Learn how to uncover hidden booking gaps with Power BI. Static reports often hide the story behind missing activity—weeks or days where tours never filled. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin shows how to replace Excel pivots with interactive Power BI visuals that make patterns clear. You’ll learn how to build matrices, apply conditional…
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Learn how to enhance storytelling with pivot and matrix visualizations in Power BI. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin demonstrates how dashboards provide only a surface view, while pivot structures enable deeper exploration of the data model. She walks through techniques for sorting, filtering, applying conditional formatting, and calculating percentages to surface meaningful insights…
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Learn how to perform basic analysis on datasets. Every dataset has a story—and it often starts with the mean, median, and mode. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin shows how to use Power Query and Excel to clean data, standardize fields, and calculate averages that reveal meaningful insights. You’ll learn how to transform messy…
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Discover the power of built-in analysis tools. Most modern data tools—including Excel—come with analysis features that can uncover insights quickly, no coding required. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin demonstrates how to clean and prepare data in Power Query, then use Excel’s Analyze Data feature to surface patterns, correlations, and trends instantly. She also…
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Learn how to reveal hidden gaps in your booking data. Traditional reports often miss the story behind no activity—days and weeks where bookings never happened. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin shows how to use Excel and Power Query to merge booking records with a complete date table, making it easy to spot missing…
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Helen Wall is a data analytics and business analysis expert. Helen is skilled in data analysis—querying, analyzing, and modeling data to gain insights—and creating visualizations that illustrate metrics, to help businesses make informed decisions. In her role as a senior financial analyst, she currently improves reports, streamlines processes, and monitors projections, contributing to the forecasting…
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Bill Shander is an information designer, helping clients turn their data into compelling visual and often interactive experiences. He teaches data storytelling, information design and data visualization on LinkedIn Learning, at the University of Vermont, and in workshops around the world. Clients include the World Bank, Starbucks, multiple U.S. Government agencies, Big Four firms, and…
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Oz du Soleil, Microsoft Excel MVP, Author, YouTube Creator By day, Oz uses Excel to battle Crap Data, blazing trails through data’s dusty badlands. By night, he’s a collector of kaleidoscopes. With a fiery passion for teaching and a vicious spirit in the wild west of data, Oz has taught classes for entities like Xfinity,…
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Gini von Courter has taught computer classes on Microsoft Office for 20+ years and has authored 30+ books. Gini has been providing computer classes and seminars on Microsoft Office and related products for more than 20 years at public and private companies, state and federal agencies, educational institutions, and not-for-profit organizations, and has consulted and…
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Robin Hunt is a developer and educator focused on process development, data management, and custom workflows. Robin loves to inspire people to “think something new” and has a passion for people and data. She actively seeks ways to engage in efforts that support her community and loves being an active part of the entrepreneurial and…
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