Poor data visualization leads to overly complicated charts that take too long to understand and steal valuable time from your audiences. Worse, a careless approach to charting can lead to misinterpretation of your messaging.

In this webinar, you’ll learn the best practices for creating and formatting charts in PowerPoint to maximize “glanceability,” plus the ins and outs of embedding vs linking, how to use chart templates and placeholders, and why legends can actually prevent audiences from understanding your data. The webinar will also cover more effective alternatives to those problematic (and boring) pie charts and clustered columns.
 
Participants will learn how to:

• Craft a “McKinsey-worthy” chart title
• Use color appropriately
• Add emphasis for maximum effect
• Manage complicated charts and overlapping data
• Eliminate “chart junk”
• Recognize when a pie chart is appropriate and when it is absolutely not

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With more than 20 years of experience in the field of visual communications, Nolan Haims is an industry leader in the world of presentation design, helping individuals and organizations tell better stories with fewer words.
  
As one of only 15 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the U.S., he regularly consults for and advises the PowerPoint development team on the industry standard software.

Nolan has created and overseen thousands of presentations including keynote addresses for Fortune 500 CEOs, TED Talks, and multi-million dollar winning agency pitches. As Vice President and Director of Presentation for Edelman, the world’s largest PR firm, he founded and ran an industry-first department dedicated to raising the agency’s bar on visual communication.
 
Nolan trains organizations of all sizes and in all industries. He speaks at national conferences and writes about visual storytelling for numerous groups including CreativePro and Training Mag Network. He is a co-host of the long-running Presentation Podcast, and is the author of best-selling The Better Deck Deck.