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Founding Tableau Education Partner Contact us for on-site training Rapid Graphs and Data Analysis with Tableau 8- Days 1 & 2 Dashboard Design and Advanced Mapping with Tableau 8- Day 3 Data Preparation and Management for Tableau 8- Day 4 Attendee feedback about training by Freakalytics Better Analytics with Tableau 8 Videos |
| Tableau 8 for The Accidental Analyst®—Two-day Workshop Locations, dates and registration links Are you a newer user of Tableau who would like to start building your Tableau skills from the ground up? Would you also like to have a plan of attack when faced with a new analysis problem or dataset? In the first day of this intensive, hands-on workshop, you will learn the essentials of how to use and apply the key features of Tableau to answer questions in your daily work, along with a straightforward method to analyze your data called “The Seven C’s of Data Analysis.” You’ll practice these techniques by creating Tableau dashboards, attractive and exciting combinations of tables and graphs that summarize the results of your analysis on one screen or page. In the second day, you will learn key data preparation and management techniques in Excel, Access and Tableau. These include merging tables, combining tables, bringing together data from disparate systems (such as Excel and a database), using table calculations and writing your own formulas in Tableau, and much more! You’ll hit the ground running when you return to work and need to answer your next business question! All attendees will receive course notes, real-world exercises, a copy of our new book The Accidental Analyst: Show Your Data Who’s Boss and a laminated set of our popular Rapid Dashboards Reference Cards which is packed with tips and tricks that are helpful to all Tableau users. No prior knowledge of Tableau, dashboards, or data management is required to attend this workshop. Attendee feedback and comments |
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| Rapid Graphs and Data Analysis with Tableau 8 Gain confidence and expertise in this two-day course as you learn how to create graphs and tables with Tableau to improve the speed and quality of your daily decisions. Topics include core features, the power of Show Me!, data access, thinking analytically, effective business graph design, data management, data exploration principles, table calculations, filtering and the value of highlighting with multi-graph views. Each attendee will receive the book, Rapid Graphs with Tableau 8 by Stephen McDaniel and Eileen McDaniel, PhD. |
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| Dashboard Design and Advanced Mapping with Tableau 8 Building on the content from the first two days, or a solid understanding of Rapid Graphs with Tableau 8, this one-day course covers dashboard capabilities with two case studies, dashboard design principles, advanced mapping capabilities and publishing to Tableau Server. Dashboard topics include design principles and best practices, common mistakes, layout, interaction features and testing. Mapping topics include custom geocoding and best practices for combining maps with other view types in Tableau. Each attendee will receive the book, Rapid Graphs with Tableau 8 by Stephen McDaniel and Eileen McDaniel, PhD. Prerequisite- if you don’t attend the first two days of our Tableau training then you should possess knowledge of Tableau commensurate with the book “Rapid Graphs with Tableau 8”. |
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| Advanced Data Preparation and Management for Tableau 8 Building on the content from the first two days, or a solid understanding of Rapid Graphs with Tableau 8, this one-day course focuses on data preparation and data management, skills essential to efficiently achieving great results in Tableau. Topics include Excel data preparation, data joins and unions, custom SQL, Access, advanced data item calculations, table calculations and general data management within Tableau. Each attendee will receive the book, “Rapid Graphs with Tableau 8” by Stephen McDaniel and Eileen McDaniel, PhD. Prerequisite- if you don’t attend the first two days of our Tableau training then you should possess knowledge of Tableau commensurate with the book “Rapid Graphs with Tableau 8”. |
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What others have to say
Are you considering attending training by Freakalytics? While nobody is perfect, we are pleased to share that nearly 99% of attendees rated training by Freakalytics as exceeding or meeting their expectations. We have trained a diverse range of people including marketing managers, directors of business intelligence, operations analysts, CFOs, CEOs, data miners, CIOs, business analysts, data architects, senior developers, project managers, hedge fund managers, CMOs, university institutional research directors and others. Here is a sample of recent attendee comments.
“There is no substitute for learning at the feet of a master. And I’m not just saying this because I coordinate training for AEA. I’d been using Tableau Software for months. I’d read Stephen’s book. I’d watched Tableau’s free webinars (which are quite good by the way if you’re a Tableau user).”
“However, in four days of live training I (a) built confidence in the areas where I was on the right track; (b) learned multiple minute details and in particular time-saving shortcuts that only became apparent when seeing someone demonstrate the concepts and software in real time, and (c) moved through roadblocks that I had not been able to surmount via reference manuals and trial-and-error. I’ll now not only be faster, but also more capable and able to produce a better product.”
Susan Kistler, Executive Director, American Evaluation Association
Read her full write-up here
Over on LinkedIn Tableau Enthusiasts Group, Kelly M wrote:
I’ve taken Stephen’s Dashboard workshop at the 2011 conference and it was excellent. Within 15 minutes the guy next to me (Ed) said ‘Well, that trick alone just made the cost for the whole workshop worthwhile.’ The workshop was so well designed that it appeared seamless. That’s a knack that people don’t often get credit for. I judge training based on whether I remember anything later and I can say that I still remember Stephen (and his wife) when I’m building dashboards. Highly, highly recommend any course Stephen offers!
“The best course I have ever taken! In just two days, I learned so many new ways to communicate with my executive team, thanks!”
— On-site attendee, 2013
American Marketing Association Workshop Attendee Feedback
Below is a summary of attendee comments provided from the AMA survey at the conclusion of our course. Approximately half the attendees gave Stephen the highest possible instructor rating, Excellent, with the balance rating the instructor as Very Good.
• Instructor was knowledgeable and easy to listen to.
• Attendees enjoyed the hands-on aspect especially working with real data.
• The course interactivity was great!
• Students enjoyed hearing Stephen’s business insights and it was very interesting to see how he thinks about data.
