Tag: Illinois

  • Website Considerations that Impact Business Communication

    Website Considerations that Impact Business Communication

    In this article, we’ll explore three things that businesses should consider when assessing how it communicates through its website. Consider what a website visitor needs from your website prior to other considerations.  It is important to know what users expect to encounter when they use a website. For instance, business communications like marketing messages and informational…

  • Trust in Digital Wallets

    Trust in Digital Wallets

    Below is my response to an assignment associated with the online course, The Digital Marketing Revolution, by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It was an intriguing chance to use a practical case to illustrate the idea of digital dominance. Assignment Purpose. This assignment is intended to provide students with the chance to use a practical…

  • 3+1 Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Program – College of DuPage

    3+1 Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Program – College of DuPage

    If you live in or near the DuPage County Illinois area and know someone who’s interested in a career as an Information Technology professional, then it’s time you learned about College of DuPage’s 3+1 Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Program. Students attending the College of DuPage (COD) can now earn their associate’s degree from COD and their…

  • Self Service BI With a Tool End Users Already Know & Love – @CNUG_

    Self Service BI With a Tool End Users Already Know & Love – @CNUG_

    Continued from Chicago SQL BI User Group March 2017 – @CNUG. Session Description: Self Service BI With a Tool End Users Already Know & Love Speaker(s): Wylie Blanchard Duration: 60 minutes Track: BI Information Delivery Your end users want to analyze data in your data warehouse. They want it yesterday and they want to do it…

  • Devry University – Chicago 2017 – SQL Saturday #600

    Devry University – Chicago 2017 – SQL Saturday #600

    Continued from SQL Saturday Chicago 2017. Event Update Session Description: Analyzing SQL Server Data using PowerPivot in MS Excel Speaker(s): Wylie Blanchard Duration: 60 minutes Track: BI Information Delivery Your end users want to analyze data in your data warehouse. They could deal with the learning curve of SSAS but they’d prefer to utilize a familiar application…

  • Arrenello’s Pizza (Tinley Park, IL ) 2017 review

    Arrenello’s Pizza 9420 W 179th St., Tinley Park, IL 60487 —– Visited in February 2017 —– Best pizza in Chicago. I grew up on this pizza typically ordering from the Glenwood or Highland location. This is now my go to location since I live in west burbs now. I love their sweet sauce and chicken…

  • SQL Saturday Chicago 2017

    SQL Saturday Chicago 2017

    Analyzing SQL Server Data using PowerPivot in MS Excel Speaker(s): Wylie Blanchard Duration: 60 minutes Track: BI Information Delivery Your end users want to analyze data in your data warehouse. They could deal with the learning curve of SSAS but they’d prefer to utilize a familiar application like MS Excel. Welcome, PowerPivot, a tool that…

  • Chicago SQL BI User Group March 2017 – @CNUG_

    Chicago SQL BI User Group March 2017 – @CNUG_

    Upcoming event:  Self Service BI With a Tool End Users Already Know & Love Speaker(s): Wylie Blanchard Duration: 60 minutes Track: BI Information Delivery Your end users want to analyze data in your data warehouse. They want it yesterday and they want to do it themselves so that it’s done “right”. Welcome, PowerPivot, a tool…

  • Launch your IT Career Today.

    Launch your IT Career Today.

    A friend calls me to ask if he can sit in on my class. My answer… Of course. Ready for a career change? Need to learn a new skill? Consider reaching out to someone at your local community college. Look at the upcoming schedule and then reach out to the instructor of the class of your…