Excel: Data Visualization Crash Course

  • 19
  • February 2025
    Wednesday
  • 10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST

    Duration:  60  Mins

Level

Intermediate & Advanced

Webinar ID

IQW25B0213

  • Theory of Patterns in Data Presentation
  • Chart Tools Ribbon
  • Charting Tips, Tricks, Short Cuts
  • Chart Elements and Color
  • “Save As Template”
  • Determine the appropriate chart type for your data
  • Manipulate the chart for visual clarity
  • Review and technically apply data presentation techniques 
  • Review tools that assist instead of a full chart: Conditional formats and Sparklines

Overview of the webinar

How data is presented can affect decision making, and “Yes” it is your responsibility to present data in the best manner possible. Q: Are you serious about your data… or are you decorating?  A: Find out in this webinar.

This course will introduce the theory of looking at data with fresh eyes and mindset. It challenges the old-fashioned styles and rules. Data presentation will no longer look drab or ordinary, but instead, professional and interesting.

You will also Learn some technical tips and tricks, for instance, one of the best kept secrets about chart creation: How to do the design work once, and apply it over and over again. 

Attend this webinar and you will see the difference and be proud to present your data message at the next board meeting!

Who should attend?

  • Any Individual that is tasked with presenting data for reports or decision making

Why should you attend?

Have you ever looked at a confusing chart and wondered why you can’t understand it’s message?  The problem is not you... It is the chart.

The goal of this webinar is to challenge the old belief that data is boring and turn that into excitement that empowers decision makers with crystal clear messaging.

Attend this webinar and you will see side-by-side examples of good vs bad charts, you will see the difference between old fashioned data layout and the new theory of data presentation. And you will view some technical sections inside Excel that will help you when it’s time to design your new chart.

Faculty - Ms.Andy Lanning

Andy Lanning has worked extensively with Microsoft Office products since the early 1990s. 

She has traveled the United States presenting at conferences and corporate classes to help attendees unlock the full potential of the most common office software programs faced daily in our lives: Microsoft. 

Andy considers herself a computer “nerd” and has been training individuals and groups since 1995. She continues to teach computer VoTech classes at Boise State University in Idaho and is the owner of a computer consulting business. 

She is a Certified Microsoft Office Specialist and trains most Microsoft programs. With 30+ years’ experience in the computer industry, Andy focuses every class on using software to solve common workflow issues. 

Be prepared to learn more than you bargained for in her class. Andy always teaches the 5 Super Secrets to computers and believes firmly in efficiency training. 

“My goal is to lower frustration and raise productivity. And maybe have some laughs along the way!”

Software specialty areas include: 

  • Microsoft 365: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Teams
  • Excel topics: Charts and Data Visualization, Formulas, Hidden Tools of the Trade, Data Analysis tools, Pivot Tables and Power Queries
  • Office Processes: mail merges, forms, databases, data analysis, including
  • Power BI training
  • How to set up accessible PDF and Word docs to comply with the US Federal 
  • ADA Law (American’s with Disabilities Act)
  • Video Conferences: Zoom, Teams, and standalone VTC systems
  • Internet and E-mail
  • Computer Basics

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