It is 2021 and many organizations still have too much data and too little ability to communicate it effectively. If you’re looking to add data storytelling skills to your organization, this is a list of world-class data storytelling thinkers and trainers. Why not learn from best?
Lea Pica
Lea Pica is one of my all-time favorite presenters and an energetic entrepreneur who honed her data storytelling skills with marketing data.
Give me two days, and I’ll give you and your team the practical and strategic tools you need to visually present data in a way that gets noticed, remembered, and acted upon.
Ben Jones
Ben Jones led Tableau’s training efforts before launching his own company. His primary focus is on data literacy, but his high quality of his content shouldn’t be missed.
We pride ourselves in being the premium data literacy training provider in the world. Our courses have been implemented by Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations alike. We offer training on an on-demand basis or via live, virtual, instructor led sessions.
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic has build a loyal and engaged community through her focus on practical guidance, training, and hands-on exercises.
The goal of this workshop is to enable you to bring data to life and use it to communicate a story to an audience, with a focus on simplicity and ease of interpretation. This is accomplished through a mix of data visualization and storytelling theory, best practices, and practical application.
Gilbert Eijkelenboom
Gilbert Eijkelenboom shares a commitment to the humanist-side of analytics, recognizing the importance of behavior and psychology to ensure your data product has impact.
Are you tired of not seeing the results of your work? Let’s enhance your impact: understand the business need and experience the joy of seeing people use your data products.
Brian O’Neill
Brian O'Neill is an analytics product designer with a focus on user experience and creating impactful data products.
My workshops help data science, analytics, and product/business leaders learn how to imagine customer-driven solutions that focus on creating a business outcome and change, instead of just outputs.
Brent Dykes
Brent Dykes is author of the the book ‘Effective Data Storytelling’ and has struck out on his own to create a data storytelling training firm.
Data storytelling training can help teach you and your team how to become better data communicators so you can take full advantage of the insights at your fingertips.
Nancy Duarte
Nancy Duarte is one of the pre-eminent thought leaders in presentation design. More recently, she connected her storytelling frameworks to data-rich presentations.
Almost every job today involves decision-making with data. Once you’ve formed a point of view about the problem or opportunity your data uncovered, communicating the findings well speeds up decision-making, moves others to action and yes, advances your career.
Rebeca Pop
Rebeca Pop has built a following by focusing on the fundamentals of data visualization and storytelling and by working closely with her customers to meet their unique needs.
Workshops are designed for anyone who needs to communicate more effectively with data. For example, if you are a data scientist, you might see the need to create more thoughtful charts. Or, if you are an entrepreneur, you might want to include powerful charts into your pitch deck.
If you ever thought to yourself: "I wish I could communicate better with data," then you came to the right place.
For some people, a self-paced data storytelling curriculum is going to be more convenient for their schedule. And better yet if it is free. Check out the complete Data Storytelling Training program available here.
