KIND network update
Week beginning Mon 16th September 2024
Dear colleagues,
Welcome to our regular KIND network update. We have a back-to-school feel to the coming week, with the first sessions of our Excel and R beginners courses. These will be joined over the next fortnight by Power BI and Tableau beginner courses - early details can be found on the training pages. We’ll also have the first of our autumn series of community meetups.
Hope to see you at something soon - and save the 11th December for the KIND unconference
Brendan
Wins of The Week
In the spirit of #IAmRemarkable, we do a weekly wins of the week thread to celebrate the professional (and personal) achievements of the community. A random selection from last week:
- Passed my Uni course on an Introduction to Programming in R
- Made an action plan to boost my skillset and CV over the next three months to become more “marketable” to the jobs and sectors I’m interested in.
- This week I stood up for myself and called out a colleague who had made inappropriate jokes about my size. Proud of myself for not hiding away from the confrontation! 💪
- I’ve been working on speaking confidently whilst presenting data (I really struggle with this). Yesterday I managed to do a great presentation and answer questions confidently. Very proud!
Training sessions
| Session | Date | Area | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidy data in Excel | 09:30-10:30 Tue 17th September 2024 | Excel | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| R from scratch (session 3) | 14:30-15:30 Tue 17th September 2024 | R | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| BI for beginners (service version, session 2) | 10:00-12:00 Thu 19th September 2024 | Power BI | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| Tableau for beginners (session 1) | 13:00-15:00 Thu 19th September 2024 | Tableau | 🌶 :beginner-level |
(the Excel session is also our 400th training session, so party hats etc at the ready)
Events
- 3-4pm, Mon 16th September 2024. The KIND Community meetup theme this week is the first of three sessions on joins. We’ll start at the beginning this week, with a gentle introduction and overview of the hows and whys of joining data. All welcome at our regular Monday get-together/webinar/tech demo. Full details and joining links via the community meetup channel
- 1-2pm, Tue 17th September 2024. The Scottish Community of Data Analysts is a community of practice for those working with data in territorial NHS Boards. Next week, the presenter will be Lukasz Henszel - Infectious diseases notification exceedance detection (surveillance/ signals for potential outbreaks).
Book of the week
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