Data Analytics Fundamentals
General
- Continuing Education
- 15 learners; teams of 5
- 20 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 4/4 project matches
- Canada
- Academic experience
- Startup, Social enterprise, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise, Sole proprietorship
- Any
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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November 14, 2022Experience start
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November 19, 2022Project Meeting
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November 23, 2022Team Project Plan & Schedule
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December 3, 20222-Week Check-In Meeting
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December 10, 20223-Week Check-In Meeting
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December 16, 2022Project Deliverables Submitted + Wrap-Up Meeting with Organization
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December 17, 2022Experience end
Timeline
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November 14, 2022Experience start
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November 19, 2022Project Meeting
The team will attend a meeting with their organization’s mentors to establish a relationship, review project goals/expectations, share knowledge, and seek advice. DELIVERABLE: One participant per team to submit high-level meeting minutes and action steps using a template provided by AHF by Friday.
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November 23, 2022Team Project Plan & Schedule
Team must develop a project plan and schedule using the 1-page template provided by AHF. Each participant must contribute to the project plan, define the project scope, objectives, and action steps required for the project. DELIVERABLE: One participant per team to a submit 1-page project plan.
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December 3, 20222-Week Check-In Meeting
Participants meet with the organization to discuss completed tasks thus far, future action items, and clarify any questions they have about the project. DELIVERABLE: One participant per team to submit high-level meeting minutes and action items for the next 2 weeks
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December 10, 20223-Week Check-In Meeting
Participants meet with the organization to discuss completed tasks thus far, future action items, and clarify any questions they have about their deliverables. DELIVERABLE: One participant per team to submit high-level meeting minutes and action items for the next week.
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December 16, 2022Project Deliverables Submitted + Wrap-Up Meeting with Organization
The final deliverable involves a formal presentation based on your project which the participant team will present to their organization. DELIVERABLE: One participant per team to submit final deliverables & presentation slides (PDF/PPT format).
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December 17, 2022Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Bring entry-level data analysts to your organization.
Participants will begin this 5-week project-based experience after completing an 8-week upskilling part-time course in data analytics fundamentals. Participants will have the foundational skills to organize and analyze data using Google sheets, make charts and visualizations with spreadsheets, write database queries with SQL, create dashboards with Tableau, and tell compelling stories using data.
Participants will attend a virtual orientation with AHF and Riipen on November 2nd, 2022 at 6-7:00pm ET and will work on projects between Nov 14th - Dec 16th, 2022.
- Learner skills
- Data visualization, Data analysis, Database queries
- Deliverables
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Project deliverables will depend on the scope of the project and are based on a 5 week timeframe at 20 hours (total) per individual working in small teams. See examples of deliverables below.
Some final project deliverables might include:
- A 10-15 minute presentation on key findings and recommendations.
- A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights and recommendation.
- Data visualizations including charts, graphs, and other infographics.
- A blog post or narrative case study , highlighting the story of the dataset.
- Data informed, strategic recommendations for next steps.
Project Examples
Participants can work on a project based on your organization's goals within a 5-week scope and 20-hours per individual, working in small teams.
Project tasks that participants can complete include, but are not limited to:
1. Organize and parse data
- Organize and clean data using Sheets and SQL
- Analyze and interpret data
2. Gain meaningful insight from data
- Ask and answer questions using analyzed data
- Provide reporting and informed strategic recommendations based on the dataset
3. Use tools to create compelling visualizations
- Use Sheets to create charts, graphs, etc.
- Use Tableau to create a comprehensive dashboard
- Create infographics to supplement reporting
4. Tell a story with your data
- Design, develop, and public an analysis dashboard with reporting
- Create a blog post to narrate findings
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Headquartered, operates from, and/or offers services in Canada.
Provide a dedicated point of contact to: 1) attend project orientation meetings, 2) attend a pre-selection meeting with Accelerate Her Future via Zoom to assess project scope and fit, and 3) meet with participant teams to provide mentorship and feedback on deliverables.
Please provide a list of software and tools that you expect the participant team to use for your project.
Be a small or medium sized organization, social enterprise, sole proprietorship, start-up, or non-profit.
Committed to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion within your organization.
Organization must sign an agreement to be provided by AHF.
Attend Accelerate Her Future’s project kick-off orientation meeting the week of Oct 31st with participant teams.
What are your expectations from the participant team during the course of the 5-week project?
Provide clean data sets and resources for participants to analyze.