Women’s History Month: Spotlighting leaders in the Anaplan Community
March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women — including the incredible members in the Anaplan Community! Over the past year, women across the ecosystem have shared their knowledge, experiences, and insights through blogs, videos, and member spotlights. Their expertise spans technical tutorials, platform best practices, career reflections, and innovative solutions that help push the Community forward. This post highlights some of the amazing women who have contributed valuable content, showcasing the diversity that makes our Community so strong.
We have so many incredible contributors, and we’re excited to highlight some standout content from the past six months.
Hannah Shan (@Hannah): Display timestamp on your Anaplan dashboard
Hannah shares a workaround to show a timestamp on the dashboard using the power of AWS and Cloudworks without requiring complex coding.
Jessie Zhao (@JessieZ): How to roll back a production model to recover lost data
In this blog, Jessie shares her approach of rolling back production model in ALM to recover lost data and her lessons learned.
Nikitha Kumar (@NikithaKumar): Cutover activities: Things to do before UAT and before go-live
In a Delivery Lifecycle, preparing the UAT model for user acceptance testing and Production Model ready for go-live requires several critical tasks. In this blog, Nikitha shares a helpful checklist of what to do!
Madison Matous (@mhibbs): From clutter to clarity: Mastering documentation in Anaplan
Madison highlights the importance of documentation in Anaplan projects and shares her approaches to creating effective, tailored documentation for successful model adoption.
Cianna Bramley (@cianna.bramley): October 2024 Community Member Spotlight: Cianna Bramley
A member spotlight on Community Boss Emploiyee and leader of the Model Optimization Team, Cianna! She shares her journey and shares advice to the Community.
Seyma Tas (@seymatas1): December 2024 Community Member Spotlight: Seyma Tas
For our last member spotlight of 2024, we featured Seyma Tas, a Certified Master Anaplanner. Seyma shares her impressive journey in the Anaplan ecosystem and shares her lessons learned along the way. In addition to the member spotlight, check out Seyma's most recent blog about How to ask great questions in the Anaplan Community!
Taylor Geisler (@taylor.swisher): Setting up action naming conventions that will withstand the test of time
Taylor shares the importance of action naming conventions in Anaplan models to withstand the test of time, and provides a structured approach.
Taryn Townsend (@Taryn): Lessons learned in 2024: Trust the process
In this end of the year blog, Taryn reflects on the growth, new learnings, and challenges of 2024, sharing a valuable lessons she’s learned along the way!
Allison Slaught (@allison_slaught): Did You Know: Multi-dimensionality overview
Allison shares a ‘Did You Know’ tutorial to provide a recap of multi-dimensionality in Anaplan and provide a framework for identifying how formulas work.
Stacey Gibbens (@Stacey_Gibbens): How I Built It: Time and Version filters
In this ‘How I Built It’ video, Stacey shares a tutorial on minimizing import/export toaster time by utilizing time and version filters on source data saved views.
Audrey Neet (@Audrey1): Data validation overview
In this blog, Audrey shares the critical role of data validation in Anaplan implementations, and outlines the steps to ensure data accuracy and build end user confidence before a model’s go-live.
Tiffany Rice (@Tiffany.Rice): Dear Anaplan, A love letter
Tiffany writes a love letter to Anaplan, sharing her personal journey, reflecting on challenges she’s overcome, growth she experienced, and what makes Anaplan so special to her.
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A shoutout to all these women for contributing to the Community by sharing their expertise and insights, making Anaplan better for everyone! As we recognize Women's History Month, let’s continue to uplift and celebrate the voices of women in our ecosystem. Have a story of your own? We’d love to hear it!