Join us for our Lodestar Solutions, Client Only User Group. We have a packed line up of material for you complete with multiple demos, Q&A and breakout rooms for you to discuss.

If you haven't attended a Lodestar Solutions User Group before registration is required.

Contact services@lodestarsolutions.com to get signed up for the User Group.

Cognos Analytics – May 24th, 11am-2pm EST

• Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Models for Reporting
• Introduction to Facilitation for Better Dashboard Design
• Power Point Integration with Cognos Analytics
• Networking
• Tech Talks
• Upgrade Checklist for Success
• What's New in Cognos Analytics
• What You Need to Know About Leveraging the Cloud

Join us for our Lodestar Solutions, Client Only User Group. We have a packed line up of material for you complete with multiple demos, Q&A and breakout rooms for you to discuss.

If you haven't attended a Lodestar Solutions User Group before registration is required.

Contact services@lodestarsolutions.com to get registered.

Time: May 26th 11am-2pm, EST.

Planning Analytics – May 26th, 11am-2pm EST

• Power Point Integration for Planning Analytics Users
• Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Models for Reporting
• Introduction to Facilitation for Better Model Design
• Networking
• Tech Talks
• What's New in Planning Analytics?
• Upgrade Checklist for Success
• How to Document Your Planning Analytics Models

Motio presents – Building A Better Future: Distinguished Women of BI

Learn how to deploy Business Analytics software cheaper and faster. Save time by using agile techniques and our Rapid Requirements Gathering process to quickly identify user pain points quickly and build the dashboards that your users will love. Learn about proven methods that Lodestar Solutions has developed after hundreds of successful implementations that will result in cheaper and faster implementations. We will teach you our methodology that we use on our own projects to help you increase your chance of success with every project!

In this hands on workshop you will learn the process from beginning to end of a dashboarding project. By the end of the workshop, you will leave with a dashboard roadmap to take your organization to the next level.

Course Learning Objectives
 Time saving techniques to quickly solve budget problems with dynamic dashboards.
 Look like a rockstar by reducing the costs and time to deliver dashboards.
 Learn our repeatable methodology so you can design and deploy dashboards your users will love.

2 Day Destination Dashboard Workshop Takeaways
(Software Agnostic)
 Learn to get things done in half the time
 Increase your productivity by worker smarter not longer
 Increase user adoption to increase momentum
 Gaining executive buy-in & continuous support
 Identify the high business value deliverables
 Introduction to BAAM© (Business Analytics Agile Methodology)  Work through business cases in small interactive teams
 Identify project landmines before they explode
 Building consensus in your organization
 Learn techniques to increase organizational alignment
 Managing change to eliminate scope creep
 Leave inspired and learn to love you

IBM Cognos Functionality, Licensing & Audit Workshop Takeaways
What You Will Learn:

 What Cognos functionality is included with each license
 Which Cognos tools to use and when
 How to save money on your support renewals
 Techniques so your can self-audit licenses
 Tips to negotiate the best price on software

What You Will Receive:
 Confidential custom Cognos license analysis
 Custom recommendations based on current licenses and needs
 Access to 3rd party license experts to get the answers to questions you are afraid to ask IBM
 Taught by licensed Attorney with 25 years in software licensing, contracts, functionality and practical application

Who Should Attend?
Reporting or dashboard project team member, considering implementing reports or dashboards, currently use reports and dashboards (any software), IBM Cognos Administrators.

Our Guarantee: You will get more than you paid for! If you fully participated in our program but are not satisfied with our services and the results, pay us what you feel it was worth. We are that confident in our programs.

About Lodestar Solutions
Lodestar Solutions takes a different approach to business analytics implementations, instead of providing consulting services we provide coaching services. The difference is we teach, mentor and guide clients’ internal resources to be self-sufficient. The needs of your business will change and your team members need to be able to adjust their models and dashboards to meet the transitional needs of your organization. Lodestar Solutions offers the executive coaching on business analytics, customizable IBM Cognos Training, technical and application consulting.

We are also a reseller of IBM Business Analytic solutions selling licenses and support renewals. Our expert team will make sure you have the correct license mix and understand all the functionality of the licenses you own. Our support renewal team is trained to identify savings opportunities and potential issues in your licensing to ensure you are compliant while giving you the best price possible.

What Clients are saying:

“Your discussion about how to engage your business users greatly improved the analytics at our organization. It changed our discussions with end users away from design and towards analytical needs. It took the development process back to IT, and let the end user focus on the key measures needed to improve their business needs. A simple thought process that we couldn’t do on our own, your steps were incredibly helpful.”
– Cesare Lasorella, Manager of Business Intelligence, KeHE Distributors

“Lodestar provided training tailored specifically to the needs of our company. They assisted us in making problematic processes work efficiently and gave us the knowledge to apply those techniques to future situations. They guided us in selecting the best methodology for data transformations and trained us in the use of those tools. We accomplished a lot in a very short time. Lodestar’s training resulted in significant advances in user knowledge and improved functionality of our applications.”
– Sharon Grubenhoff, Senior Vice President FP&A, Primerica, Inc.