Learn how to create print-ready, state-specific reports in Power BI. Printed reports are still essential for executive meetings, but recreating dashboards for print can be time-consuming. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin demonstrates how to duplicate dashboard pages, adjust visuals for letter-size portrait layouts, and add summary cards that show totals and distinct counts.…
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Learn how to build paginated reports that scale with your data. Dashboards are great for visual exploration, but when you need detailed, multi-page printouts, paginated reports are essential. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin demonstrates how to leverage a single Power BI dataset to create reports that are both printable and interactive. You’ll learn…
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Learn how to create clear, actionable briefs for your data projects. Delivering data sets isn’t just about sharing numbers—it’s about providing context. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin shows how to build simple data briefs that summarize projects, define cohorts, highlight key fields, and document sources and transformations. You’ll learn how to structure your…
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Learn how to uncover long-term customer trends with cohort analysis. Every dataset tells a story, but sometimes the most powerful insights come from asking different questions. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin introduces cohort analysis—a method of grouping customers by a shared characteristic, like the date of their first tour. Instead of just tracking…
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Cohorts let you group customers for deeper insights—but the real power comes when you connect them to additional details. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin shows how to enhance cohort analysis by including the first tour each guest booked. Using Power Query, you’ll see how to correct data types, merge queries, and tie cohort…
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Learn how to share and reuse your data cleaning routines with the Advanced Editor in Power Query. Cleaning data in Excel is essential, but repeating the same steps across multiple files or platforms can be tedious. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin demonstrates how to capture your cleaning steps in the Advanced Editor, copy…
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Learn how to create simple, professional visuals from basic datasets. Sharing data isn’t just about the numbers—it’s about presenting them clearly and effectively. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin demonstrates how to turn small datasets into polished visuals for reports, presentations, and updates. You’ll learn how to build bar and line charts, adjust formatting…
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Learn how to study the top and bottom of your dataset with Power BI. Full datasets are valuable, but sometimes the biggest insights come from just the highest- or lowest-performing records. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin shows how to start with context—record counts, totals, clients, and date ranges—so your audience understands the data…
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Learn how to design smarter data tables with Microsoft Copilot and SQL Server. Every successful project starts with the right structure. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin shows how to plan out key tables for a community project—covering volunteers, events, partners, and assignments—and then use Copilot in SQL Server to generate scripts, refine fields,…
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Learn how to work with public population data using Excel Copilot and Power Query. Aggregated datasets often include both state- and county-level records, which can inflate totals if left unstructured. In this Data Survival Skills session, Robin shows how to clean and prepare data for analysis by converting it into a table, separating Alabama’s state…
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