How to Create Executive-Level Data Visualizations
How to Create Executive-Level Data Visualizations
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
The success of your business depends on the story in your data. If you are unable to effectively communicate your data, you are missing out on opportunities to grow professionally with business leaders. In this course, executive data communications consultant Chris Tauber shares valuable insights and strategies to help you successfully present data visualizations to business executives. Chris begins the course by sharing common data visualization mistakes, as well as, strategies to avoid making those mistakes when preparing your own data visualizations. Then, Chris shares key design principles that will help you create data visualizations that clearly communicate the intended insights and messages from the data. Chris then goes on to share strategies to turn excel reports and other existing reports into engaging data visualizations that clearly convey the story you are trying to tell. Finally, Chris concludes the course by sharing insights and strategies to align your data visualizations with the needs of business leaders. After watching this course, you’ll be ready to create your own executive-level data visualizations that clearly communicate your data insights.
Syllabus
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Five worst mistakes If you're making these data mistakes, you're missing out on opportunities with business leaders. 2m
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Problems with pies Think of pie charts like a flashing warning signal that something is wrong with your data visualization. 2m
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Metrics that matter Confusing data visualization is often because the data that matters most is buried in the clutter. 2m
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Fast fixes The big meeting is in 1 day, 1 hour or 1 minute and the chart still isn't right. 3m
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Charts with purpose A "pretty" chart works when it clearly communicates the data. 2m
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Use design structure A clear chart doesn't just happen by accident. 2m
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Engage with images Sometimes data alone can't capture the full story. 2m
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Go really big When you're confident in your data story, you can drive big changes in your company. 2m
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Rescuing raw data When all you have is a wall of numbers in an Excel file, never just take a screenshot of all those numbers and paste them on a slide. 2m
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Legacy reports revamped As fast as business moves, your company may still be slow to let go of old legacy reports. 2m
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Dashboards to boardrooms A dashboard is an amazing tool for an analyst, but it's usually too granular for a big-picture meeting. 2m
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Strategic matrix The data that's most important to the CEO is the data that should be most important to you. 2m
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True KPIs Not everything is actually a key performance indicator. 2m
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Dramatic stories Storytellers have used the three-act structure for centuries. 2m
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Dynamic slides Executives will always have more follow-up questions and want to go deeper into the data. 2m
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Grand finale Lead the executives to your big finish. After this lesson, you'll be able to deliver a data story and recommendations that resonate with executives. 2m
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Show what's next Data visualization is constantly evolving. 1m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Chris Tauber
To communicate data to executives, Chris takes the same storytelling approach he learned in his years as a New York magazine editor: engage the audience with clear visuals and compelling text. Based in Orlando, he has created data visualizations, dashboards, and presentations for fun brands including Papa John's, LEGO, Travel + Leisure, Virgin Voyages, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, and more. He started Data for Execs magazine in 2020 to share advice and techniques.
Chris Tauber
Executive Data Communications Leader, Data Analysis Expert
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How GoSkills helped Chris
I got the promotion largely because of the skills I could develop, thanks to the GoSkills courses I took. I set aside at least 30 minutes daily to invest in myself and my professional growth. Seeing how much this has helped me become a more efficient employee is a big motivation.
