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"The trainer kept me interested the whole time and had her way of explaining things I wasn't quite sure of. Excellent teacher. I have always struggled with formulas so I wanted to get some more experience."
Sara Rowland
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
"Thanks for a very useful 2-day course. I think it worked very well remotely and we didn't run into any problems during the 2 days. The trainer was very knowledgeable on SSAS and provided us with some good examples and help when we needed it on the exercises."
James Rapkin
Southend-on-Sea City Council
"Really enjoyed the course. I did know a lot of the content but by doing it a different way. This course showed me ways of doing things differently, some being much quicker. The trainer was very supporting and approachable, which made learning the new ways so much easier."
Kristine Ogden
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
"A fantastic tutor who made the subject really interesting and talked in depth about each process. I felt I learnt quite a lot during the course."
Daniel Milne
Durham County Council
"I really enjoyed this course and found the trainer very knowledgeable and approachable. This is the second time I have done the course - in classroom and online and I enjoyed both of them. I wanted a refresher (on what I had previously learnt) as I don't use excel enough in work to put a lot of the tasks into practice. I still learnt extra/new things and I would recommend this course. "
Claire Harrison
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
"The trainer made the session fun and engaging."
Daniel Milne
Durham County Council
"The trainer was excellent, very patient and accommodating."
Katie Sykes
Barnsley MBC
"The course was very well delivered. Our trainer was very knowledgeable and his jokes even brought a positive mood to the course. He was very helpful and delivered the course at a very good pace, will definitely be doing another course with you in the future. I chose this course to gain more of an understanding how to use the different elements of SQL to manipulate the data in our council performance system. This has certainly helped me a lot and I am more confident of filtering data, using joins etc which I was a bit apprehensive about before."
Scott Lea
City of Lincoln Council
"Course was great - trainer was very knowledgeable/flexible and happy to talk about related subjects/put things in a context that suited our needs. Have used twice before and course material always met our needs/exceeded expectations."
Luke Ferrans
Southampton City Council
"The course was brilliant from start to finish. The trainer was friendly and knowledgeable. I felt like I learned a lot that I can put into practice at work and would definitely be interested in doing another course with WiseOwl. I have recommend the course to my colleagues."
Michael Cutts
Barnsley MBC
"The training worked perfectly! I had experienced the Power BI training in person but to have an online option that works so well, I can only thank you."
Andy Derbyshire
APSE Manchester
"Trainer and the training was excellent. We really enjoyed the content, presentation and delivery of the training. Trainer was very practical, friendly and highly helpful which is very different from other training courses I have attended."
Siva Chandrasekaran
Cheshire East Council
"Trainer was excellent and very helpful, would highly recommend."
Jade Thomson
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
"Excellent trainer and pace of days. He made you feel relaxed and explained the course content in a easy to understand manner."
Becky Hayes
APSE Manchester
"I really enjoyed the course. The trainer was very warm and friendly. It was clear he knew his stuff and would answer any questions."
Annmarie Taylor
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
"I found this course really useful and I like that the trainer is reactive to questions by diverting slightly off course to demonstrate an answer to the question. I also liked the fact that rather than just DAX the course showed how we could use the DAX Measures in the visuals. I am new to DAX and Power BI and wanted to get a better understanding of the basics before looking at what I can improve on going forwards."
Colin Watts
Southend-on-Sea City Council
"To be honest, I received the manual(s) and my first thought was 3 days of training with this amount of content and all online - what a nightmare! I'm a software systems trainer myself and know first hand how tech can fail or lag and it's like trying to herd cats keeping your audience engaged and ensuring everyone is on track. We had a first class trainer, extremely knowledgeable and relatable. He kept the training on track and managed to keep everyone engaged. The frequent breaks definitely helped to maintain concentration and the interactive examples helped to bring the theory to life. The fact that he could also see all of our screens added an extra level of cohesion, something that I have (enviably) never seen before. I would have no hesitation in recommending Wise Owl for any future training needs. "
Sandra Hopwood
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
"Very good course tailored to our specific requirements."
Mike Hughes
Cheshire East Council
"Very comprehensive training course without being so much that it became overwhelming. Very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful trainer who communicated and explained the content effectively. I also think the course manual and exercises provided are excellent and I am sure will be really useful resources post-training."
David Caldwell
Cheshire East Council
"I thoroughly enjoyed the course, it was taught very well with useful information on key topics and some excellent exercises to actually put the skills into practice. The trainer was highly knowledgeable and went at a good speed, to ensure everything was clearly explained. Others in my organisation had attended the course and found it useful and taught well. Many thanks."
Clare Taylor
London Borough of Lambeth
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