Presenting Numerical Data
Explore how effective use of data can enable informed business decisions and win support for ideas. In this course, you’ll discover how to express numerical data through visuals, analyse and interpret data and create persuasive business presentations.
£150 +VAT
Presenting Numerical Data
£150 +VAT
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Presenting Numerical Data
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This course will enable you to
- Present your data clearly to enable informed business decisions
- Win support for your ideas, by presenting your data in compelling ways
- Analyse data and produce effective forecasts
- Use visual tools to aid the interpretation of data
- Share data effectively using a range of methods
- Use your data to generate persuasive business presentations
About the course
As an accountant you will deal with numbers every day. But how do you communicate numerical data to others? Translating the information you have in a way that makes it accessible to everyone is a key skill. Well-presented and focused data can help you and your colleagues make effective decisions. It can also build support for new initiatives and ideas.
This course demonstrates how best to share and present numerical data to support your individual and organisational goals. You’ll explore how effective use of different types of data can enable informed business decisions and win support for ideas while considering your audience and the wider context. You’ll also discover the importance of analysing data, how to express numerical data through visuals, and how to share your data for persuasion and influence.
Contents
Data presentation in your role
Why is sharing data important?
Why data presentation skills matter
What’s special about presenting data?
Data presentation as a form of communication
Key skills for effective data presenters
Sharing data with non-specialists
How data leads to knowledge and understanding
From data to wisdom
Types of data
The data pyramid
The data pyramid in practice
Providing insight
Evaluating data
Analysing and explaining data
Before you share data
Analysing data
Forecasting from data
Devil in the detail
Explaining data
Interpreting and visualising data
Keeping it simple
Using visual tools
Tables vs charts
Misleading charts
The power of colour
Sharing data to inform decisions
Data, facts, and opinions
Making decisions
Sharing data in written documents
Sharing data in a presentation
Designing effective slides
Handling ambiguity and uncertainty
Using data to persuade and influence
Using data to influence
Constructing arguments
Why data isn’t enough to change someone’s mind
Targeting your audiences
Verbal tactics
Telling engaging stories using data
Author
Anna Faherty
Writer, lecturer and consultant working across the publishing, museum and charity sectors.
36 reviews for Presenting Numerical Data
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Mark Austin –
Very good on creating and presenting compelling arguments and structuring data that makes it easier for people to understabd
Jose Julio Pisharello –
excellent course, very well presented!
Peter Barren –
Very clearly presented. Of benefit to a wide range of skill and experience levels.
Donald Barron –
I found the course easy to understand, compelling and very relevant. I learnt a lot, especially about getting your message across
Philip Austin –
Good detailed content . Good mixture of content
Josie Rizza –
I thought some of the subject matter was superficial. The case study in Sharing data to Inform Decisions, forecasting outgoings was very light on and I am not sure the answer is complete, given the content provided within the unit
Suzanne Wood –
Was hoping for more practical tips on effective visualization rather than all the theories behind information sharing. I agree that their is a place for that but perhaps the course description should include that there is way more theoretical aspects to this course than practical / hands-on designing actual charts / graphs etc. Loved the bits where colours and type of graphs etc were discussed. I was hoping for much more of this.
Seamus Durkin –
Much information presented in a easy way.
Tisha Holder –
Great information on how to present data.
David Bevan –
It was ok
Mark Dinsdale –
A very comprehensive and well structured course that covered areas I hadn’t considered before. It has given me the confidence to change the way I present numerical data.
Karen Thomson –
great course for providing me with a better understanding of how to consider what i include in my reports and also tailoring to audiences
Amanda Wilkins –
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Trudi Longman –
On the whole I thought is was a good engaging course and I learnt some good tips to begin my journey of presenting data
Evangelia Generali –
Irina Klinova –
This course is smth magnificant I never expected. I always had a fear of preparing presentations because I read tables and figures quite well. I didn’t understant the necessity of graphs and etc. Now I feel more confident and I understand why presentations and visuals are needed.
Karin Rigiani –
Alistair Davis –
Will help me to develop in this area.
Mark Quinn –
Assist me in presenting data
David Thompson –
Michael Leahy –
It made me consider what work extra I need to do in preparing to present results other than just pulling the figures together
Svetlana Shvechikhina –
Bugalo Molapisi –
The course provided critical pointers on how to structure presentations.
Jieying Zhu –
Janine Davis –
It met my objectives of understanding what tools to utilise when presenting information as well as to understand the audience that i am presenting to.
Peter Shaefer –
a refresher course
Andrew Trafford –
Easy to follow, yet very informing
Melissa Ma –
Karena Richards –
Pamela Seesahai –
presented several useful tools for ongoing use .
Chi Man Wong –
Nil
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Claudette Finch –