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Fireside Chat #5 – Alberto Cairo

In No Category by dlgeek

Alberto Cairo sat down with us and shared interesting insights about philosophy, visualisation, data literacy, the importance of attention span, and some very impressive drawings. If you’re interested in learning more about Alberto, check out his website . Also check out his most recent publication “How Charts Lie”, it’s incredibly entertaining AND informative.

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Another geek joins the data literacy party

In No Category by dlgeek

Hello! And welcome to the world of data literacy with me, Kabir Rab. Who am I, I hear you ask? Well, I am just another data and technology geek who advocates for data literacy, with a specific focus on data literacy for children, something I am very passionate about. Most of you probably know me as a Qlik Luminary. Asides …

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Fireside Chat #4 – with Donald Farmer

In Data Literacy, Fireside Chat, Guest, Video by dlgeek

Donald Farmer is an incredibly knowledgeable and inspiring leader in the field of data and analytics and has been for many years. He sat down with Angelika and Boris to speak about monkeys, bananas, analytics, corporate culture and the most important bit: the human element. Donald shared some interesting anecdotes about what value he sees in decision support systems, which …

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In Loving Memory of David Bolton

In Guest, No Category by Angelika Klidas

Father, Husband, Leader, Friend, Mentor, Coach and Inspirator  1976 – 2020  In my years as a Qlik Fanatic I met David about 8-9 years ago, while I was working for the governmental organization UWV in Amsterdam. We met and talked about the usage of Qlik within UWV, how we were using the Qlik products, and how he thought we could …

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Fireside Chat #3 – with David Bolton

In Data Literacy, Data Science, Featured, Fireside Chat, Guest, Video by dlgeek

David Bolton joins us for a sitdown to chat about how data, analytics, machine learning, and AI revolutionise the way the healthcare industry works. David elaborates on the huge benefits frontline workers in hospitals can derive from putting data to work in the ward. Among other things we discuss how patient readmission chances can be predicted and used to increase …

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Fireside Chat #2 – Data Litera-WHAT??!

In No Category by dlgeek

Data Literacy? What does that even mean? And we’re not talking about the definition. What does it mean for you and your day to day life? Angelika and Boris discuss their take on the term and what it means to them. Spoiler: It’s not the only missing piece between, a company, a data analytics tool and analytics success. Visit https://www.dataliteracygeek.com …

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A Dream Comes True

In Blog, Inspiration by Angelika Klidas

A few months ago during a big online event, we started discussing setting up a platform with knowledge, information, and insights around the topic of Data Literacy. The thing that we knew was that we wanted it to be different, we wanted it to bring “things”  to the people. We rapidly discovered that we had to stretch the term “Data …

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Launch Panel feat. Jeannine Boot

In Data Literacy, No Category, Panel, Video by Boris Michel

We would have loved to launch on stage, but Zoom is just as well… Today we launch Data Literacy Geek and Jeannine Boot (Customer Marketing Manager at Qlik) asks us about what it is, why it is and what it is for. Spoiler: It’s a platform to share our love for all things data and data literacy. It is a …

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Fireside Chat #1 – Is Data Really the New Oil?

In Fireside Chat, Video by Boris Michel

Boris and Angelika discuss whether the – quite overused – phrase: “Data is the new oil” has any merit or not. We talk about how neither data nor oil has a lot of intrinsic value without being refined first. Both can have immense, even life-changing, value if treated, and then used right.