October R-Ladies Community Meetup @ UT-Dallas

Join us for our October R-Ladies Community Meetup, where we’ll get to know one another and learn new ways to grow your skills as R users and data scientists/analysts. This month's event will be jointly hosted by the ladies of University of Texas Dallas's Women Who Compute club!

In this special edition, we welcome a guest speaker who will share tips that will help you to grow in your data science career journey.
Our speaker is Kat Morgan, a Data Scientist at Elicit Insights (bio and abstract provided below). We will also discuss the R-Ladies Coding Challenge that we will jointly focus on before and during the November 12 R-Ladies Dallas meetup.

Agenda:
7:00 - 7:20 Networking (pizza & beverages)
7:20 - 7:35 Welcome and Introductions
7:35 - 8:05 Speaker: Kat Morgan, Data Scientist, Elicit Insights
8:05 - 8:25 Intro to R-Ladies Coding Challenge
8:25 - 8:30 Closing Remarks
8:30 - 9:00 Networking (pizza & beverages)

Talk Title: Soft Suit Skillz: What You Need To Know To Be A "Real" Data Scientist

Talk Abstract: While a solid background in analytics is important for a data scientist, a successful data science consultant must have a combination of Geek (coding), Nerd (analytics) and Suit (business) skills. Hard skills, like learning to code in R, is something that can be taught. Soft skills are "people" or interpersonal skills that are not easily learned and require some practice. This presentation will highlight five soft suit skills that are important for data scientists to learn; especially those wanting to go into consulting. Sample deliverables of data science projects will also be shared.

Speaker bio:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katmorgan/
Kat Morgan is a data science consultant with Elicit, an award-winning consultancy that helps clients transform the way they use data to enhance both customer and employee experience. In her seven years with the company, Kat has been integral to building out the data science component of Elicit’s market research service offering by creating a standard analysis process, building tools for automation and quality control, and designing educational materials for training data scientists. Kat partners with clients across several industries to execute comprehensive market research projects, leading the charge in survey design, programming, analysis, reporting, and presenting findings. When she’s not following her passion for research, Kat enjoys working toward her dream of competing in ballroom dance. She holds a Master’s in Applied Statistics from Kennesaw State University and a Professional Researcher Certification from the Insights Association. Elicit’s clients include Southwest Airlines, Intel, Nestlé Skin Health, and Neiman Marcus.

Location:
University of Texas - Dallas campus
Classroom Building 3, Room 1.312
Richardson, TX 75080
Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/ihXZaFrRy3McTLn86

Parking address is: Parking Structure 4, Richardson, TX 75080
<-- If you type "Parking Structure 4, Richardson, TX 75080" into Google maps, it will pull up the exact location so you can navigate directly to the parking garage.

Or you could click the link below:
https://maps.google.com?q=Parking%20Structure%204,%20Richardson,%20TX%2075080&ftid=0x864c21ff63ff4351:0x89566eeae88a5587&hl=en-US&gl=us

Notes about parking:
Our UTD hosts have generously offered to reimburse parking expenses for R-Ladies Dallas members. Cost is $2 for the first hour and $1 for each additional hour, so your expenses should be no more than 3 or 4 bucks (i.e., no more than 3 hours). Park in any available numbered space that doesn't say "Reserved", and then visit the kiosk to pay by credit card for your spot. You will need to enter your parking space number and your license plate number, so have those handy when heading to the kiosk.

Please allow yourself plenty of time to navigate the campus, pay for parking, and to walk to the classroom building.

Feel free to reach out to Sydeaka at at dallas@rladies.org if you have any questions!