Presenting Data Effectively to Inform and Inspire
1h 38mBeginner2021-11-09
Authors

Bill Shander
CEO and Founder of Beehive Media
Course details
We all deal with data, and at some point, we all need to be able to present it effectively to others. But how can you really make an impact? How can you make sure you’re conveying the information that matters most, and that you're going to inspire your audience to action? In this course, instructor Bill Shander walks through how to plan for a data presentation: finding the story in your data, focusing on the “so what”, defining and reaching your audience, using visuals most effectively, editing your presentation, and presenting your data to an audience. Bill covers the whole gamut, from concept to execution, even including some presentation skills training.
Skills covered
Public SpeakingPresentationsData VisualizationData ScienceProfessional DevelopmentBusiness Analysis and StrategyBusiness Software and ToolsOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Presentations with greater impact
1. Plan
- 02 - Develop your data literacy
- 03 - Find the so what in your data
- 04 - Three key priorities for data communications
- 05 - Make clear predictions and recommendations
- 06 - Define your audience
2. Storytelling
- 07 - Forget the data
- 08 - Tell stories
- 09 - What is a story
- 10 - Story frameworks
- 11 - Inject emotion and humanity
- 12 - Outline a story
3. Put It in Writing
- 13 - Make your presentation flow logically
- 14 - Title slides thoughtfully
- 15 - One big idea per slide
- 16 - Make every presentation actionable
4. Pictures
- 17 - Why make it visual
- 18 - Your audience s pre-attentive brain
- 19 - Pick the right visual
- 20 - Make the numbers relatable
- 21 - Strategic annotations and labeling
- 22 - Redundancy can be useful
- 23 - Aesthetics matter in visual experiences
- 24 - Readable, without being read
- 25 - The appendix is your friend
5. Pre-Presentation
- 26 - Ruthless editing
- 27 - Test your presentation
- 28 - Predict questions, prepare answers
- 29 - Practice, practice, practice
6. Present
- 30 - Speak your audience's language
- 31 - Skip the methodology
- 32 - Say the so what, not the data points
- 33 - Say more and less than your slides
- 34 - Talk to your audience, not the screen
- 35 - Bring in live data
- 36 - Love the data
Conclusion
- 37 - Additional resources for great presentations