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You're drowning in data to analyze. How do you efficiently streamline your collection methods?

Overwhelmed by data? Share your strategies for making data collection more manageable.

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You're drowning in data to analyze. How do you efficiently streamline your collection methods?

Overwhelmed by data? Share your strategies for making data collection more manageable.

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    Kandis D.

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    Feeling overwhelmed by data is quite common, especially with the sheer volume available today. To efficiently streamline your colection methods, understand what you need from the data and why. This helps in collecting only relevant data. Focus on the most critical data points that directly impact your objectives.

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    Niko V. Manoukian

    Strategy → Systems → Scale | Building clarity, structure, and systems that scale.

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    Focus on what data you actually need. Cut out anything that doesn't support your goal. Use tools that help you organize and filter fast. Set a clear process for collecting and reviewing data so you're not starting from scratch each time.

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    Michelle Flemmings, MD

    HealthTech CMIO | Amplifying Women’s Voices in Healthcare, Tech, STEM, & Innovation | Keynote Speaker | Oracle Alum

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    This is a common challenge in healthcare and often a point of friction/failure of EHRs. First, understand the question you’re trying to answer/problem to be solved. This will help to identify which data is relevant and which is noise. Next, which data is most trusted? Raw data drowns you in numbers. Clean and categorized data - that’s where the magic is. Governance is critical to the process to ensure access and utilization are appropriate. In health care, PHI regulations are non-negotiable and IAM is foundational to data management.

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    Nidhhi S.

    Top Interior Design Voice in the World | Head of Interior Design @ Nidhi's Official | 22 Years Experience

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    Streamline data collecting by identifying precise goals to prevent superfluous data acquisition. Automate collecting operations with tools that are optimised for efficiency and accuracy. Standardise formats to improve uniformity and analysis. To find high-quality data, filter sources based on relevance and credibility. Consolidate different data sources into centralised platforms to improve organisation. Use machine learning techniques to pre-process data and find important trends. Continuously review approaches for improvement, aligning them with goals, in order to reduce redundancies and increase overall productivity.

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    Alexia Wong

    Tuition teacher. Earned Community Top Voice Badge in Teaching in '23 and Community Top Voice Badge in Cybersecurity in '24.

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    To efficiently streamline your colection methods, you need to first be clear about what your analysis is supposed to be about. This is so that you would know what type of data to collect and how to do it. You need to then make sure that you set a schedule for yourself. This is so that you would know how much time you have to collect the data and when you should do it. You must also make sure that you organize all of your data. This is to make your data collection and analysis easier.

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    Vishal Chopra

    Data Analytics & Excel Reports | Leveraging Insights to Drive Business Growth | ☕Coffee Aficionado | TEDx Speaker | ⚽Arsenal FC Member | 🌍World Economic Forum Member | Enabling Smarter Decisions

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    To streamline data collection efficiently, start by clarifying your end goals—collect only what directly supports decision-making. Eliminate redundant or outdated sources, and standardize input formats using templates or forms. Automate repetitive tasks through tools like Power Query, APIs, or Zapier to reduce manual effort. Centralize your data in a single hub, whether that’s a data warehouse or a dynamic Excel dashboard, and set triggers to collect data only when needed. Finally, implement real-time monitoring to catch anomalies early, ensuring your data remains clean, relevant, and actionable.

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    Rajdeep D.
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    When drowning in data, efficiency is key. Start by defining your objectives — know what data is critical. Use automated tools like APIs or web scraping to gather relevant data without manual input. Prioritize data that aligns with your goals and filter out noise. Leverage cloud-based storage for scalability and organization. Use data visualization tools to spot patterns quickly, reducing time spent on analysis. Lastly, ensure continuous validation and regular clean-up to maintain data quality. Think of it like organizing a library — sort, categorize, and streamline access for quicker insights!

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    Dr.Shahid Masood

    President GNN | CEO 1950

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    In today's data-driven landscape, effective data collection strategies are crucial for organizations to navigate the overwhelming influx of information. Implementing structured frameworks, such as data categorization and prioritization, can streamline the collection process, allowing teams to focus on high-impact insights. Additionally, leveraging emerging technologies like artificial intelligence can automate data processing, enhancing accuracy and efficiency while freeing up human resources for critical analysis and decision-making. By fostering a culture of data literacy, organizations can empower their teams to harness data effectively, transforming potential chaos into actionable intelligence.

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    Rick Ler

    WEM, GMFM, WAHS, SL, bizSAFE Level 2, Train the trainer, BCSS

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    In today's data-driven business world, it's essential to streamline data collection methods. To achieve this, define clear objectives, eliminate redundancy, automate collection using tools like APIs, standardize formats and labels, prioritize real-time over retrospective, centralize with a single source of truth (SSOT), and schedule periodic reviews. Focus on data that drives action or insight, not just available data. Use tools like Power BI, Google Forms + Sheets, Zapier, and Python scripts for automation. Regularly review data collection and adjust as needed, involving key stakeholders in these checkpoints.

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