About this Event
Learn how to build world-class business dashboards from Jeffrey Shaffer, author of the best-selling book, The Big Book of Dashboards.
A well-designed dashboard can point out risks, opportunities, and more; however, common challenges and misconceptions can make your dashboard useless at best, and misleading at worst. This workshop will explore the tools, guidance, and models you need to produce world-class dashboards -- that inform, enlighten, and engage.
Jeffrey Shaffer brings years of experience as a professor and practitioner, helping students and professionals build effective visualizations. Having endured many “best practices” battles, Jeff brings an uncommon empathy that will help workshop participants survive and thrive in the data visualization world.
- Introduction and Fundamentals of Data Visualization
- Workshop Exercise
- Data Representation and Visualization Types
- Visualizing Time
- Workshop Exercise
- Best Practices in Dashboard Design
- Enagement through Personalization
- Interactive Visualizations
- Thinking Critically about Data
- Dead-end Dashboards and Journey into the Unknown
- Workshop Exercise
- A Review of Dashboards from The Big Book of Dashboards
- Building Dashboards in the Real World
- Q&A
Workshop attendees will receive a signed copy of The Big Book of Dashboards, breakfast, lunch, and workshop handouts. Laptops are not required for this workshop.
This workshop is for anyone tasked with building or overseeing the development of business dashboards, and is useful to anyone who needs to help others better understand data to make informed decisions.
The workshop will appeal to all levels in an organization, from data analysts to C-Suite executives.
Attendees will learn how to create, refine, and optimize dashboards that provide insight and make an impact. Participants will be able to immediately apply what they learn to their own work.
No other workshop offers this combination of key concepts in data visualization and dashboard design, with practical and real-world insights from an expert in the field.
ROI = Better dashboards lead to better understanding, which leads to better decisions.
8:30 to 9:00 – Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 to to 10:30 – Instruction
10:30 to 10:45 – Break
10:45 to 12:00 – Instruction
12:00 to 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 to 2:30 – Instruction
2:30 to 2:45 – Break
2:45 to 3:45 – Instruction
3:45 to 4:00 – Q & A
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided to attendees.
Read Ken Black's review of the workshop here.
“I attended your training in Atlanta earlier this year and it drastically changed how I design dashboards. I’m hiring a junior analyst and would like to send him to your workshop as well.”
"It’s hard to imagine a workshop that’s applicable to as wide a range of professionals as this one. Anyone who needs to identify patterns, diagnose causes, explore hypotheses, recommend solutions, sell ideas and state business cases will find this workshop useful, regardless of your level of experience in data visualization."
“...very knowledgeable - definitely an expert in his field.”
"Brilliant with communication and instructions. Gave examples and described situations very well.”
“… kept energy and interest levels high, exhibiting charisma, passion, and patience in his approach. He also went the extra mile to point me in the right direction in fleshing out a complex data visualization after the class had ended.”
“Amazing knowledge and he is well versed with the subject.”
“I had such a great experience and can’t recommend it enough!”
“I've attended around 15 training courses in my professional career and this was the best instructor I've had. His patient and polite manner really cultivated a positive atmosphere for absorbing knowledge.”
“He has a real desire to teach others what he knows, and is incredibly generous with his time and knowledge.”
“It was an opportunity to learn at the foot of a master.”
Q) Is there a particular tool I need to use?
A) Instruction and examples focus on general best practices and are not tool-specific.
Q) Will I be using a computer? If so, do I need to bring a laptop with me.
A) Attendees will not be be using a computer. Just bring whatever you like to use to take notes.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, United States
USD 595.00 to USD 695.00
