Discussion with Teneika Askew: Empowering Decision Making with Data Visualization

Wylie Blanchard — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 19:58:00 +0000

I recently met with Teneika Askew, Head of People Analytics at Mozilla, to discuss how to utilize data for effective visualization and creating data stories that enable decision-makers to take action.

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You can connect with Teneika on her website, Twitter and Linkedin.
Tools include PowerQuery, PowerBI, Tableau, Google Data Studio and SAP Tools.
Though it is important to implement a new platform/solution, it is equally as important to inform and educate end-users on how to utilize the new platform or solution.
Every career/job has a data component – Do make an effort to learn how to utilize data as a skill. Doing so will enhance your skill-set and help you enhance your career.
College students should look into scholarship, internship and other opportunities offered by their university like the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and INROADS internships.
For those who are new to data visualizations, start with Microsoft Excel, work to graduate from a beginner Excel user to an advanced Excel user, then learn Microsoft Power BI and Tableau.
Microsoft currently offers free Power BI training, Tableau Prep & Tableau Desktop are not free unless you are a student, freeCodeCamp and SimpliLearn.

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Discussion with Chris Hyde: Making a Difference with Data Analytics

Wylie Blanchard — Sat, 02 May 2020 10:18:00 +0000

I met with Chris Hyde, SQL Server BI and Data Science Consultant to learn about his career as a data professional and his journey into data science. In this interview Chris shares how data can make a difference in people’s lives, how there has been an increase use of statistics in data science and advice on how others can begin their career into data analytics.

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The best way to connect with Chris Hyde is on Twitter. He can also be found on Linkedin.
Chris Recommends the following books:
Learning R by Richard Cotton.
R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data by Hadley Wickham and Garrett Grolemund.
Think Stats: Exploratory Data Analysis by Allen Downey.

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Discussion with Teneika Askew: Empowering Decision Making with Data Visualization

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Discussion with Chris Hyde: Making a Difference with Data Analytics

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