Data Visualisation - Don't just present the data, tell its story

What is Data Visualisation

Now more than ever before we have the data to assist our businesses to plan for the future and set an effective course to get us there. Often this information is presented inappropriately where the audience is left uninspired or, worse, confused as to what the information is telling them.

Data visualisation isn’t just about the format of your graphs and charts is about how to correctly analyse data and decipher its meaning and then how to ensure that meaning is translated to your audience.

Before you analyse and develop your data presentation in the same old tried, tested, and failed manner, why not go to the next level and present your data in a manner that provides the reader with certainty of data interpretation. Data visualisation is about using data to present a clear story the audience can grasp quickly and understand without further anecdotal explanation.

Course Objectives

During the workshop we will focus on:

Step by step guide to data storytelling - Learn the  key ingredients to storytelling to set the stage for your data analysis.

Identifying the relevant data to present - Don’t try to make all the data relevant, present the relevant data correctly.

Choosing the right tool for the job - Know when to use which graph depending on the message you are trying to convey.

Draw attention to the message within the data - The whole is different to the sum of its parts - show it!

Course Format

The short-course format is designed to provide you with a basic foundation to start you on your data visualisation journey. The course duration is 3.5 hours. In the first half of the course we will focus on the learning objectives. In the second half we will workshop the learnings and apply them to fictional scenarios.

It is recommended that attendees sign up for the optional extra* to help work through their specific data visualisation needs. Often, working through a dataset that is personal and known to the participant assists in cementing the course learnings.

Enrolment Information

Date: Friday 14 August, 2015
Time: 9am -12.30
Location: Suite 114, Level 1, 147 Pirie Street, Adelaide
Cost per person: $300* plus gst, includes morning coffee.

contact:  Steph Jeuken
email: steph@oztrain.com.au  or
mobile: 0429 040 733

*Optional extra: One hour person to person with Steph following the workshop to discuss real reports with which you are working. Cost $400 plus gst. Or book the two together for a package price of $600 plus gst.

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