6 strategies for presenting data & charts
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This is a MUST-VIEW highlighting 6 STRATEGIES essential for any manager who must present complicated DATA & CHARTS at meetings, presentations or public speeches. As an added incentive, the slides are presented with wit and humour by a special MASTER of CEREMONIES! ENJOY! p.s. You have to Download the PPT to witness how effective animation can actually be when presenting!TRANSCRIPT
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
©DILBERT by Scott Adams
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
©DILBERT by Scott Adams
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
©DILBERT by Scott Adams
Actually, I will show 6
STRATEGIES to make even dull
ECONOMIC DATA mesmerisingly memorable!
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
©DILBERT by Scott Adams
Actually, I will show 6
STRATEGIES to make even dull
ECONOMIC DATA mesmerisingly memorable!
Let‘s get started with
#1...
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#1Use the
right CHART
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6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#1Use the
right CHART
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< i.e., a chart)
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
CHARTS have varying purposes!
#1. Use the right CHART. Some choices from
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
from CHARTS
#1. Use the right CHART. More choices from
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
COMPARISONCompany Performance (US$ 000)
COLUMN Chart
Company Performance (US$ 000)
BAR Chartfrom CHARTS
#1. Use the right CHART >
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
COMPARISONCompany Performance (US$ 000)
COLUMN Chart
Company Performance (US$ 000)
BAR Chartfrom CHARTS
#1. Use the right CHART >
“Effective CHARTS but visually flat, dull and somehow very BORING.”
D I L B E R T T I P
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
MY DAILY ACTIVITIES
from CHARTS
#1. Use the right CHART >
“What mustbe improvedon this CHART?”
D I L B E R T T I P
COMPOSITION
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
from CHARTS
“Fonts too small to be read. Min. size 24-28?”
D I L B E R T T I P
MY DAILY ACTIVITIES
#1. Use the right CHART > COMPOSITION
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#1. Pie CHARTS also for > CONSUMPTION
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
Pieeaten
PieNOT eaten
Table where pie was eaten
Next portionto be eaten
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#1. Pie CHARTS also for > CONSUMPTION
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
Pieeaten
PieNOT eaten
Table where pie was eaten
Next portionto be eaten
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D I L B E R T T I PWARNING!“Pie charts make me hungry!”
#1. Pie CHARTS also for > CONSUMPTION
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
from CHARTS
Company Performance (US$ 000)
#1. Use the right chart > TRANSITION
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
Correlation between Life Expectancy, Fertility Rate and Population (2010)
from CHARTS
#1. Use the right chart > Combined DATA
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
from CHARTS
“Maps are visually AWESOME!”
D I L B E R T T I P
#1. Use a MAP for > COUNTRY DATA
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#2Be
colourful
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< (note the colours)
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#2. Be colourful > BEFORE?
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#2. Be colourful > AFTER !
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#2. Be colourful > BUT limit the DATA on the CHART
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
D I L B E R T T I P
“I’m hungry again but why do I crave spaghetti???
#2. Be colourful > BUT limit the DATA on the CHART
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
D I L B E R T T I P
“I’m hungry again but why do I crave spaghetti??? This CHART is far too complicated which brings us to our next and 3rd STRATEGY.”
#2. Be colourful > BUT limit the DATA on the CHART
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#3Keep itsimple
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< (“K.I.S.S.”)
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#3. Keep it simple > “K.I.S.S.” (NOTE: This is NOT simple)
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#3. Keep it simple > “K.I.S.S.” (NOTE: This is NOT simple)
D I L B E R T T I P
“This DOCUMENT can be READ but please NEVER PROJECT it onto a screen as part of a presentation!”
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
D I L B E R T T I P
“Expressing DATA in raw figures (i.e., MILLIONS of unemployed) is meaningless to your audience (how much is a million?) and thus not very impactful or memorable.”
#3. Keep it simple > and read DILBERT’s TIP below
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
EUROZONE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
#3. Keep it simple > “K.I.S.S.”
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
“Have I mentioned yet that MAPS are totally AWESOME?”
D I L B E R T T I P
EUROZONE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
#3. Keep it simple > “K.I.S.S.”
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
“Using circles that contain raw DATA but also show the comparative, relative size vs. other “data circles” is a new popular and simple strategy. See another example on our next slide >
D I L B E R T T I P
#3. Keep it simple > “K.I.S.S.”
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
“Even though this lacks data on Debt Per Capita by Nation, it is a simple & clear CHART”
D I L B E R T T I P
#3. Keep it simple > “K.I.S.S.”
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#4Get
a n i m a t e d
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< (“OOOH, we love animation”)
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#4. Get animated >
“Animations allow the speaker to lead his audience - step by step – through any complex DATA! Using this same CHART above, the next slide introduces animation - and VISUALS - to make the DATA and the SPEAKER easier to follow!” p.s. If you are on SlideShare.net download the PPT to see the animations!
D I L B E R T T I P
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
+41%
+21%+32%
A Lost Generation?
Only nation withless unemployment
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
“Watch how animation in this next CHART helps the presenter “lead the audience” and also build suspense.”
D I L B E R T T I P
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
Comparing Some Leading Economies
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the
wor
ld?
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28
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6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#5Connect
V I S UA L LY
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(a is wortha 1000 words)
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
Which PARTY Should Be Trusted with the Economy?
PUBL
IC IN
CREA
SE in
DEB
T
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
Which PARTY Should Be Trusted with the Economy?
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
PUBL
IC IN
CREA
SE in
DEB
T
“The VISUALS were already good but I also added the Party INDEX & SYMBOLS. (Never assume your audience knows it all.)”
D I L B E R T T I P
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#5. Connect VISUALLY >
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6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#5. Connect VISUALLY >
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“The burning car createsan “emotional” connection with the DATA (the Youth) be it either +ve OR –ve.”
D I L B E R T T I P
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
EUROZONE YOUTHUNEMPLOYMENT %
May 2013
E U R O S TAT
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
EUROZONE YOUTHUNEMPLOYMENT %
May 2013
E U R O S TAT
62.5%! Capitalism is
murder?“Now, I am THINKING!”
D I L B E R T T I P
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
#6Tell a Story
with the DATA
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( people remember stories!)
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
“A nice CHART (plus less spaghetti) but if the DATA is NOT presented as a memorable “story-line” the purpose of the assembling, and presenting, the DATA will be lost”
D I L B E R T T I P
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
UN
IVE
RS
ITY
12.3%
7.8%
1990’s 2010-14
TOTAL EUROZONE Unemployment %
2000’s
“This visual begins the story-telling!”
D I L B E R T T I P
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
UN
IVE
RS
ITY
12.3%
7.8%
1990’s 2010-14
TOTAL EUROZONE Unemployment %
2000’s
Are ThereEUAny Jobsfor Your Kids?
“Asking this question puts the focus on the main characters in this story…the Youth! It also makes parents (even if they have a job!) wonder about the future for their children!
D I L B E R T T I P
6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
A Lost Generati on?
62.556.4 42.5 40.5 8.0 7.5
“More than 60% of my friends have NO JOB! What options
do I have?”
EUROZONE YOUTHUNEMPLOYMENT %
May 2013
“This final slide uses animation to present the DATA with some suspenseful drama. Now, our story also has a title – “A Lost Generation? – posed rhetorically to create intrigue. And, a visually powerful image of graffiti creates curiosity - and concern!” p.s. If you are on SlideShare.net download the PPT to see the animations!
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6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
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6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL
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6 STRATEGIES to make your presentation DATA & CHARTS VISUAL