Thursday, July 10

Data That Moves Us: Storytelling in practice

Build your data storytelling foundations in a hands-on day of workshops designed to help your ideas land and your stories resonate.

By Flourish

Date and time

Location

Canva UK Operations Ltd

33 Hoxton Square London N1 6PB United Kingdom

Agenda

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Data storytelling made easy

Lyndsey Pereira-Brereton (Flourish,Canva)

Data doesn't have to be dull! Join us and discover a clear, practical storytelling framework to transform overwhelming dashboards and reports into engaging, persuasive stories - perfect for any forma...

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Sketching superpower

Valentina D'Efilippo (Designing with Data)

Valentina will challenge us to use sketching and rapid prototyping as tools to bridge the gap between data and its interpretation, enabling anyone to effectively communicate nuanced insights with mor...

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Become the data whisperer: how to spot (and solve) common graphing mistakes

Simon Rowe (Storytelling with Data)

Even well-intentioned graphs and slides can fall short, making key insights harder to grasp than they should be. In this session, we'll talk about recognizing—and rectifying—five types of mistakes co...

5:45 PM - 6:50 PM

Data Vandals: Guerrilla data lab

Data Vandals (Jen Ray, Jason Forrest)

Ditch the spreadsheets for 60 rebellious minutes. This session blends a crash course on hijacking data for public art with a hands-on activity. Armed with markers and mischief, you’ll join a team to ...

About this event

Event lasts 4 hours

Good data is only half the story. What truly matters is how it’s shared.

Join our workshop day designed to help you build the skills and confidence to communicate data clearly and effectively.

Whether you're writing up findings, building presentations, or trying to explain what the numbers actually mean — this is a space to slow down and focus on the how of data storytelling.

Through hands-on sessions and guided exercises, we’ll explore the fundamentals of turning numbers into narratives: choosing visuals with purpose, shaping messages that land, and making meaning clear to any audience.

Designed for marketers, researchers, strategists, and anyone who works with data. you’ll leave with practical tools to make your work clearer, stronger, and more impactful - one story at a time.

Organized by

Flourish

Flourish was created to enable everyone to tell stories with data. Launched in 2018, the tool is used by a huge community of creators to inform tens of millions of viewers every day. Our team combines decades of experience in visualization, tech, data, journalism and design.

Flourish is part of the Canva family. Read about our group mission and values here.