Fast Business Insights with Data
October 30 - November 2, 2017
MaGIC
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About the Course
This workshop will enable entrepreneurs to identify business opportunities through visual data analysis. We will walk you through storytelling concepts, easy and advanced approaches to data collection, and fast ways blending of data to find new segments of customers in the context of promising revenue trends.
Additional Information
COURSE BREAKDOWN:
Day 1: Storytelling with data and web scraping – (Beginner)
Day 2: Introduction and hands-on with Python and R – (Beginner)
Day 3: Data visualization with open source tools – (Intermediate)
Day 4: Data collection with Python – (Intermediate)
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Use visualization as an approach to quickly inspect complex small and big data for insights.
- Become comfortable with user-friendly business intelligence tools, to more flexible open-source software for greater visualisation customisation.
- Collect web data from simple plugin tools to customised python scripts.
- Critically assess data for business opportunities and effectively communicate this value to stakeholders.
COURSE LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
REFRESHMENTS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED
PREPARATION:
Pens
Notebook
REGISTRATION FEES, CANCELLATION AND REFUND
Participant can make the payment via the online registration page.
Cancellation of registration and full refund* are only allowed within 14 days prior to the program. Any cancellations received less than 14 days will not be refunded. Refunds may take up to 5 business days to process.
*Full refund refers to the price of the ticket minus a transaction fee of RM2.
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Use the promocode MAGIC86 to get an attractive 86% discount on this course when you sign up!
Our Speaker
Dr. Sandra Hanchard is a Director at DataViz My. She has a rich background in insights delivery through visualization and big data measurement and has also advised blue-chip clients within Asia Pacific. Sandra is also an academician with interest in text analytics.
Chan Yee Hui is Director of DataViz My and Lead Technical Consultant and eBay. He is a specialist in agile software development, web technology and e-commerce. His hobbies include collecting data online from a range of sources.
Nadav Rindler is an guest speaker for DataViz My and Data Scientist at a leading American NGO. Nadav is a marketing analytics specialist, leveraging tools such as R, SAS, and SQL to solve business problems. His interests include mapping and predictive modeling
Shak Hassan is an Instructor for DataViz My and CTO of WinApp. Shak is an expert in R programming and is well-versed in open source technologies for data visualization. His interests include Natural Language Processing and chatbots.