The ability to create and manage relational databases is a crucial skill for organizing and maintaining complex datasets. This hands-on workshop will teach you the fundamentals of database design and implementation, using Airtable as the tool to practice your skills. By focusing on key database-building principles, this workshop equips you with knowledge that can be applied across various platforms, giving you the confidence to structure and manage data no matter what tools you use in the future.

You’ll leave this course with practical, transferable database skills, including how to create relational tables, customize your data fields, and automate data management processes.

What You’ll Learn

• Database Fundamentals: Understand the core principles of database design, including relational structures and how they help manage complex datasets.

• Building Relational Tables: Learn to build relational tables that link your data across multiple tables, ensuring organization and easy access.

• Customizing Data Fields: Gain the ability to create customized fields, use formulas, and apply views that optimize your data organization.

• Automating Data Management: Discover how to automate repetitive tasks like data entry, updates, and reporting to improve efficiency and accuracy.

• Scaling Your Database: Learn strategies for scaling your databases to accommodate growing datasets, ensuring your system remains responsive and well-organized.

What You’ll Get

• 5+ hours of pre-recorded content divided into learning modules, so you can learn at a time and pace that works best for you

• Practice exercises

• Live support via an Office Hours session the week the class is released

• Lifetime access to the learning community Q+A Board, where you can give and receive data analytics support from your peers

• A Certificate of Completion

• Access to the workshop videos and materials for at least one month (longer if you join as a Silver, Gold, or Platinum Tier member!)

• Silver, Gold, and Platinum Tier members will also unlock access to our Learning Community, our dynamic, member-only support system designed to help you integrate new skills into your work through features such as weekly office hours, monthly skill sprints, a Q+A board, quarterly webinars, and exclusive access to uncut recordings on the Data Jam Podcast.

How it Works

The next blended delivery of this workshop will be the week of April 6, 2025. All materials will be released on Sunday. Then, join us for a live office hours session on Friday from 3-4pm EST where we will address any questions you have.

Why You Should Attend

This workshop is designed for professionals across various fields—evaluators, project managers, data analysts—who need to understand how to build and maintain relational databases. While Airtable will be the platform used for practice, the skills and concepts you’ll learn are fully transferable, allowing you to implement what you’ve learned on other platforms like Excel, Google Sheets, or traditional database systems.

What Participants are Saying

• “This course gave me a solid foundation in database design, and I now feel confident applying these skills to any platform.”

• “I learned how to create relational databases, and now my data is more organized and accessible than ever!”