Download the slides here>> About the Webinar Anyone who works in data-oriented professions knows that there are frequent misunderstandings between data and business professionals. In some cases, teams even develop a level of discord or animosity. The tension is almost predictable. Business professionals and data professionals don’t just use different terminology. They are trained differently, […]
EEDL Webinar: Why Most Data Initiatives Fail (Hint: It’s Not Literacy, Technology, or Talent)
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar Four out of five analytic projects fail in business. It’s not a lack of talent or tools, it is the failure to define the desired outcome. Either business professionals assume that data analysts know what they mean, or data professionals fail to understand the context of a request. […]
EEDL Webinar: Connecting Data Literacy to Individual Performance
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar Abstract concepts are much harder to grasp than issues that affect us directly. When we present data literacy as a series of terms and functions that are unfamiliar or unimportant, we lose our audience. In this session we ask the questions: Wendy D. Lynch, PhD Founder, dataintosolutions.com and […]
EEDL Webinar: The Missing Element of Literacy — Communication
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar When we learn a new language, the purpose is to be able to communicate with people who speak in ways that are different from us. But it takes both people to learn from each other. Very few data literacy courses focus directly on how people communicate with each […]
EEDL Webinar: Taking Off the Blinders — How Experience Limits Our Perspective on Literacy
Download the slides here >> About the Webinar We don’t know what we don’t know. Often, literacy efforts focus on the narrow experiences of data professionals rather than broader perspectives. For example, most companies still keep their data in silos, owned and protected by different parts of the business. Data owners become experts in “their” […]
EEDL Webinar: Literacy Is a Two-Way Street — The Case for Both Business and Data Literacy
Download the slides here >> About the Webinar Proponents of data literacy training insist that data is the future language of business. As companies become more data-driven, business leaders will need ever-greater data skills. But there is another aspect to literacy: Many analysts have not achieved fluency in business terminology. How can they provide optimal […]
EEDL Webinar: A Fresh Look at Data Literacy in 2024
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar Where are companies headed in 2024? As we ring in the new year, it’s time to look forward and examine the wide landscape that is data literacy. What do literacy leaders foresee as the main achievements – and biggest obstacles – in the coming year? About the Speaker […]
EEDL Webinar: Baby Steps – A Successful Kick-off of Literacy
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar What if literacy isn’t a company priority? What if you don’t have a budget? What if your workforce isn’t even aware of the issue? This session will feature ideas about how to get started. About the Speaker Wendy D. Lynch, PhD Founder, Analytic-Translator.com and Lynch Consulting For […]
EEDL Webinar: Analytic Translators – How Do They Fit in the Literacy Discussion?
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar There will be times when, despite efforts to increase literacy overall, there is still a communication gap between those creating analytic output and those consuming it. How can translators help? What is their role in advancing literacy overall? About the Speaker Wendy D. Lynch, PhD Founder, Analytic-Translator.com […]
EEDL Webinar: The Language of Literacy. When We Label People, Does It Help or Hurt?
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar How we talk about literacy impacts how people feel about it. Are your people data aware? Data fluent? Data challenged? Data brilliant? We will profile the language being used and try to make sense of the categories. About the Speaker Wendy D. Lynch, PhD Founder, Analytic-Translator.com and […]