Death by PowerPoint – we’ve all experienced it. Slide after slide of bullet points, text and meaningless visuals. But how can we create compelling presentations that show rather than tell?
This hands-on masterclass with data visualisation expert Laura Knight will focus on strategies that will help you establish the key points of your story and identify the best way to tell that story visually.
You will learn to understand a specific audience, identify your key messages, explore visual metaphors and storytelling structures, and plan a presentation that will communicate your ideas more effectively. You will undertake practical exercises and receive feedback from Laura and your peers throughout the evening, working collaboratively to develop ideas and plan your presentation.
Whether you’re a student presenting research, an entrepreneur, a marketer or a designer, this masterclass will help you understand how to translate seemingly dry data into visuals that will inspire and inform your audience.
Content
- Understanding visual storytelling
- Exploring visual metaphors
- Presentation formats and structures
- Frameworks for transforming the verbal to the visual
- Planning your presentation
- Q&A
Tutor profile
Laura Knight is a graphic designer and lecturer in information design and data visualisation. For many years she was the director of design at Data Design Studios, creating impactful and engaging infographics, data visualisations and presentations for global clients. During that time, she cleaned up more than her fair share of dreadful presentations. Laura now works for clients all over the world on a freelance basis, helping them tell visual stories with data and images. She is also a lecturer in graphic design at Kingston University and the University of the Arts London.
Details
Date: Tuesday 28 November 2017
Times: Evening course, 6.30pm-9.30pm
Location: The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU
Price: £99 plus £4.46 booking fee
Event capacity: 36
Complimentary refreshments included.
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