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There is a growing need for non-profit organisations to ensure that they are effectively managing their data to demonstrate the impact of their work, as well as having access to insights and business intelligence to ensure they can make informed decisions on service provision. As the government and philanthropic funding environment is becoming more competitive, organisations are now required to generate more evidence on how funds are allocated, and to showcase empirically how those funds have improved the lives of those who have been recipients. Microsoft's PowerBI is the perfect tool to support your organisation to generate insights and trends on your service provision.

This webinar has been designed to support small to large community-based organisations gain an understanding of the value that PowerBI can play in your organisation, and how to develop key insights into your service provision by utilising PowerBI's dashboard generator tool.

 In one hour, Sam will cover the following:

• What is PowerBI?
• What can PowerBI do for your community-based organisation?
• What are different data sources you can access?
• How to link your data to PowerBI
• Generating visualisations with your data
• Developing a dashboard
• Why PowerBI and not another visualisation tool?

What Sam will not be covering:

• Linking real time data to your dashboard
• Developing advanced data analytic techniques

About the Presenter – Sam Headberry

Sam brings 12 years of professional experience working in some of Australia’s largest housing and homelessness organisations. Sam has a penchant for data, and ensuring informed practice, coupled with a deep understanding of the importance utilising Information Technology to enhance organisational outcomes in the not for profit (NFP) sector.

Sam has recently:

• Undertaken a raft of Digital Capability Assessments for small to large NFPs across Australia
• Provided consultancy services to organisations on IT strategy, system selection, implementation and change management
• Led national projects that leverages the power of data to inform and enhance service delivery for the NFP sector such as the Ask Izzy open data platform
• Led national projects that focus on areas of digital inclusion for some of Australia’s most vulnerable citizens
• Facilitated Data Readiness and Business Intelligence workshops for the NFP sector