Analytics Magazine Analytics Magazine, March/April 2014 | Page 69

For your career & your company The following special events will be held in conjunction with the INFORMS Conference on Analytics & O.R. in Boston: INFORMS Continuing Education Analytics Certification These two-day, in-person courses Analytics certification is offered presented by INFORMS provide real- by INFORMS to provide analytics world value in skills, tools and methods professionals with a means to distinguish that can be implemented in your work. themselv es and demonstrate to Two courses will be offered just before employers, colleagues and the public the INFORMS Analytics Conference, that they are competent analytics both held on March 28-29 in Boston: professionals. Those attaining certification • Essential Practice Skills for Analytics will be able to list “CAP®” after their Professionals: Participants will learn practical tools for integrating their analytical skills into real-world problemsolving for businesses and other organizations. The course provides approaches that can be applied immediately to a wide variety of settings, names. INFORMS is pleased to offer the CAP certification exam at this conference. The exam is offered on Saturday, March 29, at the conference hotel. Attendees of this conference qualify for a discounted, bundled rate of Conference + Certification. Also, don’t miss a special session whether within a participant’s own on March 31 providing information organization or for an external client. and guidance on the benefits and • Data Exploration & Visualization: requirements of the CAP certification. Participants can expect to be re-introduced to approaching data in a powerful, yet playful manner. They will see and experience how exploration and visualization can be used to answer existing questions, thereby corroborating or invalidating hunches and preconceptions. For more information and to register, click here. A NA L Y T I C S For more information, click here. Analytics Maturity Model How well does your organization use analytics? What can you do to progress from good to great? Attend this debut of the new INFORMS analytics maturity model to see how you can score your organization, set target goals, and attain the enormous advantage of analytics leadership. This special session will be on Tuesday, April 1. M A R C H / A P R I L 2 014 | 69