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My Passion for Analytics > Why I Do What I Do

With each morning, I wake up and feel a renewed sense of purpose.

A new day, another chance to use my brain to solve problems.

Some days it a project for a client, some days it’s a new batch of people waiting to be empowered to do more analytics, and some days it’s a more personal use of analytics to solve life challenges.

We are all in our own ways, analytical. We all use data in our decision-making, even if many don’t really see it. There is so much data in our lives that everyone practices analytics.

But what set’s me and people like me apart is that we are passionate about using data in our analysis. We are constantly looking for new data sources, to validate existing data and find ways to integrate it into what we do.

People like me often end up being analysts by profession. It is a good use of our innate curiosity and belief that just about any question can be answered if you have the right data.

A lot of analysts do seem to be more intelligent and probably more nerdy then many people. That goes with being reflective, taking educated guesses and not being overly emotional when it comes to decisions.

Finding people like me is something I constantly do. Talking about our data and sharing are analysis and partnering with each other to solve problems.

When you have a group of friends like this, you do great things in life. When you have a team of workers like this, you have a data-driven business.

So I talk about my story a lot. How I got to be a great analyst. How I have enjoyed a satisfying career and been successful in business. There are a lot of people who have similar dreams and similar abilities.

They just need to be empowered. To have the curiosity unleased. To be surrounded by people in both life and work that push them to use their analytics talent to do bigger and better things.

When you have the right data, being analyzed by great people, you end up with amazing results.

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That is why I love what I do.

That is how I wake up every day with a sense of passion about my ability to make a difference in the world.

If you follow my blog, read my book or are connected with me on social media, then you are probably wondering how to find a conduit for your passion for data and analysis too.

And that means there is a reason to get up tomorrow morning and do it all over again.

 

Learn How to Turn Your Data Into Insightful and Actionable Analysis

Data Analytics Seminar

February 21,2017

9:00am- 5:00pm

Discovery Suites, ADB Drive, Ortigas Center

Objectives

  •  We will start with a basic overview of analytics, current trends in the field and how analytics is being used here in the Philippines.
  • Through a couple of hands on exercises, we will practice finding data, analyzing it and reporting our findings.
  • We will go in depth understand several key components of analytics including business intelligence, competitive landscaping, data visualization and business dashboards.
  • We conclude the day by taking an assessment of each of our own business and starting to develop strategies to enhance the analytics culture in our business.
  • Learn more about Big Data and Data Warehousing

Key Topics

  1. What is Data Analytics?
  2. Overview of Data Analytics in the Philippines
  3. Self- assessment of your own Analytics
  4. Finding Data, Mining and Presenting Data
  5. Internet Research Tips
  6. Management Reporting
  7. Reporting Using Excel
  8. Big Data and Data Warehousing
  9. Discussion about Descriptive, Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics
  10. Business Intelligence and Business Dashboards
  11. Using Data Analytics to Drive Decisions

At the end of this course you will learn:

  • How to do public data mining
  • How to provide data for Business Intelligence
  • How to build better reports in Excel
  • How to manage data for a business dashboard

Requirements: At least basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Who should attend?

People who make countless decisions every day!

  • Managers
  • Supervisors
    • Business Owners / Leaders
  • Team Leads
    • Accountants
    • Analysts
    • Students Enrolled In Related Courses of Study
  • Human Resources and Recruiting

This innovative and one of a kind workshop will provide you with easy to implement strategies to increase your effectiveness in decision- making.

While most people have an idea of what analytics is: data, analysis, metrics, and business intelligence are just the start… it is an abstract concept that is difficult to summarize in a sentence or two. Most business leaders know that they need more analytics based decision making in their operations, however few have figured out how to obtain it as analytics software or engaging high priced consultants doesn’t suffice.

This is where we come in. Daniel Meyer spent 15 years as an analyst with Wells Fargo Bank in the US, has combined that practical experience with his educational background; has a master’s degree in education, and developed an innovative training approach to analytics. DMAIPH specializes in a variety of analytics training solutions including ones designed for call center managers, recruiters, HR professionals, fresh grads, and analysts.

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Exclusive Offer!! 

P 5,800.00 + VAT

This offer includes:

An Analytics Book especially designed for Filipino Professional

(Pay the full amount on or before January 20, 2017)

Group Rate (Minimum of 5)

P5,400.00

 Regular Rate: 

P 6,600.00 + Vat

(starting January 21, 2017)

All rates includes: Training Modules, AM/PM Snacks, Lunch and Certificate of Completion.

Registration 

Kindly email us your Name, Company, Job Title and Phone Number. With the Subject: Data Analytics Seminar 

info@sonicanalytics.com | analytics@dmaiph.com

You may contact us at (0917)799-2827 | (02) 959-8017

Terms and Conditions

  1. Seminar Registration shall be carried out via Sonic Analytics’ Website or the link provided by Sonic Analytics or DMAIPH, by entering the necessary information into the relevant online application form.
  2. After registration, the following will be e-mailed to the registrants: A) Confirmation email; and  B) the Invoice
  3. Contract for the seminar shall be deemed to be completed upon the receipt of the confirmation email. If a registrant’s application cannot be accepted due to lack of vacancies or for any other reasons, he/she will be informed immediately
  4. Cancellation by the delegate will be subject to cancellation charges as follows: More than 15 days prior to commencement of the course: No penalty.6 to 14 days prior to commencement of the course: 25% of course fee.5 days  prior to commencement of the course: 100% of course fee.Failure to attend course without prior notice being given: 100% of course fee.

Sonic Analytics and DMAIPH reserves the right to cancel or reschedule a Public Course and in these situations every effort will be made to accommodate delegates on an alternative course or refund payment in full.

  • Payment of the full course fee is required within 7 days of receipt of invoice. Failed to do so, the reservation shall be forfeited
  • The course fee covers training, venue, training materials, am/pm snacks, lunch and certificate of completion.
  • All stated fees are exclusive of VAT

Mode of Payment

  • DMAI accepts Cash and Cheque only
  • You may deposit the amount on our BPI Account:
  • Account Name: DMAIPH DATA ANALYTICS
  • Account Number: 3553-3662-74

About the Speaker 

Daniel Meyer

Analytics Expert and Author

-President and Founder of DMAIPH and Sonic Analytics

-15 years of experience in the banking industry.

-Masters’ in Education

-5 years college teaching experience

-Published an Analytics Book titled “Putting Your Data to Work”

Having spent 15 years as an analyst in Wells Fargo Bank, Mr. Meyer gets analytics. With the combination of his practical experience and his educational background; Mr. Meyer has developed a unique and innovative training approach to analytics.

P600.00+ Shipping Fee

Putting Your Data to Work by Mr. Daniel Meyer is designed to be an analytics guidebook for the Filipino Professional. The primary aim of the book is to acquaint everyday professionals with a working knowledge of the key concepts of analytics. Whether you are an analyst, do analysis in your job or manage someone who does analysis, this book will help you get started with using more data in your decision-making.

To avail the book or get a free short version of the book, kindly email us your details:

Name, Company, Job Title, Full Address (for shipping) and Phone Number

For inquiries please call us at (02) 959-8017 and (0917) 799-2827

analytics@dmaiph.com | info@sonicanalytics.com

Testimonials 

“I really learned a lot especially in terms of how to maximize the wealth of talent-related information that we have in PMFTC. I am pleased to inform you that I am downloading tableau as i type this message. I am also currently outlining a report that i want to present to my boss by Monday. I am also thinking about ways to improve our team’s regular reporting to HR Managers, being that none of the HR Business Partners seems to read the weekly report that we publish. I am looking at making it more like an infographic rather than just a collection of pivot tables that it is today. I can go on and on about the things that i want do to with everything I learned today. Thanks again for today’s learning-filled session.”

-Patricia

PMFTC

“The training was informative. Learning the fundamentals of recruitment analytics will really help me in providing quality work to the team”

-Raine

Convergys

“Dan’s pretty good. Can’t wait to do something more practical in forms of the application of training lessons.”

-George

Accenture

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Analytics Training – DMAIPH offers a wide range of analytics centric training solutions for professionals and students via public, in-house, on-site, and academic settings. We tailor each training event to meet the unique needs of the audience. If you need empowerment and skills enhancement to optimize the use of analytics in your organization, we are here to help. Contact DMAIPH now at analytics@dmaiph.com or connect with me directly to set up a free consultation on which of our DMAIPH analytics training solutions is best for you.

I was at the Big Data Analytics Conference 2016 – Ready for the Next One!

Had the honor of being a panel speaker this past November 15, @ the Big Data Analytics Conference 2016 @ Enderun Colleges in Manila.

It was THE analytics event of 2016!

I was part of a panel discussing the topic of “The Future of Big Data Analytics in the Philippines”.

Other topics included Making Big Data Work for You, Powering Effective Marketing through Analytics, Building and Managing Your Data Science Team and a whole lot more.

On 15th of November 2016, Enderun Colleges, together with Global Chamber® Manila organized its 1st Data Science Conference entitled “Big Data Analytics Conference 2016” with a theme of “Making Big Data Analytics Work for You.”

Stay turned for details on the next one, coming in June 2017.

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Joined by over 400 attendees, we dove into the deep world of Big Data Analytics.  Attendees came from the business, government and public sector, technical, and academic communities to discuss the trends, tools and opportunities big data analytics delivers in your respective fields. Industry experts from all over the Philippines openly shared their best practices and insights to show attendees who to become future leaders in a data-driven environment.

The conference tackled topics ranging from leveraging big data analytics, new business models and opportunities, empowering marketing through data, to understanding what the future holds for big data in the country.

Visit the website set up for the conference to learn more.

>> http://www.bigdataconferenceph.com

DMAIPH offers a wide range of analytics centric training solutions for professionals and students via public, in-house, on-site, and academic settings. We tailor each training event to meet the unique needs of the audience. If you need empowerment and skills enhancement to optimize the use of analytics in your organization, we are here to help. Contact DMAIPH now at analytics@dmaiph.com or connect with me directly to set up a free consultation on which of our DMAIPH analytics training solutions is best for you.

Writing About Analytics

Writing about analytics is a great way for me to both share my passion and empower people to use more analytics.

It is amazing to me that it is mostly just the big companies investing in data-driven decision-making. The perceived difficulty and cost scare away a lot of small businesses. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are so many cheap or even free analytics applications and software packages out there.

I love to write about the various technologies available to people new to using analytics. I can take some pretty complicated stuff and make it seem much more palatable.

It is also common for older, more established companies that are run in a rather old school way feel that analytics is just too complicated and is probably just a fad that will pass. But harnessing big data (and small data) in and around the business can make the world a easier place to do business in.

I really enjoy sharing some simple techniques and methodologies that even the most old school business owners and leaders can understand. Sometimes they need to see it in a book to really get their heads around it.

Not having people in positions of influence who get analytics is a big problem for a lot of companies. As is not having the right level to talent needed to assure a successful use of analytics. The talent part of analytics is often the hardest part.

So I focus much of my energy on empowering students and young professionals to embrace the various analytics technologies and techniques out there to learn. The need for analytics talent continues to boom. So that is what I write about most.

Being an author, a blogger, a public speaker and a subject matter expert on analytics is simply what I was born to do.

So I keep writing. Everyday I write and blog and speak and share about taking data, analyzing it and presenting it in a way to can positively impact decision-making.

 

 

Analytics for the Small Business Owner

Do you know a small business owner who could use a little help in making their business more profitable and efficient?

I am looking for a half dozen small businesses that I can help then better understand their business data.  In exchange for my help I would like to use them as a case study in a new book I am working on.

The new book will be an Analytics Guidebook for Small Business Owners. I have found that while analytics has great success in boosting efficiency and increasing profit in large and medium sized businesses across the U.S., the same has not happened for most small business owners.

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So, I am hoping you can refer me to a small business owner you know that might be interested in some help. The kind of help I offer would be to do a simple business intelligence package for them consisting of building a competitor landscape, compiling a demographic profile and collecting customer insights. There are things I specialized in while with Wells Fargo.

In exchange for this package, I would just ask for some access to their data. How they manage expenses, payroll, inventory, and other data rich business processes. I would sign a non-disclosure agreement and not ask for access to any private information, just some raw data to work with.

I am happy to elaborate more, if you know someone who is interested. Thanks for your time and consideration.

Daniel Meyer, Analytics Champion

www.dmaiph.com

Small Business Analytics – The field of small business analytics is just starting to blossom as companies are looking for more data-driven decision-making to prosper in the age of Big Data. DMAIPH is at the fore front of providing analytics training, consulting and outsourcing options to small businesses. Contact DMAIPH now at analytics@dmaiph.com or connect with me directly to set up a free consultation on how to get more analytics in your small business.

 

Analytics Resource Speaker at Your Service

Analytics is my passion. I live to have conversations about using data to drive decision-making.

I share my passion through a variety of communication channels including my new book, Putting Your Data to Work, my blog (www.dmaiph.com), corporate trainings, and various public speaking engagements at conferences, seminars and schools.

Given what I have learned about your program so far, I am confident I can produce a high quality online training for your audience. If we are to target development professional, I can speak about how to enhance data gathering, improve data analysis and deliver impactful reports.

If we want to go broader, I can focus on a more general overview of how to infuse more analytics and data-driven decision-making into just about any organization.

The beauty of what I do is that just about everyone needs guidance in trying to get a handle on their data and use it to tell better stories. It is not hard to tailor a talk that give the audience exactly what they need when it comes to understanding and using analytics. I can  adjust my presentation based on the tech skills and data geekiness of the audience as needed.

If you are in a situation where you need a subject matter expert on analytics to help your audience to get excited about analytics, I am your man.

Getting To The Cutting Edge with HR Analytics

When I talk about HR Analytics, like I recently did at SMX as part of the 10th annual HR Congress, I generally break things into 4 topics areas. The four are:

  • Cutting Edge HR Analytics
  • Finding the Right Data
  • Key Analytic Techniques
  • Actionable Reporting

Teams that are successful in each of these 4 areas, will be ahead of the game when it comes to keeping HR at the forefront of defining, aligning and implementing business strategy.

Cutting Edge HR Analytics happens when you have the right combination of talent, technology and technique. You need the right people using the right technology and employing the right techniques to be successful when it comes to HR in the 21st century.

Being able to find the Right Data at the right time happens when you have the 3 T’s in place. This allows you to have all the data you need to answer business questions at your finger tips. And it allows HR to be the primary source is setting and guiding the execution of business strategy.

You can use Key Analytics Techniques to help you not only find the right data, but also to add new data sources and to build impactful reporting solutions. And you can share your techniques across the organization to empower others to use HR Data to drive business strategy.

The end goal of using HR Analytics is to provide actionable reports that keep the business aligned to its core strategy. By identifying opportunities and risks, by sharing data and analysis across the organization and empowering data-driven decision-making, HR Analytics is the key to success for any business.

If you are interested in learning more and would like to get a copy of Putting Your Data To Work , connect with me via e-mail at analytics@dmaiph.com

HR & Recruitment Analytics – The recruitment and retention of top talent is the biggest challenge facing just about every organization. DMAIPH is a leading expert in empowering HR & Recruitment teams with analytics techniques to optimize their talent acquisition and management processes. Contact DMAIPH now at analytics@dmaiph.com or connect with me directly to learn how to get more analytics in your HR & Recruitment process so you can rise to the top in the ever quickening demand for top talent.

10 Points Where There is a Need for a Data Science Consultancy

My good friend Albert Gavino recently posted about why there is such a strong need right now for data science consultancies.

Bert is a data scientist in the truest sense of the word. So when he listed 10 reasons, which I think are spot on, I asked him if I could share. The 10 reasons are:

  1. Some (if not most) companies want to get into it, but are not sure if they need it.
  2. They need direction on how to do it.
  3. They need information on how much to invest in data science infrastructure
  4. They need people with skill sets to be able to implement data science
  5. Some are biased towards proprietary software while some like the open source guys like Apache.
  6. CEOs think it’s all about big data
  7. Data Science is continually evolving so don’t ask me about AI and deep learning….it’s still transforming things
  8. How much does it cost to consult for a data science? pretty high because we all know demand and supply in this industry
  9. Recruiters confuse programming languages and tools such as R, Python, SPSS, SAS, matlab, spark, scala, hadoop, hive, mahout (there are just too many out there they would get lost)
  10. There is a gap in our Academic Curriculum where they just teach electives such as Business Analytics which does lack a lot of information to the needs of the industry.

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So if the point is not already clear, there is a growing difference between the haves and the have nots when it comes to analytics and data science.

If you want to be with the have and leave all the have nots behind, you have to invest in a good analytics solution, a data science team and some technology to help you handle your big data.

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If you want to learn more, please look for my friend Albert Gavino or connect with me. Also, Talas Data Consultancy will be hosting a Data Science Conference on November 26, 2016. I will be there meeting and greeting analysts, data scientists and people interested in how to use data to drive better decision-making.

Analytics Culture – The key to using analytics in a business is like a secret sauce. It is a unique combination of analytics talent, technology and technique that are brought together to enrich and empower an organization. A successful analytics culture is not easy to create, but DMAIPH can show you how. Contact DMAIPH now at analytics@dmaiph.com or connect with me directly so we can build a strategic plan to turn your company into analytics driven success story.

Published! Putting Your Data To Work

So happy to announce that the 2nd Edition of Putting Your Data to Work is now available.

To my knowledge this is the first analytics book written specifically for the Filipino.

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Empowering analysts and advocating for the use of data and analysis in decision-making is what I am most passionate about!

E-mail us  analytics@dmaiph.com to get a copy for 700 PHP plus shipping.

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Analytics in the Philippines – The Philippines is at the center of the action when it comes to solutions to the global need for analytics. Blessed with a solid foundation of young, educated and English speaking workforce, companies around the world are look for Filipino analytics talent to fill analytics positions. DMAIPH was set up to facilitate these solutions and bring the talent and the business together. Contact DMAIPH now at analytics@dmaiph.com or connect with me directly so we can help you take advantage of this unique global opportunity.

Engaging and Sharing on LinkedIn

Given the nature of LinkedIn as a social network for professionals, I try to devote as much time as connecting with people like you as possible.

I want to hear your story. What is it that you do? Perhaps there is an opportunity for us to collaborate in some way.

As for me, I really do 3 things that flow out of my passion to help people use data and analytics to empower more data-driven decision-making.

I talk about analytics.

I consult on analytics.

I lead using analytics.

That’s pretty much it.

Analytics training is something that just about every business can benefit from. Being exposed to new ideas and approaches to using data allows a business to stay on the cutting edge of big data and data science. That’s what I love to do. Empowering the use of analytics.

Taking the time to look inward and assess where an organization is with analytics and where they would like it to be is a huge priority for those who get the power of optimizing business data. This is how I help. Defining analytics cultures.

Managing a small, virtual based team of analytics talent based in the Philippines allows me to also offer a solution to many organization’s biggest analytics challenge; shortage of top talent. This is how I make life easier. Expanding the team.

IMG_1310So that’s what I do. I love to do these things and I do them well. What about you?

What are 2-3 things you love to do? I’m betting there is an opportunity there to add value to each other’s network.

And that is the beauty of LinkedIn.