What People Are Saying About the Local Demographic Analysis Workshop

Mayor's Office of Workforce Development Chicago, 2/03 "Excellent tools and presentation."
City of Chicago, Dept. of Housing Chicago, 2/03 "Great overview. Lots of useful info and good for beginners and more experienced census users alike."
US Dept. of Health and Human Svs, Administration of Children & Families Chicago, 2/03 "This workshop was well worth the time and effort."
DePaul University, Native Foundations, Inc. Chicago, 2/03 "Very useful, the instructor was thorough, knowledgeable and very approachable. My skills are improved! The workbook is an excellent resource."
YMCA Chicago, 1/03 "Fantastic--Useful and useable information presented clearly. Just what I needed! Thanks!"
University of Georgia, National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory Atlanta, 1/03 "I learned a lot about communicating data and statistics in a more readable fashion. With that, and the new ease I have browsing the Census website, I feel confident in my presentation of demographic data."
Atlanta Regional Commission Atlanta, 1/03 "The workshop really clarified how to access Census variables from the website, which seemed like a cryptic tome before. Also, I really liked that the instructor had background, interest and focus on community/social change, because that really made the data more useful and relevant."
University of Texas, School of Public Health Houston, 1/03 "The applied exercises are extremely helpful. The instructor was knowledgeable! I gained much greater familiarity with Census data, particularly with finding the data I need!"
Knudson & Associates Houston, 1/03 "The workshop not only met my expectations, it exceeded them. Excellent workshop--good hands on training and great instructor!"
City of Glendale Parks & Recreation Phoenix, 1/03 "Very useful. The instructor was easy to understand and knowledgeable. I gained a great amount of knowledge. The information will be extremely useful in analyzing our recreation programs."
Arizona Dept. of Health Services Phoenix, 1/03 "This workshop was focused and effective. Excellent concern for all participants listening, integrity for learning."
Michael Baker Corporation Phoenix, 1/03 "Wonderful! The most useful and interesting workshop I have been to. The instructor took some potentially very boring topics and made them completely user friendly and fun. I would recommend this company's workshop to anyone."
Special Care and Career Services Dallas, 1/03 "Instructor was so knowledgeable and impressive! The workshop really demystified the census website and I will be using this info for years!"
Pierce County Human Services Seattle, 11/02 "Facilitator very clear, precise, knowledgeable; she sought questions to make sure lessons were understood. The exercises were relevant and helpful. Overall, a fantastic training and excellent facilitator!"
King County (Washington), Department of Transportation
Seattle, 11/02
"An excellent resource, the workshop helped me feel at ease with information that had previously seemed daunting. Good work!"
King County (Washington), Public Health Department
Seattle, 11/02
"The workshop was absolutely fantastic, full of very useful information presented in a completely user-friendly way. The instructor was a wonderful presenter. Thanks very much!"
Arizona State University Phoenix, 7/03 "An excellent crash-course in skills to approach census data as an analytical tool useful for a wide range of organizations and applications. Very cool stuff."
Clinica Adelante, Inc. Phoenix, 7/03 "I can go back to work and apply this information immediately to find answers to actual data questions in relation to grant applications."
City of Denton Dallas, 6/03 "The workshop was really great. I had no prior experience with analysis and I feel like I can use the tools that I got here today to assist in the process of analyzing, researching, and computing data. "
Idaho Transportation Department Boise, 5/03 " The instructor and the course material were extremely well presented, and easy to use. I appreciated the course and hope to take another one soon. "
City of Boise, Idaho Boise, 5/03 "I had an excellent experience - would highly recommend to others."
Boise City Police Department Boise, 5/03 "The training was excellent and very useful. I feel I have gained the knowledge and skills to pull data and feel comfortable in presenting it. The CD will be very useful as well."
Prince George's County Dept of Family Services Baltimore, 7/03 "I have used census data before but you took me places I have never been. Just used some census data for grant and wish I'd been here first! Great resource for data users yet simple enough for everyone."
Planned Parenthood Houston, 7/03 "I learned a lot today, which will be very useful in my work. I'm now in data heaven!"
City of Houston, 7/03 "This workshop was great - I came with the understanding that it would be covering a lot of content that I already knew, but your staff took a lot of time with me by phone to go over the areas where I might (AND DID) learn some tips."
Univ. of Houston Graduate School of Social Work Houston, 7/03 "Not only did I learn about census data, I really enjoyed the workshop. The instructor was very good."
University of Houston, Office of Community Projects Houston, 7/03 "I thought it was great!!!! This will make my work so much easier and of higher quality."
Metropolitan Transportation Commission San Francisco, 6/02 "The exercises were very helpful to gain the "hands on" experience. Also, you emphasized the appropriate areas. Very user friendly and relevant to the common bureaucrat. The small size of the group was helpful and the teacher was very responsive."
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development San Francisco, 6/02 "I really thought the workshop was excellently done. I enjoyed being reminded that working with data involves integrity and that "data crunching" is a professional calling and can actually help people."
Washington State Library Seattle, 11/02 "Very good, concise introduction/overview of demographic analysis using official census data. I really enjoyed the instruction, and would take more classes on a variety of subjects through Smartgirl if they were offered."

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