Certified Data Visualization Professional Training Course in Istanbul

The Certified Data Visualization Professional Training Course in Istanbul is part of a series of certification courses dedicated to performance management.

Facilitated by Manuel Hila, Senior Data Visualization Specialist at The KPI Institute, this course was held in Istanbul, Turkey, between 4^th, 5^th and 6^th, of May 2015.

The agenda for the Certified Data Visualization Professional Course covered in the first day the following subjects:

• Data visualization parameters;
• Content standardization;
• Channel selection.

The second day sessions covered the following discussion topics:

• Structure;
• Format;
• Express;

In the third day of the course the next themes were approached:

• Reporting numbers;
• Reporting text;
• Assess;
• Review and evaluation.

Some of the main aspects addressed by the Certified Data Visualization Professional course are the need for a more rigorous approach to creating visual representations of vast information, techniques of standardization and tailored data visualization tool. During the three days of face-to face training, the course is designed to facilitate experiential learning and ensure a high level of interactivity:

• Applying concepts in practical exercises;
• Analyzing case studies and identifying solutions;
• Using templates to develop performance management tools;
• Sharing experiences and form a community of practice;
• Constantly evaluating knowledge, through short quizzes to support the certification exam.

The course was attended by practitioners from Kazakhstan and Romania, having different backgrounds and areas of expertise in their working fields like resources sales, education, management and consulting.

Participants were invited to express some learning needs and they communicated the following expectations from the course:

• Underline the importance of different types of programs to visualize data;
• Remove additional re-work of presentations;
• Create visuals to support the decision making process ;
• Color selection – constraints;
• Development of tools for Data Visualization;
• Color scheme selection;
• Balancing content per slide and content placement on page;
• Essentials of Data Visualization.

In addition to the training sessions, the learning experience is comprised of a pre-course stage, a core course stage and an after-course stage. Upon participating at the face to face training course and completing all the activities on our eLearning platform you will receive the following:

• Certificate of Completion: after completing pre-course activities and passing the Certification Exam;
• Certificate of Attendance: after participating at the 3 days of on-site training course;
• Certified Data Visualization Professional diploma: after you have successfully completed all of the 3 stages of the learning experience.

We strongly advise you to ensure that you will receive your Certified Data Visualization Professional title, as this certifies the skills and knowledge related to data visualization field.

The learning expectations were met during the courses, as the feedback received form participants shows:

“It is my first data visualization course, so everything was new to me. Every step, session is in appropriate order, activities are used, additional information provided, important is you can develop yourself further with this training course. I advise and recommend this course, well organized. Place is relevant and curriculum is proper.”

Mr. Avazkhan Zupparov, ENRC Marketing, Astana, Kazakhstan

Details about the certification programs can be found on store.kpiinstitute.org.

If the opportunity of customized Data Visualization training courses is of interest to you, email us at [email protected] and you will receive a tailored offer.

For more information contact one of our representatives:

Alexandru Muntean
[email protected]