Data Visualization Using Power BI

BUSINESS ACUMEN WORKSHOP FROM DANIELS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Data Visualization Using Power BI

Three-day Online Workshop

DATA VISUALIZATION USING POWER BI

Create Powerful Visualizations with Power BI

A picture is worth a thousand words – or a thousand spreadsheets. In today’s complex business world, where the amount of data is overwhelming, creating and communicating through compelling data visualizations is a must-have skill for all business professionals. In this three-day workshop, you’ll learn how to use and apply Power BI, a free Microsoft application which creates stunning visuals without complex algorithms or coding.

Make powerful use of data visualization to turn mountains of raw data into meaningful stories that inform decisions and drive change. This is a deep dive into the world of data and data visualization. You will learn how to create, analyze and evaluate large data sets and turn them into visually impactful stories that will drive your business forward. This is a software-heavy class where you will learn and practice technical skills in Microsoft Power BI, a free business analytics application that lets users visual data.

Meet Your Faculty Amy Phillips Daniels Executive Education Amy L. Phillips is a former professor of teaching in the Department of Business Information & Analytics, Daniels

“Everyone’s sitting on a pile of data. Let’s identify a business question, and then go get the data to solve that question.”

-Amy Phillips-

College of Business, and is a core member of the Executive Education faculty. Her teaching and professional interests have spanned technical areas in business including web development and database management. She is the co-author

What You’ll Learn Know thy data: Understand your data by recognizing that data must have relationships Find the needle in the (data) haystack: Learn how data visualization techniques provide valuable opportunities to discover strategic insights and hidden relationships Tell your story with data: Find the compelling narrative along with giving an account of the facts and establishing the connections between them BYOD-Bring Your Own Data: Learn how to use and apply Power BI to tell your data story

of the award winning and bestselling textbook Business Driven Information Systems. Amy received her MEd in educational technology in 1995 from Plymouth State College in New Hampshire, where she was a lecturer. She joined the University of Denver faculty in 2000. She is the author of the leading MIS textbook in the world, Business-Driven Information Systems, now in its second edition.

DATA VISUALIZATION USING POWER BI

Who Should Attend A variety of professionals will benefit from the Data Visualization Using Power BI workshop: Individuals looking to make sense of large amounts of data Individuals with limited familiarity with Power BI Business professionals interested in uncovering untapped data in their organization and transforming it into actionable business intelligence will benefit from this class.

The entire experience (from the curriculum, professor, setting and support staff) was first-class. If you are a manager or/ executive who could benefit from expert knowledge in the field of Data Visualization, I strongly encourage you to take this workshop.

-Steve Sietos Past Participant

Workshop Agenda

DAY 1

Welcome, Overview, Introductions Competing on Analytics The Data Economy Lunch Know They Data Know Thy Data Lab Virtual Happy Hour

DAY 2

Find the Needle in the Data Haystack Interactive Activity Lunch Find the Needle in the Data Haystack Interactive Activity Lab

DAY 3

Data Analysis using Visual Analytics Lunch Data Analysis using Visual Analytics Lab BYOD (Bring Your Own Data) Workshop Debrief

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