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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · 20d

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...

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · 23d

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

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Sep 19

Great #apprenticeship opportunities for anyone looking to get into the film industry 🎥

nfts.co.uk/apple-tv-uk-...?

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Sep 17

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 🙌🏻

Alex Whittles @purplefrogalex.bsky.social · Sep 17

Standing room only for my talk on #DataGovernance at #FabConference25

Exciting day when we launched our new AI enhanced automated documentation capability in @pbisentinel.bsky.social
The Confluence plugin seems incredibly popular!

Pop by our stand for a demo and to find out more!

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Emily Andrews @emilyishness.bsky.social · Aug 13

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.

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Jul 28

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

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Jul 5

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

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MaiTheDane @maithedane.bsky.social · Jun 20

How awesome is this!!!

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Purple Frog Systems🐸 @purplefrogsys.bsky.social · Jun 21

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 🐸

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Jun 18

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 👏🏻

Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Jun 11

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

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Power BI Sentinel @pbisentinel.bsky.social · Jun 6

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

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · May 15

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.

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Apr 23

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

Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Mar 27

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

Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Mar 27

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 🙌🏻

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Purple Frog Systems🐸 @purplefrogsys.bsky.social · Mar 20

@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🔐

Image of Hollie Whittles section and article in the Shropshire business magazine, being held open.

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Mar 26

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

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Rob Sewell He/Him @robsewell.com · Mar 8

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

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Mar 9

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

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thank you, I appreciate this 🙏🏻

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Hollie Whittles @holliewhittles.bsky.social · Mar 7

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

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Karmen @karmennovak.bsky.social · Mar 7

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

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Power BI Sentinel @pbisentinel.bsky.social · Mar 5

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”💡

Alex stood infront of the Power bi sentinel booth at gartner

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