This course will teach you how to maximise PowerPoint’s true potential. Led by Adam Frost and Tobias Sturt from leading data visualisation agency Graphic, the course covers the basic principles of data visualisation, and how you can use them to create compelling presentations.
Practical exercises and detailed handouts ensure this course will be of long-term benefit to your communications strategy. You will need to bring a laptop with Powerpoint loaded on to it for the afternoon exercise.
Content
- An introduction to the principles of data visualisation
- Storytelling with PowerPoint
- How to design using PowerPoint
- Creating compelling narratives
- Practical exercise: create a sample slide using pen and paper
- Tools and further reading
- Q&A and group discussion
This course is for you if...
- You have to present as part of your job and want to learn how to create better PowerPoint slides
- You work with data and wish to learn more about turning it into something visually compelling
- You’re a designer who wishes to learn how to design in Powerpoint.
- You’re a freelancer who is interested in creating more elegant PowerPoint presentations
Tutor profiles
Adam Frost was formerly head of data visualisation at the Guardian’s Digital Agency. He’s now content director at Graphic. His work has appeared on the Guardian, the New Statesman, Buzzfeed and elsewhere. He has produced infographics and interactives for a range of public and private-sector clients including the Department for Education, HMRC, Google, P&G, Nestle and Unilever.
Tobias Sturt was head of Creative at the Guardian’s Digital Agency and is now creative director of Graphic, an agency specialising in data visualisation. He has been working in digital storytelling for almost two decades, in all kinds of media, from web to TV to games to infographics. He has also worked on more conventional digital development projects, from website design to branding, from mobile app interfaces to print projects.
Details
Date: Saturday 6 February 2016
Times: 10am-4pm
Location: The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU
Price: £299 (includes VAT, booking fee, lunch and refreshments)
Event capacity: 32
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Returns policy
Tickets may be refunded if you contact us at least 14 days before the course start date. Please see our terms and conditions for more information on our refund policy.
