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Education in the Cloud- Why School Districts Should Make the Leap to a Cloud-Based Data Platform

5 Reasons Why School Districts Should Invest in the Cloud

IT infrastructure is often a top priority for school districts. There are many dependencies on web...

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data science for nonprofits

How Data Science is Being Used in Nonprofits

As technology has made data increasingly accessible, data science continues to transform and shape...

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DataDrive 2021 Best Places To Work

DataDrive Recognized with 2021 Best Places to Work Title

I am excited to announce that DataDrive has been recognized as a 2021 Best Places to Work by the...

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Custom Containers

How To Make Custom Containers For Your Tableau Dashboard

Ever wonder how people make those awesome-looking Tableau dashboards with rounded edges and a drop...

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Consulting 4 highlights

Consulting at DataDrive | Four Highlights

Hi. My name is Jeff Plattner. I’m an Analytics Consultant with DataDrive in Minneapolis, MN. My...

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The Women DataDrive- Kaela Dickens

The Women of DataDrive- Kaela Dickens

Kaela is a double-threat within DataDrive, serving as an Analytics Consultant as well as our...

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The Women of DataDrive - Kirsten Hoogenakker

Kirsten Hoogenakker Kirsten Hoogenakker is one of DataDrive’s latest and greatest Analytics...

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The Women of DataDrive - Mahzabin Khan

Mahzabin Khan Mahzabin has been with DataDrive as an Analytics Consultant for six months....

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The Women of DataDrive - Meg Johnson

Meg Johnson Meg has been with DataDrive for a year and a half as an Analytics Consultant. She...

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The Women of Data Drive Bree Linville

The Women of DataDrive- Bree Linville

Bree Linville I love Legos. Growing up, I convinced my younger brothers to share a room so we could...

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Einstein Salesforce Analytics Consultant Certification

A Guide to the Salesforce Einstein Analytics Consultant Certification

*Updated Aug 11, 2021 Are you considering getting a Salesforce Certified Einstein Analytics (now...

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Human Centered Data™. This is the way.

Always put people at the heart of your analytics efforts. One of my favorite things about our team...

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A Basic Guide to Logistic Regression

You have a great understanding of linear regression, but you have been baffled with a dataset which...

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6 Questions to Help You Answer: Should I Go into Analytics Consulting?

Whether you're just starting out in the analytics field or are considering a change, it can be...

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Tutorial: Build a Clean Annotation Layer for use in Tableau

Leading up to the 2020 NBA Draft, I shared a Tableau Public visualization called NBA Draft Gems,...

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Zero to Tableau Certified in 90 Days

As an Analytics Consultant, it’s my responsibility to leverage Tableau and other tools to develop...

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Parameter Use: Zoom In/Out on Chart

Have you ever had the need to zoom in and zoom out on a chart? Have you needed to be able to see...

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Top 5 Features of Tableau v2020.1

Tableau’s latest quarterly release in Q1 2020 was jam packed with amazing features that have...

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How to Make Working With Dashboard Containers EASY

Once upon a time, every great dashboard I built used floating objects for almost everything. It was...

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Onboarding at DataDrive During COVID-19

During the COVID-19 outbreak, I changed careers and joined DataDrive. My onboarding process was...

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How to Create Colorblind Friendly Dashboards

I recently sat in on a user acceptance testing (UAT) meeting. We are in the final stages of UAT and...

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Snowflake 101: Securing Data in the Cloud

More and more we are seeing companies offer at least a portion, if not all, of their services in...

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Gartner Data and Analytics Summit Recap

A few weeks ago, Luke Komiskey and I had the chance to head down to Orlando, Florida for the annual...

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How Do I Get Certified in Tableau?

There are three levels of Tableau Desktop certifications (Specialist, Certified Associate, and...

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