KPI Library - Discover the right Key Performance Indicators 22 free tools for data visualization and analysis You may not think you've got much in common with an investigative journalist or an academic medical researcher. But if you're trying to extract useful information from an ever-increasing inflow of data, you'll likely find visualization useful -- whether it's to show patterns or trends with graphics instead of mountains of text, or to try to explain complex issues to a nontechnical audience. There are many tools around to help turn data into graphics, but they can carry hefty price tags. The cost can make sense for professionals whose primary job is to find meaning in mountains of information, but you might not be able to justify such an expense if you or your users only need a graphics application from time to time, or if your budget for new tools is somewhat limited. Here's a rundown of some of the better-known options, many of which were demonstrated at the Computer-Assisted Reporting (CAR) conference last month. Data cleaning DataWrangler What's cool: Text editing is especially easy.
SPIRITUALITY AS THE FOURTH BOTTOM LINE Spirituality as the Fourth Bottom Line Sohail Inayatullah, Professor, Tamkang University, Sunshine Coast University, Queensland University of Technology - www.metafuture.org Invariably, at the end of a lecture on paradigm change, new visions or community capacity, there is always some one in the audience who asks: but what is the bottom line? This is especially so at technical universities and business organizations. The “bottom line” question asserts that argument, visions and language display are all interesting but ultimately unimportant. For any speaker focused on gender, community, health, cultural or spiritual issues suddenly there is very little to say, since, well, it is not about the bottom line but everything else. Times have changed In Australia, Westpac Bank recently issued an expanded approach to traditional accountability standards. The triple bottom line movement has taken off. Second, CEOs are part of this value shift. Even nations are following suite. Health changes
Mobile Business Intelligence, Analytics and Dashboards | Roambi Hello - visualisation Hello I’m David McCandless, a London-based author, writer and designer. I’ve written for The Guardian, Wired and others. I’m into anything strange and interesting. These days I’m an independent data journalist and information designer. I’m interested in how designed information can help us understand the world, cut through BS and reveal the hidden connections, patterns and stories underneath. My pet-hate is pie charts. Our mission Myself, and the rest of the crack team here at Information is Beautiful, are dedicated to distilling the world’s data, information and knowledge into beautiful, interesting and, above all, useful visualizations, infographics and diagrams. Who funds us? This site is entirely funded by sales of images, posters and books. Stay in touch @infobeautiful (just infographics)@mccandelish (details of my tawdry life too)This site’s RSS Web FeedFacebook email: pa [dot] david [dot] mccandless [AT] Gmail [dot] com. Want to know more?
grossnationalhappiness Cloud Personal - Free Business Intelligence for Everyone Analytics Express is a self-service solution built on MicroStrategy's world-class cloud infrastructure. In just a few easy steps, you may connect to your data from anywhere, effortlessly discover insights hidden in your data using interactive dashboards, and then publish and share those insights with anyone. Access Analytics Express from anywhere using an internet browser or an iPad. Build dashboards by choosing from a wide range of interactive visualizations. You can drag and drop your data to customize your view, sort, pivot, drill and use aggregations to apply statistical analysis. Share your reports and dashboards with any size audience by scheduling automated and personalized email deliveries, all with a just a few clicks. Create teams and invite colleagues for secure sharing and collaboration.
What is the Balanced Scorecard? The balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. It was originated by Drs. Robert Kaplan (Harvard Business School) and David Norton as a performance measurement framework that added strategic non-financial performance measures to traditional financial metrics to give managers and executives a more 'balanced' view of organizational performance. The balanced scorecard has evolved from its early use as a simple performance measurement framework to a full strategic planning and management system. This new approach to strategic management was first detailed in a series of articles and books by Drs. Kaplan and Norton describe the innovation of the balanced scorecard as follows:
smartKPIs.com - KPI examples, KPI definitions, KPI reporting, templates, advice and smart performance resources SharePoint Integration with MicroStrategy Recently, while working on one of my project assignments I got to work on the integration of SharePoint 2010 with MicroStrategy 9. The requirement was to pull the report from the MicroStrategy and show that in a web part. We had the MicroStrategy environment set up and also I had my SharePoint development environment set up.Here, I will show you how you can configure the SharePoint environment to pull reports from the MicroStrategy. When you contact MicroStrategy for their portlets, which can be plugged with SharePoint, you will get a .CAB file. This CAB file has two web parts in it 1) ‘MicroStrategy Master Web Part’ 2) ‘MicroStrategy Web Part’. This also has MSTRWebParts.dll which, you can use to create a custom web part to display data from MicroStrategy(I will talk about this in other post), and a few .js files. Step 1: Install the CAB file: Log in to the server machine as an Administrator. Step 3: Enabling HTTP Session State in SharePoint Enable the SessionStateModule: After:
Communication Skills - Improve Your Communication With MindTools.com ©iStockphotosvengine Learn the secret to developing excellent communication skills. Have you ever struggled to get your message across? Perhaps you tried pitching a groundbreaking project, you were chairing a departmental meeting, or you needed to deliver a compelling presentation. Chances are, there wasn't much wrong with what you were trying to say; it's just that you needed to work on how you said it. 1: Understanding the Basics It's important to take a systematic approach to communication, given the wide range of channels that are available, such as emails, marketing materials, presentations, and other written and spoken forms. A good place to start is with our article, The Communication Cycle, which covers the basics of using any medium. Remember, communication is a two-way process: as well as talking or delivering a message, it's important to listen to the other person's response. 2: Planning Your Communications You can also try to engage people's emotions with storytelling. Key Points