Data Management Association - organization for data management professionals worldwide.
The International Association for Information and Data Quality - professional association for those interested in improving business effectiveness through quality data and information.
TDWI provides news, education, training, certification, and market research for executives and information technology (IT) professionals worldwide.
Upcoming Public Events
  • "Let’s Talk Business: A Practitioner’s Guide to Communicating About
    Data" March 18, 2010. Half-day course at Enterprise Data World 2010
    (March 14-18, 2010) in San Francisco , California .
  • Data Governance Conference and Master Data Management Summit
    Europe 2010.  April 19-21, 2010. London, United Kingdom.
  • “Building the Business Case for Data Governance” April 19,
    2010.  Half-day tutorial.
  • “Working with Corporate Politics to Help Data Governance
    Succeed” April 19, 2010.  Half-day tutorial.
  • The Data Governance Annual Conference and The Information and Data
    Quality Conference. June 7-10, 2010 in San Diego, California .
  • “Building the Business Case for Data Quality” June 7, 2009.  Half-
    day workshop.
  • “Practitioner’s Guide to Communicating about Data Quality” June
    7, 2009.  Half-day workshop.
  • “The Stepping Stones for an Enterprise Data Quality Program”
    June 8, 2009. Presentation co-taught with Brett Medalen from Sallie
    Mae.
Past Public Events
  • "Data Quality – Change a Liability into a Powerful Asset" Feb. 16, 2010.
    Presentation for the Business Intelligence SIG, a Special Interest Group of
    the SD Forum.  Palo Alto, California.
  • "Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information(tm) for the Data  
    Warehouse" Nov. 1, 2009. One-day course. TDWI Fall 2009 World
    Conference (Nov. 1-6, 2009). Orlando, Florida. See www.tdwi.org for more
    information.
  • "What’s the Quality of Your Metadata?" Oct. 13, 2009.  Webinar starting at
    11:00 a.m. Pacific / 2 pm  Eastern.  Sponsored by the Meta-Data
    Professional Organization.
  • "Data Integration and Quality - Helping BI and Data Warehousing
    Succeed" Sept 16, 2009.  Webinar starting at 9:00 a.m. Pacific / 12 noon
    Eastern.
  • "Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information(tm) for the Data
    Warehouse" August 2, 2009. One-day course. TDWI Summer 2009 World
    Conference (August 2-7, 2009). San Diego, California.
  • “Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information.” July 15, 2009. MIT
    Information Quality Industry Symposium. (July 15-17, 2009).  Boston,
    Massachusetts.
  • Data Governance Annual Conference (June 1-4, 2009). San Diego,
    California.
  • "Communication for Commitment" June 1, 2009. Half-day tutorial
    co-taught with Anne Purcell.
  • "New Challenges in Data Governance and Data Protection." June
    1, 2009. Panel member.
  • "Building the Business Case for Data Governance." June 3, 2009.
    Facilitate Special Interest Group (SIG).
  • Plenary address and half-day training workshop. May 14, 2009. 2009 EPA
    Quality Management Conference. (May 12-14, 2009).  San Antonio, Texas.
  • Enterprise Data World (April 5-9, 2009).  Tampa Florida.
  • Free 1-on-1 "Ask the Expert" sessions at the Consultant's Corridor
    in the Vendor Exhibits.  April 7.
  • "Issues Forum:  Career Survival Strategies in a Downturn" April 8,
    2009.  Moderator for Panel Session.
  • Book signing.  Get your copy of Danette's book, "Executing Data
    Quality Projects:  Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted
    Information" signed on April 8, 2009.
  • "Building the Business Case for Information Quality and Data
    Governance" April 9. Half-day seminar.
  • “Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information™ for the Data
    Warehouse” February 23, 2009. One-day course. TDWI Winter 2009 World
    Conference (February 22-27, 2009). Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • “Data Quality – Critical for IT Project Success” February 25, 2009
    Presentation. Utah State University, Partners In Business, Information
    Technology Seminar (February 25-26, 2009). Logan, Utah.
  • “The 12 Dimensions of Data Quality” January 14, 2009. Webinar -
    9-10 a.m. Pacific/ 12 noon - 1 p.m. Eastern. See www.iaidq.org to listen to
    a recording of the webinar and get a copy of the slides.
  • “Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information™: An Introduction”
    December 2, 2008. Kansas City DAMA.  Half-day.
  • “The Role of Politics, Authority, and Culture in Governing Data.” November
    5, 2008. Full-day course.  Co-presenting with Robert S. Seiner.  TDWI Fall
    2008 World Conference (November 2-7, 2008).
  • “Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information™: An Introduction”
    October 8, 2008. San Francisco DAMA.  Half-day.
  • “Selling IQ and Obtaining Sustained Management Support.” September
    24, 2008. Facilitate Community of Practice. IDQ Conference 2008 (Sept. 22-
    25, 2008). San Antonio, Texas.
  • Book Signing for Executing Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data
    and Trusted Information™.  Sept. 24, 2008. 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.  IDQ
    Conference.  San Antonio, Texas.
  • “Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information” September 23, 2008.
    Full-day tutorial. IDQ Conference 2008 (Sept. 22-25, 2008). San Antonio,
  • Book Signing for Executing Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data
    and Trusted Information™. August 19, 2008. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. TDWI
    Summer 2008 World Conference. San Diego, California.
  • “Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information™ for the Data
    Warehouse” August 18, 2008. One-day course. TDWI Summer 2008 World
    Conference (August 17-22, 2008). San Diego, California.
  • “Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information” July 29, 2008. DAMA
    Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa. Half-day.
  • “The 12 Dimensions of Data Quality” July 22, 2008.  11 a.m. – 12 noon
    Eastern Time.  Telegathering sponsored by the Data Governance
    Governance & Stewardship Community of Practice.
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    Other
  • Television interview “Business Now,” San Francisco, California, KGO,
    Channel 7, April 2002.
  • Established best practices highlighted in Improving Data Warehouse and
    Business Information Quality by Larry P. English.  Larry’s book is highly
    regarded and widely seen as a reference manual for information quality
    and value.  Wiley Computer Publishing, 1999, pgs. 430-431.
  • Featured in article and photo “Down with Dirt,” PC Week, October 27, 1997
    (under the name of Danette Taggart).
  • Featured article and photos in Measure Magazine, “The World Is Now My
    Neighborhood,” Hewlett-Packard, September-October 1993, pgs. 23-25,
    (under the name of Danette Taggart).
Events
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danette@gfalls.com

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