Why You Must Attend the Women In Analytics Conference in 2020

Rehgan Avon is on a vital mission to put women data and analytics practitioners at the forefront of the tech field and help overcome obstacles along the way.

Rehgan is the founder and CEO of the Women in Analytics Conference, an organization and industry event that increases visibility to women making an impact in the analytics space by providing a platform to lead the conversations around the advancements of analytical research, development, and applications.

The WiA conference is becoming an increasingly popular and highly respected annual event that gathers cutting-edge female data science and analytics expert speakers and hundreds of practitioner attendees.

Rehgan is also the Head of Solution at Mobikit, an analytics and automation platform for mobility and connected vehicles, as well as the recipient of Columbus CEO’s Future 50 award.

And, quite appropriately, she is the latest in the line of amazing role models in the podcast’s Women in Analytics Spotlight!

In this episode, Rehgan shares the journey of creating the WiA conference and why it would make an amazing stop on your conference attendee agenda this year!

I’ll be delivering a 6-hour masterclass at the conference so if you’d like to meet me and level up your game, register today!

In This Episode, You’ll Learn…

• What makes WiA different than other women-focused events


• Who’s topping the list of their kick-ass, exclusively all-female speaker lineup


• Why male professionals are highly encouraged to attend in support


• The extraordinarily unique efforts to make the conference valuable such as speaker coaching, attendee scholarships, and the hotly competitive Data Viz Competition


• All about the 6-Hour Data Storytelling Masterclass workshop I’ll be delivering!

People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned

• Women in Analytics Conference


• The WiA Attendee Scholarship


• How to cast your vote in the Data Viz Competition


• Attend my Data Storytelling Masterclass workshop


• Rehgan’s TED Talk on Equitable Creation by Diverse Representation


• The Google Analytics Women in Analytics Twitter List


• Why Upstart is a Great Place to Work for Women


• Geospatial analysis with Kepler.gl

How to Keep Up with Rehgan and WiA:

• Rehgan’s Twitter and LinkedIn


• Women in Analytics Conference Twitter and LinkedIn

P.S. – If you’re interested in attending but can’t convince the boss to send you, here’s a great blog post on the importance of company-sponsored professional development. Because, sometimes a gentle, inspiring kick in the pants

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A very, very special thank you to Brent for joining me this week.

And as always, viz responsibly, my friends.

Namaste,

Lea: [00:00:04 ] Hello, hello, Lea Pica here. Today’s guest is here to showcase the analytics conference that needs to be at the top of your to do list. Stay tuned to find out who’s making waves on the present PR measure show episode 54. Hey there, welcome to the fifty fourth episode of the present Beyond Measure Show. The only podcast at the intersection of presentation, data visualization, storytelling and analytics. This is the place to be if you’re ready to make maximum impact and create credibility through thoughtfully presented insights. And today you are here either because you have a hankering to attend a conference that is going to totally level up your analytic scheme and help support a vital mission in our field of tech. Or maybe you just really want to hear what today’s guest secret hobby is during the wild card question. I got your number. So I’m actually going to jump right into this because I’m really excited for today’s interview. It’s the first time I’ve been able to feature a conference with such a valuable mission that I firmly stand behind. And I’ll be teaching there as well. Let’s get to it. All right, everyone, please help me welcome today’s guest. She is the founder and CEO of Women and Analytics, an organization that increases visibility to women making an impact in the analytic space by providing a platform for women to lead the conversations around the advancements of analytical research, development and applications. She’s active and involved in fostering collaboration around emerging analytical methods and technologies. And she is also the recipient of the Columbus CEO’s Future 50 Award. And she is running an amazing conference that needs to be on your radar for 2020, especially because I’m going to be there, too. And quite appropriately, she is the latest in my lineup of amazing practitioners in the women and analytics spotlight. Please help me welcome Reagan Avon. Hello.

Rehgan: [00:04:28 ] Hi. Thanks so much for having me.

Lea: [00:04:30 ] It’s my pleasure. And you know, I’m really excited because this is the first time that I’m featuring a whole event on the show. You know, I have done. I don’t know how many different conferences and events, but this particular one obviously hits really home for me as a practitioner. And I really just wanted to get the word out as much as possible to my analytics community and anyone else who might be listening. So I’d love for you to tell us your origin story first. How did you develop such a passion of of being a data practitioner?

Rehgan: [00:05:09 ] Yeah, I absolutely fell in love with the analytics and data space prob