CoP: Data Science: Create a Networking/ Speaker Invitation Guide

[chinaexpert1]

Overview

We need someone from our Community of Practice with networking experience to write a guide for inviting in guest speakers

Action Items

• A Guide, with social networking advice and techniques
• An email template, I will help with this
• For peer review of it, and my review

Resources/Instructions

We need resources to be gathered and put in the guide.

[chinaexpert1]

Speaker topics that were suggested by the team:

• Emerging trends in DS. What's new? including AI, Human Computer Interaction, what skills to learn to be competitive?
• Data collection and preprocessing best practices
• Data engineering and how that can be crossed with web development
• What inspired you to pursue DS?
• What do you know about Model Context Protocol, a protocol for ingress of data to Retrieval Augmented Generation?
• Tell us about your personal experience with data. What data have you worked with? What part of DS are you involved in?
• What would you tell yourself 5 years ago that would have made things easier/better for your progress?

[chinaexpert1]

Update:

I read two social networking guides:
Harvard Business Review A Beginner's Guide to Networking
Hubspot: The Complete Guide to Business Networking

I am going to read a little more this week and start a wiki page when we get back from break.

Blockers:

• I need the HfLA historical roster from Bonnie for the DS CoP so I can invite speakers that used to work here.

Future Work:

• Create the guide by rereading/using those two sources and following their links
• Create a contact list to start networking from Bonnie's roster and this list of companies and people:
• Edit and update my LinkedIn profile
• Start networking

Ask who we know at:

[1. Google]
[2. Microsoft]
[3. Amazon]
[4. IBM]
[5. Fractal Analytics]
[6. Mu Sigma]
[7. Accenture]
[8. Cloudera]
[9. Nvidia]
[10. Airbnb]

These are the top 10 DS companies in 2025 according to reputable site.

Also mine this list for Data Officers to speak here, these are the top CDOs today.

ETA:

AFTER RETURNING FROM JULY BREAK...
1-2 weeks for the guide
week 3: peer review done
4 weeks or less to start contacting speakers

Possible:

• Look at previous issue authors in DS CoP for speakers
• Remember to offer something in return when approaching speakers

[chinaexpert1]

Instructions

1. Progress: "What is the current status of your project? What have you completed and what is left to do?"
2. Blockers: "Difficulties or errors encountered."
3. Availability: "How much time will you have this week to work on this issue?"
4. ETA: "When do you expect this issue to be completed?"
5. Pictures (if necessary): "Add any pictures that will help illustrate what you are working on."

1. Progress: Cloned The UI/UX CoP Speaker Guide main page...will build from this
2. Blockers: None
3. Availability: One hour next week after we come back from break...I have multiple issues
4. ETA: August
5. Pictures (if necessary):