Learn how to strengthen your database design with testing and referential integrity. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin shows why every database—no matter how small the budget—needs testing at each stage. Using a volunteer management system as the example, you’ll see how to set up relational tables for partners, events, and volunteers, and then…
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Learn how to define a clear nomenclature to make your data instantly more readable and actionable. Data can be confusing when key identifiers aren’t meaningful—but a structured naming system changes that. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin walks through creating a nomenclature for property data, showing how to abbreviate cities, merge IDs, and build…
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Learn how to uncover deeper insights by analyzing subgroups in your data. Demographics aren’t the only way to slice a dataset—sometimes the most meaningful patterns appear in behavioral subgroups. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin shows how to clean and restructure survey responses to highlight groups based on how they receive data: direct access,…
Read MoreTrip to Florence Part of the ThinkData Solutions team recently took a trip up to Florence, Alabama, where our CEO, Robin Hunt, had a speaking engagement at the Shoals SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) chapter.It was a great time, as Claudia Powell, Programs and Engagement Specialist, and Mark Pretnar, Corporate Development, are always a…
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