Prerequisite: None
Bill Franks
Director, Center for Data Science and Analytics
Kennesaw State University
Bill Franks is the director of the Center for Data Science and Analytics at Kennesaw State University. Franks is also the author of Winning The Room, Taming The Big Data Tidal Wave, The Analytics Revolution, and 97 Things About Ethics Everyone In Data Science Should Know. His work has spanned clients in a variety of industries for companies ranging in size from Fortune 100 companies to small non-profit organizations.
Delivering an effective data-driven presentation to a nontechnical live audience isn’t the same as discussing technical details with peers or delivering a written document. You must be purposeful and diligent if you want to develop a presentation that conveys a compelling story while simultaneously avoiding myriad traps that undercut your credibility and limit your impact.
In this course, Bill Franks will provide concrete strategies and practical tips to clarify, simplify, and refine data-driven presentations in a way that maximizes comprehensibility without sacrificing accuracy. Instructive and memorable visuals will illustrate how you can drive your points home and help your audience understand and retain your message.
By following the advice discussed in this workshop, you’ll get better at creating and delivering data-driven presentations that provide information that can easily be received, understood, and embraced by your audience.
You Will Learn
- Core strategies that underpin any good data-driven presentation
- How to effectively plan and design a data-driven presentation that tells a compelling story
- Ways to minimize text while clearly communicating your results in a digestible format
- How to organize and present the data that supports your story
- Different ways to organize and lay out your information
- What final preparations are necessary prior to delivering a data-driven presentation
- Tips for successfully delivering the presentation from the front of the room
Geared To
- Any business or technical professional of any level who needs to present technical data, analytics, or technology content to a live audience
- The core principles apply equally to highly technical, analytical professionals and less technical business professionals