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Shannon Lindsay
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📈🧙‍♀️🧹data, BI, and human connection. learner, organizer, and nature lover.
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Happy gotcha day to these 2 little menaces! Puppies make life so much better ❤️💜
A black and a brown puppy looking very cute and simultaneously menacing.
March 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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I am so proud of this Grand High Witch! She's not on BlueSky (yet), but check out what Stephanie Bruno just did!!!

If you know anyone who needs Power BI or Fabric consulting, hit her upppppp!!!

data-witches.com
Screenshot of Stephanie's LinkedIn post where she announced she's now a full time Grand High Witch at her own consulting firm, Data Witches!
March 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Hey ATL friends! Is anyone going to be at #SQLSatATL? Steph, @sqlsocialite.bsky.social and I are doing a pre-con - check it out!

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Image of a flyer for SQL Sat Atlanta, advertising a precon called Next level Power BI: Model Management and Data Visualization. It's on March 7, 2024. The image features photos of Stephanie and Shannon.
February 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Ummm 58 entries?!?! I am SO excited to look through these!

#PowerBI #FabCon #DataVizChampionships

aka.ms/pbidvwc/gallery
Screenshot of the DataViz World Championships gallery that has 58 entries.
February 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I am the luckiest person in the world! When I work late, my neighbors come and scoop up this scruffball and take her for a playdate! There's SO much to be said for building community where you are 🥰
Photo of four scruffy scruffballs standing on a white couch. The brown one looks like she just crawled out of a ditch and she's mine, named Maya.
February 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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❤️‍🔥 Week 1 entries are coming in hot! If you need a little inspiration, check out the gallery, where 5 of our friends are showcasing their work!

Bravo to everyone who has submitted so far! I am feeling the love!

📅 Reminder - all entries are due by 9am Pacific on Friday the 21st!

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February 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Am I seeing things?! There's Copilot in Notepad?! Here - rewrite my chicken scratch demo steps please and thanks 😆
Screenshot of a feature in notepad that will re-write your text.
February 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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this has been A WEEK. things keeping me sane: sitting outside in the sunshine, Grammy's playlist on Spotify, puppies.
3 adorable and equally menacing brown puppies sitting on the back of a couch.
February 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Just going to drop this here for anyone looking to win a conference pass to #FabConVegas 📊🏆 More details coming this week!

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Advert for the Power BI DataViz World Championships taking place at FabCon in Vegas. The image is a Power BI icon with a yellow crown. The text reads: 4 weeks. 4 finalists. 1 champion.
February 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Analysis of the impact at: www.amfar.org/wp-content/u...
Very text heavy screenshot of the impact on human lives of the stop work orders on the US governments HIV/AIDS program, PEPFAR. Full text at: https://www.amfar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PPO_PEPFAR_Programs_012825.pdf Very text heavy screenshot of the impact on human lives of the stop work orders on the US governments HIV/AIDS program, PEPFAR. Full text at: https://www.amfar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PPO_PEPFAR_Programs_012825.pdf Very text heavy screenshot of the impact on human lives of the stop work orders on the US governments HIV/AIDS program, PEPFAR. Full text at: https://www.amfar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PPO_PEPFAR_Programs_012825.pdf
January 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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📣Calling all #DataEngineers looking to dive into #MicrosoftFabric - we have a live, expert-led series just for you!

Join us on Tuesday the 28th to learn more about managing the Fabric environment. Register for the series in your time-zone of choice at the link below!

aka.ms/fabric/learn...
January 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Umm, Montana and North Dakota, are you okay?!
Screenshot of a forecast showing wind chill temperatures in Montana at -23 degrees f and North Dakota at -21 degrees f.
January 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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📢 Call for contributors!! Join us for Workout Wednesday 2025!!!

We're entering year 5️⃣ and looking for talented #dataviz pros to join us! Check out our blog post to learn more about what the commitment entails!

workout-wednesday.com/pbi-2025-w01/
Screenshot of a slide that says, "Workout Wednesday Power BI Edition, Call for Contributors"
January 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Just a quick note that you can change your Microsoft Learn account when you change jobs! You can also associate your Learn account with more than one email address - mine is linked to both my work and personal accounts.
Screenshot of the profile settings tab on Microsoft Learn, with a focus on the account management section, where you can link a personal account to your profile.
December 31, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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If you need a giggle - check out elfyourself.com

This is my team at work and I am cracking up!
Image of 4 people whose heads are superimposed on elf bodies in silly poses. The elves are in an office cubicle with Happy Holidays decorations hanging from the ceiling.
December 13, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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I was recording a holiday video this morning and my pup wanted to participate - she forgot to go to hair and makeup 😆
Woman in a red christmas sweater and red hat holding a very scruffy brown dog.
December 4, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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FREE learning opportunity - series starting tomorrow on #SQLDatabase in #MicrosoftFabric!

Ready to build reliable, scalable apps where cloud auth and encryption are secured by default? Join live sessions with experts and see how easy it is to start.

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Screenshot of a promotional slide for the first Reactor Learn Together session, called Getting to know SQL database in Fabric. The slide features the headshots of the presenters, John Morehouse and Javier Villegas.
December 2, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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The #OlympicGames are 88% complete 😭 While the games are still on, join us to build a medal tracker in #PowerBI!
#WoW2024

@merrykerry.bsky.social @mmarie.bsky.social

workout-wednesday.com/pbi-2024-w32/
Image of a table showing the results of the Olympic Games 2024 as of August 7. The US is in the lead with 24 gold medals.
August 7, 2024 at 4:55 PM