Using PowerPoint for data visualisation
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The Guardian
Kings Place 90 York Way London N1 9GU United KingdomRefund Policy
Description
This course will teach you how to maximise PowerPoint’s true potential. Led byAdam Frost and Tobias Sturt from leading data visualisation agency Graphic, the course covers the basic principles of data visualisation, and how you can use them to create compelling presentations. Practical exercises and detailed handouts ensure this course will be of long-term benefit to your communications strategy.
Course content
- An introduction to the principles of data visualisation
- Storytelling with PowerPoint
- How to design using PowerPoint
- Creating compelling narratives
- Practical exercise: create a sample slide using pen and paper
- Tools and further reading
- Q&A and group discussion
This course is for you if...
- You have to present as part of your job and want to learn how to create better PowerPoint slides
- You work with data and wish to learn more about turning it into something visually compelling
- You’re a designer who wishes to learn the basics of creating infographics
- You’re a freelancer who is interested in creating more elegant PowerPoint presentations
We also offer bespoke data visualisation training for teams – click here for more information
Tutor profiles
Adam Frost was formerly head of data visualisation at the Guardian’s Digital Agency. He’s now content director at Graphic. His work has appeared on the Guardian, the New Statesman, Buzzfeed and elsewhere. He has produced infographics and interactives for a range of public and private-sector clients including the Department for Education, HMRC, Google, P&G, Nestle and Unilever.
Tobias Sturt was head of Creative at the Guardian’s Digital Agency and is now creative director of Graphic, an agency specialising in data visualisation. He has been working in digital storytelling for almost two decades, in all kinds of media, from web to TV to games to infographics. He has also worked on more conventional digital development projects, from website design to branding, from mobile app interfaces to print projects.
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