<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks so much to those who participated in our 7th Analyst Community of Practice (ACOP) meeting this past Friday! I thought it was an interesting and informative discussion. I've posted all of the meeting materials (agenda and slides) in the Box folder for meeting #7 (<a href="https://ucmerced.box.com/s/5cy7x7cr27obx9atyivxcje3qdmck6qd">here</a>). Please feel free to reach out to Gary Lowe (<a href="mailto:glowe2@ucmerced.edu">glowe2@ucmerced.edu</a>) if you have questions about his presentation.</div><div><br></div><div>Our final ACOP meeting of the academic year will be on <b>Friday, July 19th from noon-1:30pm in DCC190</b> (a Zoom link will be provided as the meeting approaches). Corinne Townsend in IRDS will be discussing the data visualization tool Tableau. Please reach out to Corinne (<a href="mailto:ctownsend@ucmerced.edu">ctownsend@ucmerced.edu</a>) if you have questions about or suggestions for her presentation - she'd really love to know what folks want to see so she can tailor it to your needs.</div><div><br></div><div>Lastly, we're also looking for ideas for our four ACOP quarterly meetings in AY2019-20 (October, January, April, July). Please let me know if you have ideas for meeting topics or if you're interested in being a presenter.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks so much!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Cinnamon</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>Analyst Community of Practice Overview</b>: <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Institutional Research & Decision Support (IRDS)
launched the Analyst Community of Practice in 2017 and currently convenes 4
presentations/events annually designed to engage the broader community of
analysts on campus.<span> </span>This Analyst
Community of Practice will provide a source of networking and professional
development for analysts on campus.<span> </span>We
define “analyst” broadly as any professional who provides data or information
to support campus planning and decision making. Our goals for this community
are that analysts will (a) identify colleagues they can connect with and
discuss issues with, (b) improve their skills and exposure to new data sets
and/or data tools, and (c) as a community, work to help improve collaboration
and resource sharing across teams/units in providing data on campus.<span> </span>Relevant topics may include tools (e.g.,
Qualtrics, Cognos, Excel, Tableau), methods (e.g., analytic approaches,
statistical methods), and communication/delivery processes (e.g., data
visualizations, understanding and presenting data/insights, getting buy in,
facilitating collaboration, success metrics).<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>To sign up for the
listserv visit</b>: <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://lists.ucmerced.edu/mailman/listinfo/analyst_community_of_practice" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">http://lists.ucmerced.edu/mailman/listinfo/analyst_community_of_practice</a></span><span></span></p>
</div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Cinnamon L. Danube, PhD<br>Principal Analyst<br>Institutional Research and Decision Support<br>University of California, Merced<br>5200 North Lake Road<br>Merced, CA 95343<br>Office phone: 209.228.6982<br>Email: <a href="mailto:cdanube@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">cdanube@ucmerced.edu</a><br><a href="http://ipa.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">irds.ucmerced.edu</a></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Vice President, California Association for Institutional Research (CAIR)</div><div><a href="http://cair.org" target="_blank">cair.org</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>