s premier coalition loyalty program, as well as a proprietary
loyalty division that designs, launches and operates new client
programs. Aimia also offers world-class data analytics through its
Intelligent Shoppers Solutions suite of tools and has a minority
position in Cardlytics, a pioneer of transaction-driven marketing in
banking. For more information, please visit: www.aimia.com.
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Contact:
please contact:
JoAnne Hayes
416-352-3706
joanne.hayes@aimia.com