Online Learning
Change the Game's online courses offer an "at your own pace" opportunity to learn about the data tools and techniques needed to work as a data professional in the progressive space. Sign up for self paced, online courses that consist of pre-recorded videos, worksheets, activities and knowledge checks.
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Online Course
GDS: Google Data Studio
(now Looker Studio)
Suggested Donation: $50
Learn the basics of reporting with GDS, including:
- An overview on the GDS interface
- A walk-through of the platform
- Creating a completed report using formulas and different tools
- Reporting features in GDS
- Best practices for planning, designing and deploying reports
- and more!
Online Course
VAN: The Voter Activation Network
Suggested Donation: $200
Learn the basics of using the VAN database, including:
- An overview on what is VAN and what it can do
- A walk-through of the platform
- Creating & managing lists, phonebanks and events
- Reporting features in VAN
- Setting up lists and scripts for MiniVAN
- Roles & responsibilities of being a VAN admin
- and more!
Online Course
Google Sheets
Suggested Donation: $150
Learn the basics of using Google Sheets, including:
- An overview of various functions and formulas, and how to use them, including: VLOOKUP, CONCAT, COUNTA, COUNTIF, and more
- Building out a progress to goal (PTG) summary report
- Creating reports and pivot tables
- Cleaning and standardizing data
Online Course
Using SQL in BigQuery
Suggested Donation: $100
A great primer for folks interested in learning basic SQL tasks and queries in BigQuery, including:
- An overview on what BigQuery is and how to use the platform
- SQL 101, including: coding styles and best practices, important keywords and JOINs
- SQL 201, which highlights: aggregates, case statements and common table expressions
Online Course
Using SQL in RedShift
Suggested Donation: $100
A great primer for folks interested in learning basic SQL tasks and queries in RedShift on the Civis Platform.
- An overview on RedShift and the Civis Platform
- SQL 101, including: coding styles and best practices, writing simple queries and statements
- SQL 201, which highlights: aliasing, aggregates, CASE statements, JOINs and more
- SQL 301, where we discuss: CREATE VIEW and DROP VIEW features, exporting your data, and how to add this course to your resume