Duration: 2 Days
In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of data visualization techniques through a hands-on approach using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to present your data in the most effective manner possible. You'll learn how to choose the right form for presenting your content, rather than just picking a general template that does service your presentations.
Data visualizations, interactive dashboards, and infographics are extremely powerful tools for presenting data in a clear, meaningful, and compelling way. The best visualizations can capture an audience's attention and provide instant clarity.
What You Will Learn
- Analyze data in multiple formats and explain it to others
- Clearly present information to different audiences
- Use different forms of data visualization, dashboards, and infographics
- Enhance the impact and strength of your message
- Available tools and techniques for data visualization
- Customize data presentations appropriately for different audience levels
Audience
- People with a fundamental understanding of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint who want to be able to create basic charts, graphs, and dashboards
Note: Participants must bring a laptop equipped with Microsoft Office. Currently the course content is not compatible with Mac computers.
Prerequistes
Course Outline
1. Recognizing the value and benefits of using the right data visualization in telling your story
2. Learning what works and what doesn't work in visual communication
3. Exploring the basic principles of information design
4. Delivering the goods: choosing the right vehicle for your message
5. Understanding static, interactive, and motion graphic forms of data visualization
6. Improving content to ensure that visualizations are clear and exciting to your audience
7. Understanding how to apply data visualizations to your communication strategies
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