K2’s Business Intelligence, Featuring Microsoft’s Power BI Tools

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Corporate Intelligence (BI) is likely the trendiest issue in most professional circles in today’s business climate. Organizations of all sizes are increasingly looking to use the data at their disposal to uncover previously unknown insights and obtain competitive advantages that were considered to be out of reach just a few years ago. A growing set of tools, ranging from Excel add-ins to dedicated solutions like Power BI, now enable you to use your current knowledge and abilities to generate sophisticated, interactive dashboards and analyses that were previously impossible.

This class will teach you how to use a range of approaches and tools to achieve “do it yourself business intelligence.” You will learn how to use some of Excel’s sophisticated data query and summarization features to construct Excel-based dashboards, and then how to apply that knowledge to create even more powerful BI objects using Microsoft’s Power BI tools. If you want to get deeper insights into your data to make better decisions, join us for a fast-paced look at how you can use these excellent tools.

Fundamental Course Information

Objectives of Learning

After finishing this course, you should be able to:

Create BI dashboards in Excel.
List the potential drawbacks of BI systems that are entirely based on Excel.
Identify and deploy numerous Excel add-ins that may be beneficial in business intelligence applications.
Distinguish between BI possibilities in Excel and Power BI.
Power BI may be used to create and share dashboards.

Major Topics

Accounting
Intelligence in Business
Excel

Tommy Stephens graduated from Auburn University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (major in Accounting). He received his Master of Science degree (Major in Finance) from Georgia State University in Atlanta in 1992. Tommy now has the designations of Certified Public Accountant, Certified Information Technology Professional, and Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Tommy has earned great expertise in a number of areas over his professional career, including:

Working as an auditor and technology consultant for a public accounting firm in Atlanta;
Managing a Cost Accounting team and leading an Internal Audit team for a Fortune 500 corporation;
Working as the Chief Financial Officer for a multinational engineering firm; and
His public accounting firm, which provides accounting, tax, and consulting services to individuals and a range of small and developing enterprises, was founded and managed by him.

Tommy started writing and presenting continuing professional education courses to accounting and finance professionals in 1995. He joined K2 Enterprises as an associate in 2003 and became a partner in 2007. He has taught on topics such as internal controls for small firms, technological strategies, computer hardware and software applications, tax strategies and compliance, and financial accounting standards and applications throughout the world. Tommy has delivered over 2,700 instructional programs to over 70,000 attendees across the United States and Canada over the last twenty-five years.

Tommy currently resides in Woodstock, Georgia, where he maintains a busy personal life with his wife. Snow skiing, fishing, jogging, and other outdoor sports are among his interests. Tommy is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a former member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

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