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CATEGORY
Data Analytics |
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DURATION
One Day |
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SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate |
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PD HOURS
7 |
Description
Today’s business professional is inundated with data, requiring a complex and sophisticated understanding of data and methods to report and present actionable information.
The interpretation of data comes in many forms: charts, graphs, tables, or reports. The ability to understand ask the right questions of your data is a powerful competitive advantage, resulting in new income streams, better decision making and improved productivity.
This course will demonstrate the concepts, skills and methods to find the key message of the data and turn the data into information, insight and intelligence. Participants will learn how to use the data, whether it’s structured data in Excel, unstructured data in social media, research results presented in reports, slideshows, dashboards, or infographics, to create an interesting, engaging, and impactful business story.
The interpretation of data comes in many forms: charts, graphs, tables, or reports. The ability to understand ask the right questions of your data is a powerful competitive advantage, resulting in new income streams, better decision making and improved productivity.
This course will demonstrate the concepts, skills and methods to find the key message of the data and turn the data into information, insight and intelligence. Participants will learn how to use the data, whether it’s structured data in Excel, unstructured data in social media, research results presented in reports, slideshows, dashboards, or infographics, to create an interesting, engaging, and impactful business story.
What you'll learn
- Understand the importance of context, audience and the hierarchy of data.
- Recognize and remove the clutter that confuses information.
- Learn how to focus on your attention to the most important parts of the data.
- Acquire the steps to transform data into insight and business intelligence.
- Think about visual design and apply concepts of design in data interpretation.
- Be able to analyze a data set, summarize the key findings and make it presentable to clients or management.
- Leverage the potential of storytelling to help the message resonate with the audience and create an actionable business story.
Who will benefit
Business professionals who want to learn about data analytics techniques and leverage insights from big data to allow their organization to make better business decisions.
Special Instructions / Notes:
Windows-based Microsoft Excel 2013 or newer is optional to practice with provided resources.
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