Overview
Learn how to build world-class business dashboards from the author of the best-selling book The Big Book of Dashboards.
A well-designed dashboard can point out risks, opportunities, and more; but common challenges and misconceptions can make your dashboard useless at best, and misleading at worst. This workshop will discuss the tools, guidance, and models you need to produce great dashboards that inform, enlighten, and engage.
Length
One full day when conducted in person. Two half-days when conducted online.
The Audience
This workshop is for data visualization practitioners tasked with building business dashboards as well as the people who manage the practitioners.
The Benefits
No other workshop presents concepts in data visualization and dashboard design theory with practical, real-world insights from an expert in the field. Attendees will be able to immediately apply what they learn to their own work.
Materials
Each attendee will receive a copy of The Big Book of Dashboards
Why this workshop?
No other workshop presents concepts in data visualization and dashboard design theory with practical, real-world insights from an expert in the field. Attendees will be able to immediately apply what they learn to their own work.
Topics
Note: Instruction and examples focus on general best practices and are not tool specific.
“Steve’s Dashboard class is the single best data training I’ve been to hands down! And I’ve been to Edward Tufte’s workshop. If you want to hit work the NEXT DAY with actionable learnings and enthusiasm, this is an incredible resource”
“This was genuinely one of the best workshops I’ve attended. Steve balanced his instruction with relevant and engaging examples and group exercises. Steve is clearly an expert at his craft, but he made those of us who are new to creating visualizations and dashboards feel comfortable. His follow up post-training has been phenomenal. His passion to educate the world on data visualization and to be of service to his audience is inspiring.”
“Steve’s workshop armed our team with the right tools to have meaningful discussions with our stakeholders and fostered an appreciation for how good data visualizations leads to better insights. Applying what we learned to our own work has been a game changer.“
About the Instructor
Steve has worked with ADP, Gallup, Johnson & Johnson, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, Convergys, Consumer Reports, The Economist, ConEd, D&B, Marist, Cornell University, Stanford University, Tradeweb, Tiffany, McKinsey & Company, and many other organizations to help them understand and visualize their data. Steve is a five-time Tableau Zen Master, Iron Viz Champion, and on the advisory board to the Data Visualization Society.
His presentations and training classes combine an extraordinary level of product mastery with the real-world experience gained through developing thousands of visualizations for dozens of clients.
Steve has taught thousands of people in both large and small organizations and is known for conducting his seminars with clarity, patience, and humor.
