Data Visualisation Best Practices

• Purpose, definitions, and goals of Data Visualisation
• Some design concepts including design examples in everyday life
• Visual Perception: Human Visual perception and how it applies to data presentation.
• Data Visualisation Design Principles: 11 rules to guide your designs plus considerations for designing for accessibility as well as mobile devices
• Choosing Effective Visual Elements: Covers all common chart types including pros & cons and best practices.
• The Design Process: The business and technical steps required to build effective data visualisations and the order in which they should be executed.
• Dashboard Design: Dashboard design rules, common mistakes, and real-life examples.
• Storytelling with Data: An introduction to storytelling with data to bring your visualisations to life and to help convince an audience.
• Students bring along examples of their dashboard designs for critique by the group and trainer. This gives students the opportunity to apply their learnings and is an effective way of helping them transition from the classroom to the real world.

• Ideal for analysts crunching numbers, managers needing to communicate in a data-driven way, or leaders responsible for presentations to the board or other stakeholders.
• You have created reports and/or dashboards in any toolset.
• You have a desire to produce high-quality data visualisations according to proven techniques.

• Please contact your local regional office for pricing.
• Training delivered remotely via online delivery or at your offices.
• 1-day course that can also be delivered as 2 x consecutive half-days.
• Capped at 15 attendees to ensure maximum personal attention.
• Training can be customised to suit your needs.
• We can also provide follow-on consulting to help students develop their first best-practice reports/dashboards. This can be an effective way to help students successfully transition from the classroom to the real world.

Discounts

• 20% off when you book 3 or more people on the same course
• 20% off when an individual enrols in 3 or more courses