BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20151101T020000 RDATE:20151101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160125T232707Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160127T193000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160127T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160125T232707Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160125T232707Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250469706 DESCRIPTION:Information is for everyone. \;\nAs full participants in t he knowledge economy\, access to information is a basic tenet that we al l cherish\, especially when it comes to increasing that access to help m ake better choices. The better informed we are\, the better decisions we make. Today\, IT and dev functions in companies are often the guardians that maintain\, manage\, collect\, and tend to the vast amounts of info rmation that is being generated as data. \;\n \;\nBut what if we m ade it easier for all non-technical folks to understand data with intell igent\, intuitive visualization tools? They would all have increased acc ess to information! Our individual perspectives can bring about new insi ghts where each team member stands to gain from finding their own perspe ctive pattern in the data. \;\n \;\nOur goal is to democratize dat a\, to put the data exploration and discovery into the hands of the many . \;\n \;\nIn this event\, we intend to fully involve the audience and have a personalized discussion on this novel new way to see the sam e data from different perspectives. What are the advantages? What are th e challenges? How can the technical departments mitigate these challenge s? These questions and more will be tackled. \;\nSpeaker \;\n \;\nVidya Spandana - Popily \;\nVidya builds high-growth\, high-impa ct startups that succeed ethically. She’s currently the chief growth off icer at Popily. As a college undergraduate\, Vidya co-founded DMV.org an d turned it into a multi-million dollar business before turning 21. The company made the Inc. 5000 list\, reporting 391% growth in three years. More recently Vidya worked with the White House as a Presidential Innova tion Fellow\, helping the Office of Science and Technology Policy with t he mandate to leverage open data and partnerships to promote economic gr owth in the world’s poorest countries. She has delivered keynote talks a t TEDxPDX 2015: Diversity of Thought and TechFestNorthWest. Vidya has be en a mentor and advisor at various early-stage venture firms and startup accelerators such as TechStars\, KickLabs and Astia. She is also a co-h ost of Partially Derivative\, the popular data science podcast. \;\n For more information on Vidya’s work\, please visit: vidyaspandana.com&# 13\;\n \;\nEvent Details: \;\nDate: Wednesday\, January 27\, 2016& #13\;\nTime: 5:30-7:30 PM \;\nLocation: Uncorked Studios \;\nPrice : Members $25 | Nonmembers $45 \;\n*Tickets are limited for this even t\n\nTags: data\, democracy\, big data\, development\, engineering\n\nIm ported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250469706 URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discover-the-stories-in-your-data-democr atically-tickets-20137610134 SUMMARY: Discover the stories in your data\, democratically LOCATION:Uncorked Studios: 811 Southeast Stark Street\, Portland OR 97214 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR