Marvellous May

Hello! Welcome to the May edition of The Data Down-Low. Brought to you by The Classification Guru Ltd .

Here we do a recap of the previous month, and highlight exciting things to be aware of in the month ahead.

THEY ARE HERE

The first batches of Keyring Susan have arrived! If you are in Chicago, Boston, Charlotte or Las Vegas, and would like to get your very own Keyring Susan, get in touch with Susan Walsh to make it happen!

Events

Recap - CFO Outlook

Susan had a great time in Sweden at CFO Outlook, hosted by EBG | Network . Thank you to Anna Bj?rkerud and Lars Bj?rkerud for hosting such a fantastic day packed with lots of beneficial discussions! Susan thoroughly enjoyed sending the attendees off feeling energised and enthusiastic about data quality, you can’t ask for more than that!

Here are her key takeaways:

Martijn Geerling from The Hackett Group Inc.‘s keynote 'How can finance leaders bridge resource gaps to improve productivity and efficiency?' was really interesting to see finance’s priorities and good to know TCG will be kept busy for a long time to come! His talk very much aligned with her own keynote.

There are data quality issues across finance, with poor master data, no one taking responsibility and even no data governance. In addition to that resources are stretched thin and it’s hard to balance. Yet investing in clean data could save money and free up so much valuable team time, we need to get more decision makers on board!

Next up - Generative AI on AWS - Practical Use Cases Live on LinkedIn

Brought to you by Cloudsoft.io , this discussion aims to separate the hype from the practical use cases to help you get started and thrive with Generative AI.

Susan Walsh (The Classification Guru) will be joining as a speaker alongside Jon Cooke (Chief Technology Officer, Dataception Ltd ) Arjun Srinivasan (Director of Data Science, Wesco ) and Aled Sage (VP Engineering, Cloudsoft.io ).

Part 1 - Making sense of the GenAI landscape

Part 2 - Practical use cases, no bluster

Part 3 - Getting started with GenAI

Add it to your calendar here

5th - 8th May - The Dangers of Dirty Data and Beyond at ACPN in Chicago

Susan will be flying out THIS FRIDAY to get ready for Auto Care Association's big event Auto Care Connect in Chicago.

There's no better an event to spread the word about the importance of not only of cleaning data, but maintaining it too. Just like a classic car, it's only valuable if you look after it, you have to put in the work.

Follow Automotive Content Professionals Network (ACPN) for more info.

13th - 16th May - Alteryx Inspire in Las Vegas

Ever been stuck on an Alteryx model for ages, only to find there's a better way to do it, maybe even with low code/no code?? Yup, us too. It's frustrating and you can't always find what you need online.

But what if there was an event where people from all over the globe would meet to see amazing Keynotes, learn best practices, share their knowledge and experience, and meet other amazing like-minded people??

Well, lucky for us, there is, and it's Alteryx Inspire 13-16th May in Las Vegas. AND, if you use code SusanInspire24 you can also get $150 off your ticket!

Susan Walsh will be there along with data pros Kate Strachnyi, Ravit Jain, Kirk Borne, Ph.D. Dustin Schimek Brandi Beals and Steve Nouri (and of course Keyring Susan...) Hands up who's coming too?

Get your ticket here

Alteryx SparkED

22nd - 23rd May - The Podcast Show in London

As if a big trip to the US wasn't excitement enough, Susan will be joining a panel at The Podcast Show on 22nd May, with Lauren Hawker Zafer, Kieron Banerji and Stephanie Melodia on AI Unveiled: Debunking Misconceptions, Empowering Creativity, and Upholding Ethics.

The speakers will get into the nuts and bolts of AI in podcasting, what it's really capable of, and how you can leverage it.

You can find out more here

THIS MONTH - SOLUTIONS REVIEW EXPERT ROUNDTABLE

Susan will be hosting an online roundtable on the "Impact of Bad Data on Gen AI with Darshana Sivakumar from Databricks and Millie Beetham from ZoomInfo for Solutions Review .

What you can expect:

? Why bad data is the problem

? How data experts help companies build a unified data foundation that fixes the bad data problem

? How this foundation can be leveraged to easily scale and use data + AI for GenAI

Register your space here

Next month - P2P Transformation Summit in London

TCG Team will be back at the P2P Transformation Summit to celebrate their 10th Anniversary!

Susan will be presenting her talk: Check before Tech -?How Clean is Your Data? right after lunch, and then she's heading off to the airport for her holiday, so make sure you catch her before then!

Thank you to Ellen Leith , Helen Everest , Purchase to Pay Network .

Register here

Discover

You can organise your data by anything you want, but you have to categorise it first to make it easily found.

Throwback to this great episode of Super Data Science Podcast, hosted by Jon Krohn , where Susan Walsh - The Classification Guru, talks you through anticipating and avoiding the dangers of dirty data.

Watch the full interview here ?

The Let's Talk Data Podcast hosted by Emma Crabtree

"I think this is honestly the best podcast I’ve ever done, it’s a great conversation, so get listening!" - Susan Walsh.

Listen and watch here

Don't forget your copy of Between the Spreadsheets

Get it here. Thanks to Jordan Morrow for the kind words!

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Supporting Small Businesses

We're all about paying it forward here at TCG, and each month we want to help support other small businesses.? This month is highlighting our marketing buddies.

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