Honoured to be invited to the launch of the #AI #Skills Report for the UK Workforce at The British Academy today. There are several tools in the report to support AI adoption and workforce upskilling: 💡 AI Skills Framework 💡 AI Skills Adoption Pathway Model 💡 Employer AI Adoption Checklist

We are committed to championing modern work experience that works for all young people; equitable, meaningful, and fit for the future. Together #LetsMakeItWork #PledgeLMIW @holliewhittles.bsky.social

I never previously used that other thing, hence me being late to the party. Better late than never. Anyway, to avoid this post being spam, here's a CFS link for @msdatagroupbrum.bsky.social sessionize.com/Microsoft_Da... We're still virtual, submissions from anywhere and everywhere are welcome.

Looking for a place with the answers to your #AI & #data questions? Check out the @gtiaofficial.bsky.social Data & AI Guidebook, shaped by @holliewhittles.bsky.social & @thedatarhino.bsky.social, helping organisations innovate and grow responsibly. 📘Read here: gtia.org/hubfs/GTIA%2... #WeAreGTIA

Loved being at @gtiaofficial.bsky.social ChannelCon EMEA Conference this week, I was lucky enough to meet Sir Bob Geldof but also Sir Stephen Fry who is very tall, really engaging and just lovely. We launched our #data and #AI guidebook, grab your copy here: gtia.org/hubfs/GTIA%2...

What a way to end @gtiaofficial.bsky.social ChannelCon EMEA. Inspired and in awe to meet Sir Bob Geldof this evening. Do you remember Live Aid? I remember recording it onto VHS! 🎥 #WeAreGTIA

Great #apprenticeship opportunities for anyone looking to get into the film industry 🎥 nfts.co.uk/apple-tv-uk-...?

Enjoying exhibiting Power BI Sentinel at #FabConference25 in Vienna Also excited to launch our new #AI module which is automated AI enhanced documentation over #PowerBIDax #PowerQuery #SQL If you want to find out more talk to @purplefrogalex.bsky.social or any of the team 🙌🏻

Meanwhile, @holliewhittles.bsky.social and Peter Cheese from @cipd.bsky.social emphasised the importance of essential digital skills. These foundational, essential skills are simply not getting the love that higher level technical skills are getting through the industrial strategy.

Pleasure to represent @fsb-uk.bsky.social on the panel today for the launch @thefabians.bsky.social report: 'Levying-Up - How to make the growth and skills levy work'. fabians.org.uk/publication/... #Apprenticeships #Skills @cipd.bsky.social @fionaaldridge.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social

Excited to be here at @gtiaofficial.bsky.social ChannelCon conference in Nashville We have the inaugural global leadership committee meeting today I’ll be there as vice chair of the UK & Ireland Executive Council alongside our fab chair Dan Scott 🇬🇧 #WeAreGTIA #GTIAChannelCon #ChannelCon2025

Ending this week feeling grateful, it’s taken me a week to process the fact that I won 2 awards at @gtiaofficial.bsky.social UK & Ireland Spotlight Awards 🏆 Community Leadership 🥈 Advancing Women in Tech It’s meant so much to win amongst community friends, mentors & leaders #WeAreGTIA

How awesome is this!!!

Team @purplefrogsys.bsky.social had a great week at @sqlbits.bsky.social it was great catching up with the community, learning lots and of course the party! Looking forward to next year 🙌🏻 #sqlbits #sqlbits2025 #dataplatform 🐸

Wonderful evening at the 2025 Telford College Student Awards 🏆 celebrating the hard work of the students and their achievements all fantastically hosted by @carljones1.bsky.social 🎤 🌺 It was an honour to attend as a #governor tonight and thank all of the staff for their support to the students 👏🏻

Another productive UK policy committee meeting at FSB Westminster (Federation of Small Businesses) this morning discussing the most important issues affecting members across all nations. #smallbusiness #fsbpolicy @fsb-uk.bsky.social

You're invited! 🎉 Join us for "Real-World Tips for Data Governance in Power BI & Microsoft Fabric" with @purplefrogalex.bsky.social who will be expanding on his insights from #GartnerDA. ⬇️ Don't miss out! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/real-world... #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #DataGovernance

It’s been a very special day being invited to the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace for my work as a business owner who spends a lot of time supporting national skills policy for the Department of Education.

Some great discussions at the Careers & Enterprise Employer Advisory Group chaired by Nicky Morgan FSB, via Generation Entrepreneur, supports adding 2 weeks’ worth of work experience & making enterprise education part of every student journey #EntrepreneurshipMonth #Careers

Loved the first UK and @gtiaofficial.bsky.social meeting of the year. Great to meet with the Executive Council yesterday, today I got to run a #data and #AI workshop to feed into an initiative I’m leading on for the community. Thanks everyone for a great time! 🙌🏻 #WeAreGTIA

Finally got my hands on some @gtiaofficial.bsky.social socks 😝 Looking forward to our UK & Ireland meeting today in Dublin. Lots of great speakers on the agenda, I’m running a session on #Data and #AI after lunch so looking forward to getting lots of member feedback 🙌🏻

@holliewhittles.bsky.social has written an article on how data analytics is reshaping #cybersecurity!📊 The article is featured in the Shropshire Business Magazine!🌟 It's a must-read for anyone interested in how data analytics is revolutionising the way we protect against #cyber threats🔐

Off to the @gtiaofficial.bsky.social first UK & Ireland meeting of 2025 🙌🏻 #wearegtia looking forward to catching up with my fellow Executive Council members 😊

It's International Women's day. I am so lucky to be surrounded by incredible women. There are so many more that I want to mention. @vickyharp.com @holliewhittles.bsky.social @theaprilyoho.dev @graziiezzi.bsky.social @elenadrakul.bsky.social, Annette Allen, @prathy.bsky.social, #IWD2025

A few memories of our gorgeous #iwd2025 event on Friday, so lovely to catch up with people 🙌🏻 #internationalwomensday #accelerateaction #iwd #shropshire #telford #business #womeninbusiness

We had the best time today, 60 ladies and 2 inspirational speakers - thank you to everyone who came and made the event so special 💜 @karmennovak.bsky.social #AccelerateAction #IWD2025

Exciting day at Telford! I will try to inspire some women in business. Fingers crossed! W @holliewhittles.bsky.social #IWD

To wrap up for #Gartner, we have asked the team at @pbisentinel.bsky.social their thoughts & learnings this week💛 Here’s CEO @purplefrogalex.bsky.social giving us his insight: “A clear message from gartner is that governance isn’t about restriction it’s about empowerment, ablement and trust”💡

Delighted to be invited by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on #Apprenticeships (APPG) today to Portcullis House for #NationalApprenticeshipWeek It was a great opportunity to celebrate apprenticeships - meet providers, ambassadors, employers and apprentices themselves!

Excited to see @holliewhittles.bsky.social, our HR & InfoSec Director, representing Purple Frog at the #FSB Westminster event with Baroness Jacqui Smith and the London Apprenticeship Ambassador Network!👏💜 #Apprenticeships are vital for #SmallBusiness to recruit & upskill talent! #NAW2025

Delighted to meet Baroness Jacqui Smith Minister for Skills @fsb-uk.bsky.social #NAW25 #apprenticeships are a great way to recruit young talent & upskill existing staff We need the #skills system to provide equitable, financially viable & straight forward processes for apprentices

I had the great privilege today of being the keynote speaker on 🎤 Unlocking the #AI #productivity opportunity Thanks to the The Productivity Collective, Be the Business and BT Business for hosting the event 👏🏻 Take our AI quiz to get a readiness report ⬇️ bit.ly/4glS1Y8 #NationalProductivityWeek

Loved doing my talk this morning to a room full of start up businesses on marketing strategy 🎤 ❓who is your ideal client ❓where are they hanging out ❓what’s your unique selling point ❓what pain points are you solving ❓how should they buy from you #marketing #strategy

Looking forward to delivering my talk on #marketing to a room full of pre-start businesses today. Thank you to the British Business Bank and the Shropshire Growth Hub for giving businesses a good start 🙌🏻

Proud that @purplefrogsys.bsky.social were at the Sponsor Buffet at Telford Hornets RFC as they take on Sutton Coldfield this weekend! 🏉 It’s a fantastic opportunity to support local rugby and connect with fellow sponsors. See you there! 💜 #TelfordHornets #Rugby #PurpleFrog

I can't believe this but our International Women’s Day event is nearly sold out! It is the 7th year running it, all are welcome so don’t miss out. Hear Karmen from international brand Flower And Spice and the inspirational Yasmin Sulaman #iwd2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...

Happy 2025 🙌🏻 Check out my column on page 34 for my thoughts on #AI and the #metaverse this year 🤖 🌍 ⬇️ #shropshirebusiness #AIpredictions @purplefrogsys.bsky.social www.shropshirebiz.com/images/Magaz...

🐸 The Purple Frog Team are wishing you all a hoppy New Year filled with leaps of joy, big adventures, and tons of laughter. May 2025 be your best year yet!🌟 #HappyNewYear #2025

Hoppy Holidays from all of us at Purple Frog! 🎄 May your Christmas be toad-ally ribbiting and full of cheer🐸✨ #MerryChristmas #HoppyHolidays

The FrogPlex became a festive wonderland for our annual Christmas party! 🎄 ✨ Team quizzes, tree decorating and Secret Santa were the highlights—because great teams build great things together!💪🎉

Delighted to go to the Centre for the New Midlands Winter Reception at the Houses of Parliament last night, hosted by Rachel Taylor MP and Saqib Bhatti MBE, in order to reflect on the achievements and successes of 2024. #CNM #thinktank #digitalskills

It’s TechTimeOut Tuesday! What have you been doing in your business to take a #techtime out? 💡 going for a walk 💡 reading a book 💡 have a chocolate break! Your own mental health and wellbeing is really important so make sure you’re looking after yourself #digitaldetox

One of our Directors @holliewhittles.bsky.social enjoyed some techtimeout earlier as part of national tech time out day What did you do as part of #techtimeout Tuesday? Let us know your ideas 💡

An honour to be invited to the House of Lords tonight by the Rt Hon Baroness Kramer for a drinks reception to celebrate the 50th anniversary of FSB 🥂 Was good to hear from Secretary of State for Business & Trade Jonathan Reynolds 🙌🏻

It was great to be interviewed by the Careers and Enterprise company yesterday regarding essential #skills and the CEC employer standards framework. Good opportunity for employers to input into how we can ensure students have the necessary skills to thrive and help to raise their aspirations. 🙌🏻

Snow day at @purplefrogsys.bsky.social ⛄️

To summarise the #FrogBlog🐸 DP-600 is ideal for those familiar with Azure, covering data ingestion, transformation, and more. Perfect for data analysts/engineers. DP-700 focuses on engineering, covering data loading patterns, architectures, and more. For data engineers and solutions architects.

A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.” We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this. Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

Liking it here so far, look forward to seeing your skeets!