When life seems jolly rotten there’s something you’ve forgotten
Viruses, hurricanes and fires. Economic recession, job loss and evictions. Things are tough all over and it can be challenging to find the silver lining these days. But there are some bright spots if you know where look. Some of the positives can be uncovered with tools like Microsoft Power BI. There’s a lot of data out there and, turns out, it’s not all bad news.
Read MorePower BI is an amazing tool for aggregating data and gaining insights that are difficult to extract from a spreadsheet, or even worse, several spreadsheets.
At Kiefer Consulting, we are proud of our reputation for building sophisticated solutions that streamline processes, improve communication and enable collaboration. We’re also constantly striving to improve how we work so we regularly build solutions for internal use as well. These solutions are built with the same outcomes in mind.
Read MoreA conversation with Kiefer consultants yield some thoughtful insights about chat bot development, cognitive services, artificial intelligence and more.
When our consultants discuss solutions with clients, we focus on the problems that the solution will solve. Artificial intelligence, cognitive services and bot technologies certainly have the “cool” factor, but do they have a business application? And furthermore, say we did find a good business case, would the solution be affordable and could we count on the solution to reduce costs and improve efficiencies.
Read MoreData is everywhere. It’s in all our devices and it’s constantly being shuttled back and forth, downloaded, uploaded, shared and emailed. And we’re constantly creating more data. In fact, we generate so much data it can seem overwhelming trying to figure out ways to make use of it. Where do you even begin?
Read MoreKiefer’s expertise in our practice areas makes our team a perfect fit for your team.
These are difficult and challenging times. It seems the moment we start to get our arms around one issue, another pops up. We’re all being pulled in numerous directions, asked to function in ways we’re not comfortable with and to do things we’re not sure we’re capable of. It’s taxing trying to manage the present. Looking ahead and contemplating upcoming needs probably seems exhausting. But you know you have to do it, so let us help you.
Read MoreThe Kiefer Data Analytics and Visualization Practice Group has successfully helped clients better interact with their data and rapidly deploy business intelligence dashboards using Microsoft’s business intelligence tool, Power BI.
Read MoreIt’s been 4 years since Microsoft announced general availability for the Power BI platform. Since the introduction of Power BI, Microsoft has not only proven that they could compete with the leaders in the enterprise BI space, but they had the market strength and investments to displace leaders in the category.
Read MoreThe Public Sector I.T. Leadership Meetup brings engaging thought leadership to leaders in public sector information technology. Our meetups are designed to enlighten and share actionable ideas that can help departments and agencies in the public sector leverage technology investments to improve efficiency and reduce costs. This meetup has been designed for IT leaders and emerging leaders in the public sector. We intend to share proven best practices and valuable insights in our series of events, both live and virtual.
Expert perspectives on collaboration, data analytics and business transformation.
Join Kiefer Consulting for a session that tackles the topics that state and local government I.T. leaders are most interested in. Our first session tackles 3 topics that are top of mind for CIOs, CTOs and Directors in the public sector. Each segment will provide practical and actionable advice that will help your organization address the new challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies.
11:30 – 11:40: Welcome
11:40 – 12:00: Data Analytics & Leveraging Data: The 5 Things All IT Leaders NEED to Know
Lunch is Provided (Sign up by August 19 and we’ll have a box lunch for you at the session)
12:00 – 12:20: The Future of Collaboration: The Trends and How to Stay Ahead of Them
12:20 – 12:40: Business Transformation Takes Guts: Leveraging Against the Objections of Change
12:40-12:55: Questions for the Panel
12:55 Wrap-Up / Closing
1:00: Conclusion
SESSIONS:
Data Analytics & Leveraging Data: The 5 Things All IT Leaders NEED to Know
Presented by Scott Roberts
Five things IT leaders should know about leveraging data and creating an approach that allows your organization to make data-driven decision, discover trends and create a data culture within your organization. See a few examples from the Kiefer Data Analytics and Visualization Practice Group.
The Future of Collaboration: The Trends and How to Stay Ahead of Them
Presented by Peter Allen
Get an introduction to the tools and approaches that are revolutionizing the public-sector and creating a modern digital workplace. Our team will share trends and technologies that are changing how people work and allowing organizations to ditch legacy paper-based and manual processes in favor digital workflows.
Business Transformation Takes Guts: Leveraging Against the Objections of Change
Presented by Andy Coyle
Many organizations want to transform and adopt digital processes, but there are a lot of things standing in the way. In this session learn how organizations leverage against objections and barriers to bring new levels of collaboration and efficiency to an organization focused on transformation.
We are proud to announce that we are working with I.T. leaders in the public sector to create a series of engaging and relevant workshops/sessions that deliver expert insights and actionable best practices designed to help today’s I.T. Leaders.
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