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Business Analytics and Visualization

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It has been a while since I posted a blog article.  Things have been busy and unfortunately my blog has suffered.  Not only have I been busy working in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform arena, but I have also been teaching at a local university.  This past semester I taught Business Analytics and Visualization.  It was a fun course to teach and I was able to introduce business students to the power of analytics using both Power BI and Tableau.  The text for the course was Introduction to Business Analytics, 1 st Edition by Vernon Richardson & Marci Watson.  The text did a great job of covering the types of analytics and the mindset and approach you should follow as a business analyst.  I recently used some of this material in a presentation at an FPnA conference, and it was well received, so I thought I would put the thoughts together here for everyone to read. In today's data-driven world, the ability to transform raw data into meanin...
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Power BI World Tour Coming

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I am excited to be presenting at the Power BI World Tour in New York and San Francisco. This is going to be a great event with many different sessions.  Take a look at the information below and hopefully can attend one of the events I will be at, but if those dates don't work there are a few other options available. What is the Power BI World Tour? The Power BI World Tour is a local two day technical conference targeted for the newbie/business user, business analyst, super user, or IT / Administrator of Power BI. Our goal is to bring value added content that is relevant and timely that will take your knowledge of Power BI to the next level, give you an opportunity to network with peers and Industry Experts, and tweak your dashboards so they give your organization the extra edge. Who is the target audience for the Power BI World Tour? Our goal is to have something in the World Tour for everyone. For those that are brand new, they will get the chance to learn the funda...
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