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Worklife and Leadership Development
Online Books and Tutorials (Free)
- Fundamentals of Data Visualization by Claus O. Wilke: It’s a guide to making visualizations that accurately reflect the data, tell a story, and look professional. Read the open book here: https://clauswilke.com/dataviz/
Business Writing
- Top 5 Principles for Effective Business Writing (Grammerly)
- 8 Business Writing Tips for Leaders (Grammerly)
- 10 Tips for Effective Business Writing (Business Development Bank of Canada)
- 87 Advanced Business Writing Tips [That Actually Work] (Mary Cullen, Instructional Solutions)
Technologies
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency
Cloud
- Cloud Companies’ Outlook Cools as Customers Tighten Spending (WSJ Aug 2022)
- 7 Superb SaaS Case Study Examples (and Why They’re So Effective)
- SaaS. How it Works and Which Problems it has | by IDM | Medium
ERP
- What is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software? – YouTube
- What is ERP Software? Here is everything you need to know. – YouTube
Product Management
David Nosibor on Taking calculated risks: (Podcast) Product Lead for SafeCyber at UL Solutions, says that on any given day he is tackling all sorts of elements, such as marketing, operations, working with the engineering team, figuring out ways to acquire customers, retain them, and also working on sales and business development capabilities. He also says that constantly learning and getting new opportunities was how he ended up being where he is today. He firmly believes in taking calculated risks to get where you need to be going. CyberWire Daily
History and Technology
Application Tutorials and Help
- 16 Best Free Online Excel Courses & Classes (2022) Note: Not all courses listed in the article are free, but it is a comprehesive list.
Access and Relational Database Design
- Use the Analysis ToolPak to perform complex data analysis (microsoft.com)
- Microsoft Access 2016 for Beginners: Creating a Database from Scratch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfmNqu0wP00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfmNqu0wP00
- Access 2016: Building Queries in Access (15 Examples): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-CHr2qRgAs
- Access 2016: Create Database, Tables & Relationships, Import Excel Table too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lRx2agt5Zo
- Access 2016 Cheat Sheet: https://www.customguide.com/cheat-sheet/access-2016-basic-quick-reference.pdf
- What’s New in Access 2019
SQL Resources and Tutorials
- How I use SQL as a Data Analyst – YouTube
- Microsoft Access – SQL Complete Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IeVFyBBtSQ
Coding and Development
- ASCII Table – Complete ASCII Code Chart with Characters & Values. Also, it contains decimal, hexadecimal, binary, and HTML values.
- Binary Code Translator
- The 10 Most Popular Programming Languages to Learn in 2022 (northeastern.edu)
Business and Technology Management Concepts and Trends
Application of BTM in Business
Semiconductor Industry
- What is Moore’s Law? (& Why It Affects All of Our Electronics) (Unlockr Youtube Video)
- Moore’s Law
- The U.S. Is Investing Big in Chips. So Is the Rest of the World. – WSJ
OSI Model
- Introduction to the OSI Model with Real World Examples – YouTube
- What is the OSI model? Memorize each of its seven layers – YouTube (short video with general descripr
Data Analysis
Data Analyst Career Info and Skills
- Data analysis careers | Top 3 skills for entry-level data analysts – YouTube
- What does a data analyst do on a daily basis? – YouTube
- How to Become a Data Analyst (Updated for 2022) – YouTube
- Includes: Data Analyst 2022 Roadmap (gumroad.com)
- How I use SQL as a Data Analyst – YouTube (also listed above)
Storytelling with Data
- Story Telling In Business – Pixar Story Teller Mathew Luhn at CIMC – YouTube
- How to avoid death By PowerPoint | David JP Phillips | TEDxStockholmSalon – YouTube
- Telling Stories with Data in 3 Steps (Quick Study) – YouTube
AI and Machine Learning
What Are the Topics in Machine Learning? (analytixlabs.co.in)
- Artificial intelligence vs Machine Learning vs Deep Learning – GeeksforGeeks
- What Are the Topics in Machine Learning? (analytixlabs.co.in)
- What is Machine Learning? – YouTube
- AI won an art contest, and artists are furious | CNN Business
- Become a data viz SUPERSTAR: PART 1 – YouTube
- The Power and Pitfalls of AI for US Intelligence | WIRED (ampproject.org)
Humor
It is all about perspective….
Tracy Granneman Class Resources 