Power BI #3

Visualise your data stories with dashboards

Illustration of a hand lifting a lid off a serving tray, revealing a lightbulb, representing Power BI as a tool for serving data insights

Learn to create compelling charts that tell a powerful story and answer questions on the spot

Duration

2 days,
9.30am - 5.30pm

Next session

5 & 6 December 2024
(Thursday and Friday)

Venue

Format

In-person

Prerequisites

Use Excel regularly; has personal or company laptop. Details here.

Trainer

Course fee

SGD 1,580

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No payment will be collected at this point. Look out for an email from us on payment details!

This course is especially relevant for business analysts, marketers, and managers who want to elevate their data storytelling skills. You'll master the art of building dynamic dashboards, enabling you to present data clearly to different audiences, build consensus, and drive key decision making.

About this course

The data does not speak for itself - often it needs shaping into powerful visuals that tell a story.

In this course, you’ll learn how to work with visualisation tools in Power BI that lets you:

  • create beautiful and meaningful charts that are rich with context

  • slice-and-dice your data on demand to answer business questions from multiple perspectives

  • analyse your business at different levels of granularity, from local marketing tactics to high-level strategy

A picture is worth a thousand words - we’ll show you how to paint those pictures.

Who this is for

Do you often...





If you check any of these boxes, this course is for you.

Syllabus

Download a detailed copy of the syllabus here.

We cover the fundamental principles that help us create effective and compelling visualisations:

Sub-topic Details
Learn what is possible with Power BI
  • Learn the 3 core elements that make up Power BI
  • Learn to frame and translate your business questions into dashboard design
  • Plan your dashboard 01
  • Understand your audience and the context
  • Familiarise yourself with hands-on dataset and metrics
  • Crystalise business questions into specific questions
  • Differentiate between attributes, metrics, measure
  • Plan your dashboard 02
  • Choose the right charts to answer different questions
  • Sketch possible charts to answer questions
  • Sub-topic Details
    Visualise your data
  • Storyboard a common thread through your visuals
  • Iterate data exploration
  • Translate your sketched dashboard into digital form
  • Refine your visualisations
  • Highlight what is important for your audience
  • Enrich charts with meaningful built-in reference lines
  • Conditionally format charts using measures
  • Keep charts clutter-free yet display additional measure information with simple mouseover
  • Investigate your data fast
  • Slice-and-dice data on the spot to answer questions from various perspectives
  • Click into or out of the data for different levels of granularity
  • Discover key factors with the most impact on your business performance
  • Sub-topic Details
    Share your data story
  • Share interactive reports and dashboards for easy access via web browsers and mobile devices
  • Collaborate with others
  • What you can expect

    To make your learning experience seamless and empowering, we go through the following steps:

    Payment

  • No payment is required at registration.
  • You'll receive a quotation to sign, then an invoice by email with payment details.


    Software check

  • Either a company or personal laptop with Windows, Excel, and Power BI may be used.
  • You'll be asked to upload a screenshot of your software details to verify compatibility.

  • Alignment

  • We'll connect over a video call to align our training with your goals and challenges.




    Technical check

  • We'll also do a technical check on your laptop.
  • This is to ensure a smooth connection to the virtual machine for in-class exercises.

  • Venue and materials

  • We'll gather at Frasers Tower.
  • You'll receive an A5 course booklet detailing the course.




    Approach

  • Expect small interactive sessions (max. 9 participants), with hands-on exercises.
  • Each day includes two 15-minute breaks and a 60-minute lunch break.

  • One-week challenge

  • Participate in our one-week challenge, solving daily data problems on WhatsApp with fellow trainees to win prizes.



    Personalised coaching

  • Enjoy a complimentary 60-minute personalised coaching session within 30 days of your training to work through any questions you face in applying your new skills at work.

  • What you can expect

    To make your learning experience as seamless and empowering as we can, we go through the following steps:

    Payment details
    You will not be required to make payment upon registration. Instead, you will receive an invoice via email with payment details.

    Software check
    You can use either a company or personal laptop to connect to our virtual machines for training. In case of connection issues, all laptops should run Windows with Excel and Power BI installed. To ensure you have the current versions, we ask that you upload a screenshot of your software details during registration.
    Introduction call
    We begin with your end in mind. That’s why we reach out to you prior to your training, so that we can tie in what we go through in our training sessions to your particular challenges.
    Collaborative learning
    We gather at Frasers Tower, our training venue. You will receive an A5 course booklet that covers the course content in detail, so you can focus on the training rather than taking notes. Our training is conducted via virtual machines in order to minimise technical issues. Your trainer will guide you in connecting to them. This is followed by a highly interactive training session with in-class exercises and collaborative learning.
    Know-how, know-when, know-why
    We gather at Frasers Tower again for the second half of the training.
    Personalised coaching session and one-week challenge
    Learning is hardly ever a one-and-done deal. That's why we offer a complimentary 60-minute coaching session anytime within 30 days of your training to answer any questions you have in applying what you’ve learned to your work. We also run a one-week challenge with each session's participants, offering prizes for solving data problems that are posted on whatsapp each day over the course of a week post-training.

    What you can expect

    Your learning journey with us starts before your training course and continues after.

    • Registration

      Payment
      Payment is not required at registration. You will receive a quotation for signature, followed by an invoice via email with payment details.

      Software check
      Feel free to use your company or personal laptop with Windows, Excel, and Power BI for training exercises. We ask that you upload a screenshot of your software details during registration to ensure compatibility.

    • Pre-training

      Alignment
      We begin with your end in mind. Before training, we'll connect over a video call to align our training with your goals and work challenges.

      Technical check
      We'll also do a technical check on your laptop to ensure a smooth connection to the virtual machine for in-class exercises. This call is a two-way conversation, so feel free to ask questions or raise any concerns.

    • Training - 2 days

      Venue and materials
      We gather at Frasers Tower, our training venue. You will receive a hardcopy A5 course booklet that covers the course content in detail.

      Approach
      Expect interactive sessions with hands-on exercises reflecting real work scenarios. With a maximum class size of 9 participants, you are encouraged to ask questions and build on one another's learnings. Each day includes two 15-minute breaks and a 60-minute lunch break.

    • Post-training

      One-week challenge
      Participate in our one-week challenge post-training, solving daily data problems on WhatsApp with your fellow trainees to win prizes.

      Personalised coaching
      We offer a complimentary 60-minute personalised coaching session within 30 days of your training to work through any challenges or questions you face in applying your new skills at work.

    Additional training details

    Venue

    Fraser Towers, next to Tanjong Pagar MRT station

    2 consecutive days, from 9.30am to 5.30pm, with a one-hour lunch break

    Duration

    Trainer

    Class size

    Maximum of 9 participants.

    In-person, with the use of a virtual machine on each user’s laptop accessed via WiFi

    Mode of delivery

    Prerequisites

    All we ask is that you bring your curiosity and enthusiasm. You’re not required to have any prior knowledge of Power BI.

    We do expect that you are familiar and work regularly with Excel, and that your laptop meets the following requirements:

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    No payment will be collected at this point. Look out for an email from us on payment details!

    Course options

    If you’re looking to truly level up your data skills, we’ve got you covered.

    Each of our courses is targeted at a specific phase of your analytics workflow. With our Power BI Duo or Trio options, you’ll be able to tackle any problem you encounter.

    Power BI Single

    $1,580

    Choose between Power BI #1, or #2, or #3

  • ✔    Automated workflows
  • ✔    Best course materials
  • ✔    1 x 2-day live training
  • ✔    60 minutes personalized coaching

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    Power BI Duo

    $3,160

    Power BI #1 and 2

  • ✔    Everything in Power BI Single, plus:
  • ✔    Power Query, Power Pivot, and DAX
  • ✔    2 x 2-day live training
  • ✔    120 minutes personalized coaching

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    Power BI Trio

    $4,540

    Power BI #1, 2,and 3

  • ✔    Everything in Power BI Duo, plus:
  • ✔    Dashboards and visual design
  • ✔    3 x 2-day live training
  • ✔    180 minutes personalized coaching

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