Live workshopData Analytics and Data Literacy training for teams
Using Microsoft Excel for Data Driven Presentations
- Built around your actual work
- Live online, or on-site by request
- Training careers nationwide since 2006
Workshop brief
Using Microsoft Excel for Data Driven Presentations
- Duration
- 1 Day (8 hrs; two 4-hr sessions)
- Tuition
- $495.00per participant; team and private pricing by quote
- Delivery
- Live onlineOn-site, in person, by request
- Included
- Certificate of completionFor every participant
The data was right. The slide lost the room.
The analysis was correct. The chart had eleven colors, a legend nobody read, and a title that named the data instead of the finding. The room nodded and did nothing. That is a communication failure, and the person who did the work absorbs the blame.
This workshop is the last mile. Not more analysis, but the translation from a correct number into something that changes a decision. It is a genuinely separate skill, and the people best at the analysis are frequently worst at it.
Finance, operations, and HR leaders use this where good work is not landing with executives or funders. It is the presentation counterpart to our Excel training, which teaches the analysis itself. The speaking side of presenting is Presentation Skills for the Workplace.
Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery. Most groups train live online, and on-site in-person delivery is available by request. This workshop is available by request only, with a three participant minimum, and sits alongside our other data analytics and data literacy workshops.
Why teams book DWC
- Content, datasets, and examples built around your work before delivery
- Live online with a real instructor, or on-site at your location
- Invoicing and purchase order documentation for your organization
What your team gets
This course includes
- Live, instructor led workshop delivered in two 4-hour sessions
- Hands on rework of your own real charts and reports
- Chart selection driven by the question rather than habit
- Practice presenting a number so an audience acts on it
- Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
- Certificate of completion for every participant
Course outline
How the workshop runs
Every session is live with a real instructor, and the exercises are built around your team's work.
The day opens with the question, because the chart follows from it. Participants learn to name what they need the audience to conclude, then choose a form that carries it: comparison, composition, distribution, or change over time. Most discover they have been defaulting to one chart type for every purpose.
The middle is subtraction. Participants strip gridlines, legends, effects, and colors that carry no information, and learn why the default chart is designed to look busy rather than to communicate. They practice writing a title that states the finding rather than labeling the data, which is the single highest-return change most of them will make.
The last stretch is durability and delivery. Participants build visuals in Excel that survive being pasted into a deck and updated later, and practice presenting a number so an audience acts on it: leading with the finding, showing only what supports it, and handling the question about methodology without losing the room.
Outcomes
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Name what the audience must conclude before choosing a chart
- Choose a chart form that fits comparison, composition, distribution, or change
- Strip decoration that carries no information
- Write a title that states the finding rather than labeling the data
- Build Excel visuals that survive being pasted into a deck
- Lead with the finding and show only what supports it
- Handle a methodology question without losing the room
Duration
Prerequisites
Participants should be comfortable working with data in Excel and building a basic chart. Those without that foundation should start with Microsoft Excel Beginners (Level 1).
Format
Online for most groups; on-site delivery by request.
Dates and options
Join a public session or book your teamBook this workshop for your team
Public sessions
Train your team privately
Schedule this workshop for your team, live online or on-site, with content built around your work. Tell us your group size, goals, and target dates.
How team training works
From first call to trained team
- 20,000+Participants trained
- 90%Completion rate
- 1,500+Organizations served
Scope it
A short call about your team, your tools, and what needs to change after the session.
Customize it
Your instructor builds examples, exercises, and datasets around your actual work before delivery.
Deliver it live
Live online for most groups, or on-site at your location, scheduled around your team.
Make it stick
Every participant leaves with reference materials and a certificate of completion.
Pricing
Tuition and ways to buy
$495.00 per participant
Using Microsoft Excel for Data Driven Presentations is available by request only, scheduled around your team.
- $495 per participant, with a three participant minimum
- Private training: request a custom quote. One on one sessions and teams below the three participant minimum are priced case by case
- Larger groups: request a custom quote. We price larger cohorts case by case based on group size, schedule, and delivery format
- Optional courseware: the Microsoft Excel Data Analysis & Visualization Student Guide (Logical Operations) is available at $65 per participant and is not included in the course price
Colorado state agencies, higher education institutions, cities, counties, school districts, and certified nonprofits may purchase this course directly through our State of Colorado Price Agreement. Request a quote and we will build pricing around your team.
- Per participant
Enroll a few employees at the per-participant rate.
- Private team session
Your group only, built around your data, tools, and schedule.
- Invoice your organization
DWC invoices your company directly and provides purchase order documentation.
- Multi-workshop programs
Combine workshops into a series for a department or a cohort of new managers.
Data Analytics and Data Literacy training
Data analytics and data literacy training for teams
Most teams have more data than they use. DWC data workshops help managers and staff read it, question it, and present it, with Excel, Power BI, and Tableau taught live on your own datasets where possible.
Pair a data literacy workshop for the people who use reports with tool training for the people who build them, so both sides of the conversation improve together.
Can you customize this workshop for our team?
Yes. Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery, so participants practice on the files, tools, and situations they deal with every day.
Is the training online or on-site?
Most groups train live online with a real instructor. On-site, in-person delivery is available by request.
Is there a minimum group size?
Most workshops booked for a team have a three participant minimum, and the Tuition section on each workshop page lists its exact terms. One-on-one sessions and smaller groups are priced case by case, and larger groups are quoted based on group size, schedule, and delivery format.
Do participants need a technical background?
No. Data literacy workshops are built for managers and staff who use data to make decisions, not only for analysts. Each workshop lists its prerequisites in the Details section.
Which tools are covered?
Workshops in this area cover Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and Tableau. Content and datasets are built around your work before delivery.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Every participant receives a certificate of completion, along with digital learning materials and take-home reference guides.
Can we pay by invoice or purchase order?
Yes. DWC invoices your organization directly and provides purchase order documentation.
Can individual employees join a public session?
When a workshop has public dates, they appear in the Dates section of this page with a registration button. If none are listed, request a quote and we will share your options.
Bring this workshop to your team
Tell us about your group and your goals. A training advisor follows up within one business day with options and pricing.