Justify Your Attendance
Travel and training budgets are tight, and it's difficult to get approval to
attend events and conferences. You recognize the value of attending TDWI's World
Conference, but how do you communicate that to your employer?
One of the best ways to get approval to attend a conference is to connect
your organization's goals to your conference experience. Below we have listed
some of our attendees’ common goals, and illustrated how TDWI helps meet
their needs. We hope that this will help you make your case for attending TDWI's
next World Conference.
"It’s a fantastic conference. The focus on agile methodology and BI is great. As a secretary of the Northwest TDWI Chapter, it’s fantastic to learn new things for topics that we may potentially have in the future, and it’s great to see the social networks that you guys are now belonging to."
—Laura Edell-Gibbons, Mantis Technology Group, Speaker
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| Your Goal |
How Attendance at TDWI's World Conference Supports
Your Goal |
| Objectively evaluate the pros and cons of various BI/DW strategies |
TDWI does not advocate a particular methodology. Instead, we'll help
you examine the possibilities from many different angles so you can
make decisions that are right for your business. |
| Understand the link between business needs and IT activities |
The most successful projects align business needs with IT objectives.
TDWI conferences have a variety of courses that help make the connection
between business and IT. |
| Validate the direction of your current BI/DW initiatives |
TDWI courses and instructors can help you validate the current direction
of your BI projects and avoid common pitfalls along the way. Our one-on-one
Guru Sessions allow you to speak directly with an industry expert about
specific challenges you face. |
| Obtain unbiased, vendor-neutral information |
TDWI provides you with unbiased, vendor-neutral information and education
so you can objectively evaluate different solution providers and their
technologies to find the one that best meets your needs. |
| Document your expertise with credentials |
You've taken classes and backed up the course work with real-world experience.
Now document your expertise by getting your CBIP certification. You can
take exam prep courses, talk with CBIP program representatives, and take the certification test at TDWI conferences. |
| Make a business case for your BI/DW project |
Often the hardest part of a project is to get backing from the appropriate
business sponsors. Solidify your position by learning how to make a sound
business case for BI/DW projects. TDWI conferences provide several courses
that will help you define and present your business case and speak in terms
that are meaningful to the business. |
| Stay current on industry topics and keep your skills up to date |
TDWI constantly reviews and refines our curriculum based on feedback from attendees and careful analysis of market direction, which ensures that the courses in our curriculum are up to date and represent the most current thinking in the industry. |
| Network and share best practices with your peers |
TDWI conferences provide a wide variety of networking opportunities,
including sponsored lunches, peer networking sessions, evening receptions,
and hospitality suites. |
| Gain fresh ideas and get inspired |
With more than 50 full- and half-day courses, access to industry leading experts,
a hype- and hassle-free Exhibit Hall, and many opportunities for networking,
TDWI conferences help you see your work in a new perspective. Get inspired,
and take new ideas and approaches back to the office! |
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"The conference is well structured and the important thing is you can point out some new ideas that you can take back to the company and actually then deliver. It’s great for networking, it’s great for information, and it just keeps you on that leading edge, which is the competitive advantage everyone’s looking for."
—Paul Ormonde-James, World Bank, Washington D.C., Speaker