Courses

Public courses for Learning Tree

We teach courses with a focus on analytics through the training company Learning Tree International. We are based in Europe and present courses in English usually on the UK (UTC) or Central European (CET) time zones. Please note that when booking courses with Learning Tree, they cannot guarantee that the course will be taught by Gideon Mitchell.

Most of our courses are taught online, which works well for the technical syllabus that we teach and avoids travel costs and unnecessary CO2 emissions. Occasionally clients choose to have courses delivered face to face at their own site or at Learning Tree’s headquarters in Canary Wharf, London.

On virtual courses attendees connect through a virtual meeting room, usually Zoom or Teams, where we can see and talk to each other. When the course gets underway the instructor shares his or her screen and explains the course content using slides and demonstrations.

On almost all courses we also connect to a Virtual Machine (VM) where we can do practical exercises. In most cases software licenses are not needed by the attendees because trial licenses are installed on the VMs.

All bookings go through Learning Tree. Click through to their website using one of the red links on the right and book whichever course interests you. Various plans are available that make the courses more cost-effective.

Private courses for organisations

If several people from your organisation wish to attend the same course, Learning Tree can arrange a special session at a time that suits you, subject to availability. This should be less expensive for you if you have at least five delegates who wish to attend together.

Please contact Learning Tree through their website to discuss your needs.

Official Microsoft courses

Microsoft offer some of their own course material in areas such as Power BI. Gideon Mitchell, who is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), has permission to teach these courses through Learning Tree. This material is particularly useful for people preparing to take Microsoft’s official examinations, for example the PL-300 examination in Power BI.

The red links in the panel on the right will open the course pages on the Learning Tree website showing you details of the course content and the dates of the public courses.

The courses we teach

General data analysis

  • CompTIA Data+ 5-day course laying foundations for data analysis with CompTIA certification. Course 2043
  • Introduction to Data Literacy Like a 2 day version of the CompTIA Data+ Course 1291

Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Excel Introduction 3-day Introductory Excel for beginners Course 1361
  • Excel Data Analysis Course 2-day Intermediate level course on classic Excel: lookups, what-if analysis, pivot tables, intro to macros Course 195
  • Data Models in Excel 3-day advanced Excel course on using the data model with Power Pivot. Bridges the gap to Power BI Course 1362

Microsoft Project

  • Microsoft Project Training Introduction 3-day course on MS Project. Covers scheduling and resource management features Course 3702

Microsoft Power BI

Roughly in increasing order of difficulty:

  • Power BI for Business Users 1-day entry level course for people who need to use Power BI reports that have been created by other people Course 1363
  • Power BI: Dashboard Training Microsoft’s original frantic Dashboard In A Day (DIAD) course for beginners wishing to make their own reports Course 8649
  • Power BI: Hands-On Reports and Dashboards Training DIAD re-written to take 2 days, which gives attendees enough time to finish the material and draw breath Course 1232
  • Introduction to Power BI More thorough 3-day course on Power BI for report developers. Excellent pace, recommended Course 1360
  • Power BI Data Analyst Training Course (PL-300) Microsoft’s intermediate level 3-day course that is a good preparation for the PL-300 PBI Certification exam. More advanced than the 1360 Course 8574
  • Power BI: Advanced Data Modeling and Shaping More advanced 1-day course on building a good data model in Power BI Course 8646

  • Introduction to DAX for Power BI Despite the name, this is a more advanced 2-day course on the DAX language used to build formulas in PBI Course 1365

  • Power BI: Data Visualisation and Storytelling 1-day advanced course on data visualisation with Power BI Course  Course 8648

Tableau

  • Tableau Visual Analytics Introductory 3-day course on Tableau, the main competitor to Power BI Course 1256
  • Advanced Tableau Training 3 days designed to follow on from the 1256 Course 1257

Technical writing

  • Technical Writing Course This fascinating 3-day course is about writing to explain rather than to persuade Course 319