About this Event
📊 STRIVE WISDOM | EVENT LEARNING BRIEF
📈 Data Analytics & Microsoft Power BITurning Data into Business Insights
📍 Washington, DC, USA
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📌 01 | THE SESSION AT A GLANCE
📍 Location: Washington, DC, USA
⏰ Duration: 1 Full Day – 8 Hours
👨🏫 Delivery: Instructor-Led Classroom Training
💻 Format: In-Person Classroom Training / Virtual Session
🌐 Language: English
🏆 Credits: 8 PDUs / Training Hours
🎓 Certification: Course Completion Certificate
🍽️ Refreshments: Complimentary Beverages, Lunch & Snacks Included
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🎯 02 | WHY THIS SESSION?
Professionals use data to monitor performance, identify trends, and support workplace decisions.
This session introduces practical data analytics methods and Microsoft Power BI tools for preparing datasets, creating visual reports, and communicating findings. It also covers data quality, privacy, and responsible data use.
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🚀 03 | WHAT YOU CAN TAKE INTO YOUR WORK
By participating in this session, you will explore how to:
✅ Explain data analytics concepts and their workplace applications.
✅ Prepare datasets and create interactive Power BI dashboards.
✅ Interpret trends and communicate findings through clear reports.
✅ Apply basic data modelling and introductory DAX measures.
✅ Recognise data quality, privacy, and access-control considerations.
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👥 04 | IS THIS SESSION FOR YOU?
🔹 Business Analysts and Reporting Professionals
Develop skills in data preparation, dashboard creation, and business reporting.
🔹 Managers and Department Heads
Explore how reports and performance indicators support decision-making.
🔹 Operations and Administration Professionals
Learn to organise operational data and communicate reporting findings.
🔹 Finance and Business Professionals
Review numerical data, performance measures, and business trends.
🔹 Project and Programme Professionals
Explore visual reporting methods for communicating project information.
🔹 Beginners in Data Analytics
Build foundational knowledge of analytics and Microsoft Power BI.
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✨ 05 | THE STRIVE WISDOM APPROACH
🛠️ Practical
Explore data preparation, reporting, and dashboard development through guided exercises.
👥 Human-Centred
Focus on clear reporting that meets the needs of different workplace audiences.
🔐 Responsible
Consider data accuracy, privacy, access controls, and careful interpretation.
🔄 Workflow-Oriented
Follow the process from importing data to presenting analytical findings.
💡 Applied
Practise using sample datasets and creating reports for common business scenarios.
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🤝 06 | FROM INDIVIDUAL LEARNING TO TEAM PRACTICE
Participants will practise preparing data, developing reports, and communicating findings using sample business datasets. They will also consider how analytics techniques can support team reporting and existing workplace workflows.
🏢 IN-HOUSE SESSION
Want to train your entire team?
Strive Wisdom can tailor the training to an organisation’s reporting responsibilities, data sources, and workflows, helping teams explore how data analytics and Power BI can support their day-to-day work.
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📊 STRIVE WISDOM
Turning Data into Business Insights
Learn practical techniques. Visualise information clearly. Make informed business decisions.
Agenda
07 | THE SEVEN PRACTICAL AREAS
Module 1: Foundations of Data Analytics
Info: • Explain data analytics and its role in business decisions.
• Identify common data sources and performance indicators.
• Distinguish descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.
• Icebreaker
Module 2: Data Collection and Preparation
Info: • Identify common data sources and dataset formats.
• Recognise missing values, duplicates, and inconsistent records.
• Apply basic data-cleaning techniques.
• Hands-On Activity
Module 3: Introduction to Microsoft Power BI
Info: • Explore Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, and reports.
• Import data from Excel and other supported sources.
• Navigate the interface and organise report components.
• Hands-On Activity
Module 4: Data Transformation and Modelling
Info: • Use Power Query to clean and transform data.
• Understand relationships between tables.
• Explore basic DAX measures and calculations.
• Workshop Exercise
Module 5: Data Visualisation and Dashboard Design
Info: • Select charts suited to different data types.
• Create reports using filters and slicers.
• Apply clear layouts and visualisation principles.
• Workshop Exercise
Module 6: Business Reporting and Insight Generation
Info: • Identify trends and patterns in business data.
• Use key performance indicators to review results.
• Present findings through clear visual reports.
• Case Study
Module 7: Practical Application and Responsible Analytics
Info: • Create a dashboard using a sample dataset.
• Recognise data privacy and access-control considerations.
• Present findings supported by the available data.
• Group Discussion
Event venue & nearby stays
Regus - DC, Washington - Connecticut Avenue, 1050 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington, United States
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