Live workshopData Analytics and Data Literacy training for teams
Microsoft Power BI for Data Driven Decision Makers
- Built around your actual work
- Live online, or on-site by request
- Training careers nationwide since 2006
Workshop brief
Microsoft Power BI for Data Driven Decision Makers
- Duration
- 1 Day (8 hrs; two 4-hr sessions)
- Tuition
- $495.00per participant; team and private pricing by quote
- Delivery
- Live onlineOn-site, in person, by request
- Included
- Certificate of completionFor every participant
You read the dashboard every week. You cannot question it.
Your managers are handed dashboards and expected to decide from them. Most cannot interrogate what they are looking at. They do not know what filter is applied, what the measure counts, or what the report quietly excludes, so they either trust it completely or ignore it. Both are expensive.
This workshop is deliberately not about building. Participants will not write DAX or model data. They will learn to read what someone else built, well enough to challenge it, and to have a productive conversation with the person who made it.
Senior leaders use this where decisions are being made on dashboards nobody questions. Analytics leads use it because a manager who asks better questions is worth more than another report. It is the reading counterpart to Microsoft Power BI Beginners, which teaches you to build.
Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery. Most groups train live online, and on-site in-person delivery is available by request. This workshop is available by request only, with a three participant minimum, and sits alongside our other data analytics and data literacy workshops.
Why teams book DWC
- Content, datasets, and examples built around your work before delivery
- Live online with a real instructor, or on-site at your location
- Invoicing and purchase order documentation for your organization
What your team gets
This course includes
- Live, instructor led workshop delivered in two 4-hour sessions
- Hands on work with your own organization's real dashboards
- Techniques for finding filters, exclusions, and hidden aggregation
- Practice asking questions that get useful answers from analysts
- Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
- Certificate of completion for every participant
Course outline
How the workshop runs
Every session is live with a real instructor, and the exercises are built around your team's work.
The day opens with what a dashboard is actually showing, which is always less than it appears. Participants learn to find the filters in effect, understand what a measure counts and what it silently excludes, and check whether the time period is what they assumed. Most find something surprising in a report they have read for months.
The middle is interpretation. Participants learn to tell a real movement from normal variation, recognize when an aggregate is hiding the thing that matters, and spot the visual choices that make a change look larger or smaller than it is. They work on their own organization's dashboards.
The last stretch is the conversation. Participants practice asking a question an analyst can act on rather than one that produces another report, recognize when the dashboard genuinely cannot answer what they need, and learn what is cheap to ask for and what is a month of work. That single distinction usually pays for the day.
Outcomes
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Find what filters are in effect and what a measure actually counts
- Identify what a report is quietly excluding
- Tell a real trend from normal variation
- Recognize when an aggregate is hiding what matters
- Spot visual choices that exaggerate or minimize a change
- Ask a question an analyst can act on
- Know when a dashboard cannot answer what you need
Duration
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this workshop. It assumes no Power BI experience and involves no building. Staff who need to create dashboards should look at Microsoft Power BI Beginners (Level 1) instead.
Format
Online for most groups; on-site delivery by request.
Dates and options
Join a public session or book your teamBook this workshop for your team
Public sessions
Train your team privately
Schedule this workshop for your team, live online or on-site, with content built around your work. Tell us your group size, goals, and target dates.
How team training works
From first call to trained team
- 20,000+Participants trained
- 90%Completion rate
- 1,500+Organizations served
Scope it
A short call about your team, your tools, and what needs to change after the session.
Customize it
Your instructor builds examples, exercises, and datasets around your actual work before delivery.
Deliver it live
Live online for most groups, or on-site at your location, scheduled around your team.
Make it stick
Every participant leaves with reference materials and a certificate of completion.
Pricing
Tuition and ways to buy
$495.00 per participant
Microsoft Power BI for Data Driven Decision Makers is available by request only, scheduled around your team.
- $495 per participant, with a three participant minimum
- Private training: request a custom quote. One on one sessions and teams below the three participant minimum are priced case by case
- Larger groups: request a custom quote. We price larger cohorts case by case based on group size, schedule, and delivery format
- Optional courseware: the Power BI Data Visualization Student Guide (Logical Operations) is available at $65 per participant and is not included in the course price
Colorado state agencies, higher education institutions, cities, counties, school districts, and certified nonprofits may purchase this course directly through our State of Colorado Price Agreement. Request a quote and we will build pricing around your team.
- Per participant
Enroll a few employees at the per-participant rate.
- Private team session
Your group only, built around your data, tools, and schedule.
- Invoice your organization
DWC invoices your company directly and provides purchase order documentation.
- Multi-workshop programs
Combine workshops into a series for a department or a cohort of new managers.
Data Analytics and Data Literacy training
Data analytics and data literacy training for teams
Most teams have more data than they use. DWC data workshops help managers and staff read it, question it, and present it, with Excel, Power BI, and Tableau taught live on your own datasets where possible.
Pair a data literacy workshop for the people who use reports with tool training for the people who build them, so both sides of the conversation improve together.
Can you customize this workshop for our team?
Yes. Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery, so participants practice on the files, tools, and situations they deal with every day.
Is the training online or on-site?
Most groups train live online with a real instructor. On-site, in-person delivery is available by request.
Is there a minimum group size?
Most workshops booked for a team have a three participant minimum, and the Tuition section on each workshop page lists its exact terms. One-on-one sessions and smaller groups are priced case by case, and larger groups are quoted based on group size, schedule, and delivery format.
Do participants need a technical background?
No. Data literacy workshops are built for managers and staff who use data to make decisions, not only for analysts. Each workshop lists its prerequisites in the Details section.
Which tools are covered?
Workshops in this area cover Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and Tableau. Content and datasets are built around your work before delivery.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Every participant receives a certificate of completion, along with digital learning materials and take-home reference guides.
Can we pay by invoice or purchase order?
Yes. DWC invoices your organization directly and provides purchase order documentation.
Can individual employees join a public session?
When a workshop has public dates, they appear in the Dates section of this page with a registration button. If none are listed, request a quote and we will share your options.
Bring this workshop to your team
Tell us about your group and your goals. A training advisor follows up within one business day with options and pricing.