Virtual Event
Hacks for Working with Power BI
Exclusively for public servants and policymakers
Thursday, Oct 15, 2026
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Speakers
What to do next
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- Check out our upcoming event PolicyNova: Closing the Trust Gap in AI Policy Research
Resources
- Event Transcript
- CalData's Analytics Accelerator Training shared by Rocio
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Event Description
Power BI is probably already in your Microsoft licence. Whether you've built dashboards in it or never opened the app, most people are using a fraction of what it can do.
Power BI turns spreadsheets and raw data into dashboards and reports you can read at a glance, no design skills or coding required. At this event, you’ll learn how to build your first dashboard from messy data, clean and reformat information automatically and create visuals directly from spreadsheets or Sharepoint lists. You'll leave knowing exactly how to start using Power BI in your own work.
Hear from a public servant Power BI user who will demonstrate these tools live, working through real government data scenarios and sharing shortcuts that save the most time.
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Speakers
Rocio Mora
Senior Data Analyst, California Office of Data & Innovation
USA
Rocio Mora, is a Senior Data Analyst at the California Office of Data & Innovation. She leads efforts to strengthen how teams across California state government use data. She works with teams to adopt self-service analytics and make data easy to access and act on, including leading a Power BI course designed for government workers. She is particularly interested in human-centered and iterative design, with a focus on creating tools that meet the needs of the people who use them.
