It is time to start thinking about investing in your company's continued education. Lodestar's FREE Educational Workshops are a great investment of your time and allow you to make pragmatic changes for your company without spending a dime.

Lodestar has developed a ton of awesome education that your company won't want to miss out on before year end! From webinars to live workshops in your city or a city near you, we have worked with our clients to listen to what their largest business challenges are and have built educational content that will help your business succeed! Our events will take place virtually as well as in Chicago and Tampa. As winter approaches, it is a great time to get down to sunny Florida to take advantage of the amazing, warm weather! 

First, we are holding our "Why BI and Analytics Fail in the Office of Finance & How to Succeed", in Tampa, FL on Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 sponsored by Financial Executives International (FEI) Tampa Chapter. It will be held from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET at The Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park.

What You Will Learn:

The Executive's Guide to Why BI Fails and How to Succeed!

• Why BI Fails in Many Organization (a candid discussion)
• The Financial Executive's Role in Business Intelligence Projects
• How to Increase the Productivity of the Office of Finance
• Dealing with the​​​​​ Generational Gaps
• Requirements Discovery: Getting to the A’ha Sooner
• Fielding the Best Team
• How to Find Gold in the Data
• Implementation Strategy for Success
• Pragmatic Solutions You Can Implement Today

Register HERE and to find out more!

One Attendee Will Be a Winner! (A $497 value)

One randomly drawn winner will receive access to one of our online programs for 1 year.  Winner will be able to select either our Destination Dashboard Online Course (software agnostic) or our Cognos Analytics C11 Online Training Program.  

Next, for those located in the Midwest as well as Chicago, we are hosting a "Why BI and Analytics Fail in the Office of Finance & How to Succeed" workshop in Chicago! This workshop will be on Thursday, November 16th, 2017. It will start at 9:30 AM and end at 12:30 PM CT at 71 S Wacker Drive, 6th Floor, Chicago, IL. 

• Executives and Managers that need a better understanding of BI & Analytics
• Department heads who are challenged with the solutions IT provides
• IT Professionals who are frustrated with users not communicating requirements
• Project Managers who want to learn the secret to delivering "Faster, Cheaper Analytics" 
• CFO's and Directors of Finance who want to increase the productivity of their teams

Register HERE and to find out more!

One Attendee Will Be a Winner at The Chicago Event as well! (A $497 value)

Lastly, if you weren't able to make the Analytics University in New Orleans and are in the Tampa area you will not want to miss the Cognos Analytics Summit. Even if you are not in the Tampa area, it's a great time to head down to sunny Florida to escape the cold! This event is a technical deep dive and your chance to ask the experts and your peers about the latest and greatest regarding Cognos Analytics.  Additionally, we'll be hosting a live, two day Destination Dashboard workshop following the Summit. 

The great part about this event is that it's a FREE all day event sponsored by IBM Analytics Lab Services and Lodestar Solutions!

It will be held on December 5th from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM ET at:

​​Jabil, Inc.

10560 Dr M.L.K. Jr St

St. Petersburg, FL 33716

Register HERE and to find out more about this event! 

If you are looking to better your analytics education you will not want to miss out on these events! If you cannot make these events, we will also be holding various webinars the rest of the year that are packed full of useful information to take your analytics initiatives to the next level. Due to limited seating in these workshops, please register as soon as possible to be sure to secure a seat. After all, you don't want to miss out on FREE educational workshops! See you there!

If you have additional questions relating to attending these events, please reach out to sales@lodestarsolutions.com.