The Canadian Digital Adoption Program (CDAP)
Get up to $15,000 to create a Digital Adoption Plan
The Boost Your Business Technology grant covers up to 90% of the eligible cost of retaining the services of a digital advisor, up to a maximum grant value of $15,000 per SME, to develop a digital adoption plan.
Businesses that complete a Digital Adoption Plan also have the opportunity to secure a 0% interest loan from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) to facilitate the acquisition of new technology. In addition, applicants can leverage the help of talented post-secondary students and recent graduates through subsidized work placements.
How Can All About Systems Help me?
All About Systems is an Approved Digital Advisor for Stream 2 of the Canadian Digital Adoption Program: Boost your Business Technology .
All About Systems has been consulting with business of all sizes and implementing a variety of technologies for over 20 years. We are passionate about empowering small businesses and entrepreneurs to select the RIGHT technology that meets their needs and is aligned with the goals they have for their business.
What you get:
- Help with getting you started and completing your application.
- Guidance with completing your Digital Needs Assessment
- In depth analysis of your current state
- Working with you to define goals and expectations.
- Designing and creating a Digital Adoption Plan that will meet your goals.
How can a Digital Adoption Plan help my business?
By getting a Digital Adoption Plan, businesses can understand what they need to:
- Optimize Costs. A Digital Adoption Plan can help to identify redundant applications and ways to operate and reach goals that are within your budget. Selecting the wrong tool to get the work done can increase costs unnecessarily. A Digital Adoption Plan can help identify these and make recommendations on how to optimize your costs by scaling down subscription packages, using automations to link to other apps that are free or cheaper or recommending simple processes using existing tools to achieve the same goals.
- Retain Top Talent… including yourself! You likely got into business because you wanted to share something you are passionate about with others. You are an expert in your field and want to bring your knowledge and expertise to others and grow a business at the same time. Tech is likely not your area of expertise. That is where we can come in to make sure your Digital Workplace is running smoothly and YOU and your team can get work done to provide value to your business. Being able to work efficiently will make you and your team happy and likely to keep working!
- Improve Communication and Collaboration. Running a business means collaborating with your team, communicating effectively with internal and external people, keeping your customers informed and collaborating with vendors and suppliers. A Digital Adoption Plan will identify more efficient ways to store, share and work with files, emails and send them to the right people. Using the right apps to collaborate with the right people at the right time is critical to your success.
- Improve services and processes. Automation plays a big part in improving services and processes. The experience your customers have will say a lot about your business and the likelihood of them becoming repeat customers. Having a smooth process that keeps them informed and engaged is important. Your marketing efforts are just as important as your operational efforts. A Digital Adoption Plan will ensure that you have the right mix of People + Processes + Technology to operate efficiently.
- Keep it Secure. With so much data available digitally, how confident are you that it is secure in the cloud? Using the right kind of apps and security tools will ensure that any confidential and sensitive data. A Digital Adoption Plan will provide high-level recommendations to ensure your data is safe. If you have special considerations for security (i.e. PIPEDA, HIPPA, etc.), please note that this assessment will not get into that level of detail. Please get in touch with us to discuss a more thorough assessment of your security needs.
What is included in the Boost Your Business Technology Grant?
All About Systems is an Approved Digital Advisor for Stream 2 of the Canadian Digital Adoption Program: Boost your Business Technology .
What you get in Stream 2:
$15K to develop Digital Adoption Plan
- A grant covering up to 90% of the eligible cost of retaining the services of a digital advisor, up to a maximum grant value of $15,000 per SME, to develop a digital adoption plan.
- Gain advice from a digital advisor, who will work with companies to recommend digital pathways and strategies that will help you achieve your business goals and increase your competitiveness in the digital economy.
- Have access to a marketplace of pre-approved digital advisors like Cue North.
Up to $100K Interest-Free Loan
Have the opportunity to secure a 0% interest loan from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) to facilitate the acquisition of new technology. The amount of the loan varies according to your revenue:
- Business revenues between $500,000 and below $5M: you can request a loan between $25,000 and $50,000
- Business revenues $5M and more: you can request a loan between $25,000 and $100,000\
Up to $7,300 Wage Subsidies for Youth
Access a pool of talented post-secondary students and recent graduates through subsidized work placements.
How does it work?
- Check if you’re eligible and learn more about the program: CLICK HERE
- Apply for the program: CLICK HERE
- Get approved for the program
- Book a call to work with All About Systems as your Approved Digital Advisor
- Get your Digital Adoption Plan and submit it to the program with your paid invoice to get reimbursed.
Am I eligible?
You’re ready to apply if:
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- you’re an owner or director
- your business:
- is Canadian-owned
- is for-profit
- has 1 to 499 employees
- has had at least $500,000 in annual revenue in 1 of the last 3 years
How do I get started?
Use the button below to Book a Discovery Call and get started!