Free Webinar March 16, 2022: Data Science for Business Professionals

Webinar Recording:

Discount Offer:

To continue your journey along the data science learning path, we recommend the following courses on our training schedule. We’ll even extend a 20% discount on your first enrollment in any of the following classes, no other discounts apply. Contact us at GetSmart@LRS.com or 877.832.0688, extension 1493 to assist with your registration and request the “Data Science Webinar” discount.

Course Description
Microsoft Excel: Part 1 This course provides students with a foundation for Excel knowledge and skills, including performing calculations and modifying a worksheet.
Microsoft Excel: Part 2 This course builds upon the foundational knowledge presented in Excel: Part 1 and will enable you to create advanced workbooks and worksheets to help deepen your understanding of organizational intelligence. 
Microsoft Excel: Part 3 Students will learn how to collaborate with colleagues, automate complex or repetitive tasks, and use conditional logic to construct and apply elaborate formulas using the full power of Excel.
Programming and Data Wrangling with VBA and Excel This course will give students a good foundation for creating and using VBA in their own Excel workbooks, show them how to work with data across different applications, and how to package and share the macros and functions they create.
Tableau® Desktop: Part 1 (Second Edition) Students will build foundational knowledge with Tableau, including how to identify and configure basic functions of Tableau, connect to data sources, import data into Tableau, save Tableau files, and much more.
Tableau® Desktop: Part 2 (Second Edition) Students will learn how to perform advanced data visualization and data blending with Tableau, such as how to blend data to visualize relationships, join data, access data in PDFs, and more.
Power BI: Data Analysis Professional (Second Edition) Students will learn how to visualize data with Power BI, including how to analyze data with self-service BI, connect to data sources, and perform advanced data modeling and shaping.

Webinar  Overview:

The ability to identify and respond to changing trends is a hallmark of a successful business. Whether those trends are related to customers and sales, or to regulatory and industry standards, businesses are wise to keep track of the variables that can affect the bottom line. In today's business landscape, data comes from numerous sources and in diverse forms. By leveraging data science concepts and technologies, businesses can mold all of that raw data into information that facilitates decisions to improve and expand the success of the business.

Target Student:

This course is designed for business leaders and decision makers, including C-level executives, project managers, HR leaders, marketing and sales leaders, and technical sales consultants, who want to increase their knowledge of and familiarity with concepts surrounding data science. Other individuals who want to know more about basic data science concepts are also candidates for this webinar.

Attendees will learn:

  • What data science is, types of data, and the data science lifecycle
  • Data science implementation: acquisition and preparation, modeling and visualization, roles
  • The impact of data science: benefits, challenges, and business use cases

Presenter Biography:

As the Technology Education Jedi at Logical Operations, Jon O’Keefe is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of Logical Operations’ emerging technology courseware portfolio and certifications.  He is currently overseeing Logical Operations' CMMC program.  He has over 20 years of experience in IT and Education and holds a Master’s in Education Theory and Policy, with an emphasis on Curriculum design.  He is also a Master Modern Classroom Certified Trainer (MCCT) and Master Certified Virtual Educator (CVE) and has helped over 5,000 trainers and K-12 educators in virtual instruction techniques.  With a passion for storytelling and film, Jon stays informed on the latest and greatest technologies.