Power BI

Instructor-Led Training / Workshop / BI & Visualization

Microsoft Power BI helps organizations quickly create powerful visualizations and analyze data from multiple sources, often without writing a single data query. However, creating compelling visuals is only part of the story. How do you craft your BI visuals in a way that helps people more immediately understand their meaning? What is the psychology behind the visual representation of data? Our Power BI courses answer these questions and more advanced data modeling and analysis topics that those who rely on BI data should know.

We provide several courses that you can take individually or combine according to your needs.

  • Understand the Why’s and not just the How’s of visualization
  • Understand key visualization concepts
  • Have a better process for eliminating rework through better requirements gathering
  • Determine what the best tool for the job actually should be
  • Determine the best visual to use to convey the story you want to tell
  • Understand how to get maximum impact from color choice
  • Become a go-to organizational person for visualizations
  • Learn the ethics of data visualization

Workshop courses

Pick and choose the courses that are most important to your organization.

1. From problem to Power BI: A journey in data visualization

Power BI is all the rage right now in visualizing data on the Microsoft BI stack. We’ve seen numerous how-tos and presentations on the features. But, in this class, we will go through the journey of a specific problem, research it, storyboard it, work through how we solve it (before we ever open Power BI), and then build the Power BI visualization. Make your visualization count.

2. Data Visualization: How to truly tell a great story!

We have more information available to us today than ever before. So much so that we run the risk of not telling concise stories. There’s a lot more to creating that story than just getting the correct information. Learn not just the do’s and don’ts but the whys.

3. Show it Right! An In-Depth Guide to Visualization

In this full-day session, you will learn the ins and outs of data visualization. The focus of this course is to help everyone from beginners to experts alike refine their visualization process.

Participants will learn the theories and concepts of visualization and the actual process to successfully implement them. Get hands-on experience as we work through a complete cycle from the initial request to the successful delivery of the visualization. Whether you work in Power BI, SSRS, or even Excel, learn principles that will help you tell your data story.

  • Intended Audience
    • Database professionals wanting to learn more about perfecting their report writing
    • Business intelligence professionals trying to get more impact from their work
    • Anyone with a need to visualize data or just a curiosity about it
  • Course Topics:
    • Background and History
    • Schools of thought
    • Types of Data and Visuals
    • Data to Ink Ratios
    • Redefining requirements gathering
    • Storyboarding
    • Mockup Development
    • How we see the world
    • Choosing the right tool
    • Selecting the right chart/graph
    • Applying knowledge
  • Course Objectives:
    • Understand the Why’s and not just the How’s of visualization
    • Understand key visualization concepts
    • Have a better process for eliminating rework through better requirement gathering
    • Determine what the best tool for the job actually should be
    • Determine the best visual to use to convey the story you want to tell
    • Understand how to get maximum impact from color choice
    • Become a go-to organizational person for visualizations
4. Two Truths That’s A Lie: Data Visualization Ethics

Data visualization is an impactful and influential method of telling a story, so it’s essential to be as open and truthful as possible when telling your story. The Society of Professional Journalists has a code of ethics that begins with a single mission, Seek Truth and Report It, but what is truth in data? Data can tell multiple stories. How do we protect our company and reputation?

5. An Introduction to Data-Driven Storytelling: Data Visualization for all!

We hear the term data visualization nearly every day in our daily life, and it has become an integral part of our day-to-day business practice and our actual everyday life. It is the language of data. However, it can be overwhelming to those new to the topic, unfamiliar with new tools, or looking to keep up with the latest technology.

In this session, we will have fun discussing the ins and outs of data-driven visualizations. We will discuss the theory that becomes practical, and we will learn not only the how but the WHY!

Get hands-on experience as we work through multiple scenarios and learn how to build impactful data-driven visualizations!

  • Course Topics:
    • History of visualization
    • Psychology and theory behind visualization
    • Understanding your data
    • Ethics
    • Legal concerns
    • Finding your story with storyboarding
    • Mock-up development
    • How we see the world
    • Avoiding common mistakes
    • Choosing the correct chart/graph
    • Real-world applications
Ready to Get Started?

Our Training Team is ready to help you get started on your training journey. Reach out and let us know your training needs so we can discuss how best we can help.

Course Benefits

Trained by experts

Our instructors are expert practitioners who share their real-world experience and insights into the topics covered by this course in a pragmatic way.

Make use of your time with the instructor(s) and ask questions about data and visualization challenges you face today.

Hands-On Experience

The courses each contain labs that allow you to practice various tools and methods. Sometimes the interactive components are more ad-hoc as you follow along with the instructor, providing a more fluid and dynamic approach to learning new skills.