Sunday, March 30, 2014

CDMP Community YouTube Channel

If you are studying for the CDMP Exam, or just interested in learning more about the profession, you can find collections of relevant videos at the new CDMP Community YouTube Channel.  These are selections from across YouTube, organized into Playlists by functional areas of the DMBOK and topics covered on various CDMP exams.

It's a work in progress, so please help by recommending video resources that you found particularly useful in helping you to understand a concept.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

CDMP Exams at Enterprise Data World 2014

Pat Cupoli will again be leading a CDMP Exam Prep class at Enterprise Data World.  It will be held on Sunday, April 27th in Austin, TX, and pre-registration is required.  There will also be several opportunities for conference attendees to take exams to get certified at the conference.

As an added bonus at Enterprise Data World 2014, all exam candidates can take the exams at the conference on a “pay if you pass” basis. ICCP's 2014 DAMA member rate is $285 for each exam ($350 for non-members), paid only if you pass at 50% correct or better.

The location of exams will be in the schedule and posted at the conference.  Just drop-in during any of these times.  On-site registration and payment can be handled at the time of the exam. 

YOU WILL NEED TO BRING YOUR OWN WINDOWS LAPTOP. The exams run off a USB drive. Make sure your corporate laptop does not have encrypted USB drives. If you are not sure, check by saving a file to a USB on that laptop and opening the file afterwards.

More details can be found at the DataVersity Website for EDW14.  

Thursday, March 13, 2014

DataVersity Webinar on Data Jobs

I know this blog has not been particularly active for awhile - the result of being over-committed at work.  :)  However, I had the opportunity to discuss Emerging Trends in Data Jobs with Peter Aiken and Mehmet Orun on a DataVersity Webinar today and wanted to share information for those who couldn't attend (and thank those who did!)

This is part of a DataVersity series led by Peter Aiken called "Data-Ed Online."   For data professionals interested in certification or professional development programs, this will be an interesting series to follow.  The recording of today's presentation will be available on-demand at the DataVersity website.

We also hope to continue the discussion at Enterprise Data World in Austin.