The Present Beyond Measure Show: Data Storytelling, Presentation & Visualization

>> VIEW SHOW NOTES + RESOURCESDashboards are a powerful data viz tool, but all too often, they are poorly done and not used to the best of their ability. Our guest today, joins us to shed light on what makes dashboards stand out and convey information in an accessible, impactful way.Andy Cotgreave is a Technical Evangelist at Tableau Software with a cult-like following, a columnist for Information Age, and host of If Data Could Talk. He is also the co-author of The Big Book of Dashboards. Andy has inspired thousands of people, giving them technical advice and sparking ideas on how to identify trends and unearth their own data-discovery skills. In this episode, he sheds important light on where so many dashboards go wrong and how they differ from data presentations.. Data alone can only do so much of the work; how it is communicated is as important, yet people often neglect this aspect. We also discuss the value of rehearsing and building fluency in the language you are speaking. Andy’s passion is truly inspiring, and his invaluable insights into dashboards and presentations are hard to beat!In This Episode, You’ll Learn…  How becoming a magician helped Andy become a better presenter. The most common mistakes Andy sees people making when it comes to presenting data. Tips on how dashboards can be tailored for presentations. How you can adapt images and information from platforms like Google Analytics for presentations. Insights on how to present complex graphs in a digestible way. Andy's takes on color and how he believes it should be used in dashboards. Characteristics that make dashboards stand out, according to Andy. Some of the visualizations people are using which are doing more harm than good. The book Andy is loving right now. Exciting developments at Tableau that are exciting Andy most currently. People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned Tableau Software The Big Book of Dashboards Hans Rosling: The best stats you've ever seen Slow Reveal Graphs Data + Science Sir Viz-a-Lot Real World Fake Data The Design of Everyday Things Good Charts Perceptual Edge How To Make The World Add Up

>> VIEW SHOW NOTES + RESOURCESWelcome to the inaugural episode of the Present Beyond Measure Show for 2021! Today on the show, we will be having an inspiring conversation about LinkedIn Ads, data visualization, and public speaking with AJ Wilcox. AJ talks about how to get started on LinkedIn, why its targeting functionality is worth the high cost, the best LinkedIn call-to-action strategy,, and so much more. As well as being a LinkedIn guru, AJ is a highly gifted orator and in the next chunk of the episode, we explore his secret sauce for delivering powerful and impactful presentations. In This Episode, You’ll Learn…  How AJ fell into the world of SEO and LinkedIn advertising. What makes LinkedIn a good platform to advertise on despite its reputation for being expensive. The minimum amount per month to spend on LinkedIn to see results. The right-sized call to action that fits the cost of advertising on LinkedIn. How to incorporate retargeting into a LinkedIn ad strategy using Google and Facebook. Creating warm audience targets on LinkedIn using ‘closer lists’. Tracking channel contribution using tracking parameters and Google channel contribution reports. AJ’s favorite ways of capturing and visualizing data on his clients’ performance. Switching gears to AJ’s skill as a speaker and where his journey began. People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned: My first book insiders waiting list The LinkedIn Ads Show by AJ Wilcox The Everyone Hates Marketers Show by Louis Grenier AJ Wilcox on LinkedIn Present Beyond Measure Interview with Nancy Duarte The Social Media Marketing Podcast Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo Sign up for the exclusive waiting list for my new book. My free 30-second online assessment to find out the #1 silent killer of your data presentations Schedule a workshop planning strategy session with me. How to Keep Up with AJ Wilcox:AJ's LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook profiles

>> VIEW SHOW NOTES FOR DATA VISUALS + RESOURCESThis episode is a very special new holiday tradition called “The Year In Data”. I partnered with a fellow data viz renegade and beloved host of the Data Viz Today Podcast!Alli Torban is an Information Design Consultant in Washington, D.C.and a leading voice in the field of data visualization on her podcast Data Viz Today, which has been downloaded over 100,000 times. Her work has been featured in the likes of Washingtonian Magazine and Nathan Yau’s Flowing Data, and she’s been published three times in the Data Visualization Society Journal. And in this episode, Alli and I engage in a “data viz death match” to see which were the most compelling, inspiring, and moving data visualizations of the extraordinary year that was 2020!In This Episode, We Review… How to Flatten the Curve by Harry Stevens How the Virus Got Out by The New York Times Warming Stripes by Ed Hawkins Temperature Anomalies by Country by Antti Lipponen Duration of Protests that Create Change by Mona Chalabi The Most Sobering Thing about the Racial Dot Map by Libby Anne Electoral College Decision Tree by ObservableHQ The Winding Path to Victory by FiveThirtyEight People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned Alli Torban’s Website My interview with Alberto Cairo on how charts are misleading My free 30-second online assessment to find out and overcome the #1 silent killer of your data presentation success How to Connect with Alli:Alli’s Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram

>> VIEW SHOW NOTES + RESOURCESNidhal Firoze is a Digital Analytics Association certified web analyst and associate manager of Digital Analytics and BI at Course5 Intelligence. He was recently recognized by the Analytics India Magazine as one of the top 5 data science mentors in June 2020. He's also a DAA Quanties-award finalist in the difference-maker category.Our guest is a passionate public speaker, corporate trainer, mentor, and he has trained over 2,000 students from 20 plus educational institutions. During his free time, he is a very sought out analytic speaker at seminars, webinars, online events, and organizations.Nidhal has loads to share and generously shares his philosophy and tips, so make sure to tune in!In This Episode, You’ll Learn… Nidhal's path into the data field and his current work.  The influence of data presentation on Nidhal's career.  Nidhal's perspective on the current challenges facing practitioners in the space. The utility of color and the ways in which it can be employed effectively. Top tool choices for processing and presentation of data for Nidhal.  Lessons around virtual presentations that Nidhal has learned during 2020. Nidhal's advice to his earlier self — boosting confidence through reflection and preparation.  The benefits of consistency and commitment when learning something new. People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned Nidhal Firoze Tables to Tableau Analytics India Magazine Course 5 Intelligence Quanties Awards  Kahoot! QuizUp  Mentimeter ROMI Analytics  PowerPoint Andy Kriebel on YouTube Seth Godin My free 30-second online assessment to find out and overcome the #1 silent killer of your data presentation success

>> VIEW SHOW NOTES + RESOURCESChristina Stathopoulos is an Analytical Consultant at Google who uses data and visualization to help her clients drive decisions about marketing, expansion, and more. She holds adjunct faculty positions at two top universities in Madrid, where she teaches analytics courses for MBA programs. Alongside her corporate and academic work, she is a wildly popular speaker supporting women in STEM and emerging technologies. So basically, Christina is bonafide analytics rockstar using best-in-class data presentation and visualization practices to fuel her meteoric speaking career. In This Episode, You’ll Learn… Christina’s unique and winding path towards becoming a world-renowned analytics speaker The profound impact effective data visualization and presentation had on her career The four guiding “maxims” of conversation she uses to deliver every talk Her favorite data visualization tools vs. what she recommends for others An inside look into her rigorous presentation preparation process The simple and ingenious way she presents complex technical information Her invaluable advice on what aspiring women in tech speakers should and should not do Why the analytics industry still has work to do in representing women in tech speakers The surprising advice she would give her past self before her first presentation People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned Christina’s keynote for the Smart Future World Expo 2019 in Istanbul Google Data Studio Grice’s maxims of conversation Data is Ugly Reddit The Women in Analytics Conference Three Women in Tech Speakers to Watch: Kate Strachnya, Cassie Kozyrkov, Allie K. Miller  Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz How to Keep Up with Christina Stathopoulos: Christina’s LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram profiles Her LinkedIn #BookAWeekChallenge

>> VIEW SHOW NOTES + RESOURCESAnna Shutko is the Product Marketing Manager at Supermetrics, a technology tool that picks up all the marketing data you need and brings it to your favorite reporting, analytics, or storage platform using “connectors”.Anna helped launch the company's top products, such as Supermetrics for Google Data Studio,  Excel, and  BigQuery.She is also the mastermind behind Supermetrics template gallery, a place where marketers can get free plug-and-play templates for their reporting configurations.And, she is also host of the new Marketing Analytics Show, a podcast helping marketers get better at marketing analytics, where she shares all the how-tos & actionable advice from top marketers (psst, including yours truly!)In this episode, Anna showcases the many advantages of using Supermetrics to enhance productivity speed up data hygiene so you have more time to analyze and present your insights!So if you’re ready to get back to the fun part of analytics, click here for your free 14-day trial of Supermetrics!In This Episode, You’ll Learn… What sets Supermetrics apart from other online data source connectors The advantage Supermetrics offers over connecting directly to data platforms like Google Analytics or Adobe through Google Data Studio or Tableau How Supermetrics helps you make your reporting more reliable and why that’s crucial for presenting data successfully Can you share your top 3 success stories? What the users were able to accomplish with Supermetrics? All about who their new Marketing Analytics Show podcast is for People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned Supermetrics (click for a free 14-day trial) The Supermetrics Template Gallery The LinkedIn Ads Show by AJ Wilcox The Everyone Hates Marketers Show by Louis Grenier My free 30-second online assessment to find out the #1 silent killer of your data presentations How to Keep Up with Anna and Supermetrics: Supermetrics Marketing Analytics Show The Supermetrics Blog Anna’s LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram profiles

Marilee Yorchak and the Digital Analytics Association are working tirelessly to support digital practitioners, leaders, and companies hit hard in 2020 with furlough and layoffs this year with a bevy of events, tools, and resources.In this episode, Marilee shares the Herculean efforts she and the DAA are undertaking to help the analytics practitioner and leadership community get back on their feet after a most challenging year!After this episode, we return to regularly scheduled programming of data-presentation-visualization-storytelling-communication goodness.VIEW SHOW NOTES + RESOURCESIn This Episode, You’ll Learn… How COVID has affected the digital analytics industry What the Digital Analytics Association is doing to assist furloughed and job-seeking practitioners Special events the DAA is hosting to help connect candidates to companies and uplevel their competitive skill set The many benefits of an annual DAA membership and current extensions Marilee’s insightful advice to the digital community for staying strong People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned The Digital Analytics Association COVID Resources The DAA Calendar of Events & Career Center DAA Digital Analyst Self-Assessment Zoom Background images on Unsplash (for a more professional meeting) My LinkedIn article on job openings for data analytics, data science, and digital marketing Indistractable by Nir Eyal How to Keep Up with Marilee: Digital Analytics Association Marilee’s LinkedIn profile

Mary Owusu and Pierre DeBois are celebrated experts and speakers in the digital analytics field. They graciously offered heartbreaking stories of racial oppression and discrimination both in the tech field and their personal lives, helping me unpack and uncomfortably face the dark truth that racism is still at large all around us.VIEW ALL SHOW NOTES + RESOURCESIn This Episode, You’ll Learn… The hidden dark side of racial inequality that still exists in the corporate tech field Why listening, empathy, and identity politics are the keys to inspiring activism How would-be white allies can take an active role in helping to eradicate racial injustice and inequality (it’s easier than you think) People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo 13 Ways of Looking at a Black Man by Henry Louis Cates “13th” - Netflix documentary on the criminalization of African Americans and the US prison industry How You Can Get Support and Take a Stand to Help End Racism Call your lawmakers with the free 5 Calls App Join the Digital Analytics Association’s Anti-Racism Committee with Mary by sending an email to info at daa dot org. Self-educate with anti-racism books and movies, and fact-checked news sources like the Winno App How to Keep Up with Mary and Pierre: Mary: Gurubound Website and LinkedIn Pierre: Zimana Analytics Blog and LinkedIn

Dominick Quartuccio helps corporate individuals, teams, and businesses design a future they can’t wait to live into. He also has a passion for developing highly evolved men to elevate how they show up as leaders, husbands, fathers and champions for women. I don’t know anyone who has worked so tirelessly to create awareness and help others navigate the multiple crises of 2020, and I couldn’t pass up the chance to capture his deep wisdom.In this episode, Dominick shares his most powerful stories and tools for staying cool and reframing the adversity (and opportunity) offered by the Year 2020.>> VIEW SHOW NOTES + RESOURCESIn This Episode, You’ll Learn… The critical reflection question he asks all of his mindset workshop students How learning to hold space for others can help them move through their pain The light and dark side of forced positivity on others A tearfully moving story of how a woman made peace with her child’s life-threatening illness The simplest and most powerful tool to look at adversity with fresh eyes People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned Design Your Future: 3 Simple Steps to Stop Drifting and Take Command of Your Life Dominick’s Great Man Mastermind retreat _Man’s Search for Meaning _by Victor Frankl Indistractable by Nir Eyal How to Keep Up with Dominick: Contact him for his 5 Ways to Fortify Your Inner Foundation workshop The Great Man Within Podcast Dominick’s LinkedIn NOTE: In light of the George Floyd tragedy, I am donating 20% of my net proceeds for the next four months to charitable organizations that work to eradicate police brutality and support peace.

>> VIEW SHOW NOTES + RESOURCESMitch Grasso is the Founder/CEO of Beautiful.AI - predictive presentation software that will revolutionize how people build beautiful visual documents. I’ve used it personally and after being seriously impressed with its intuitive interface and adherence to presentation design best practices, I actually considered switching tools of choice!In this episode, Mitch shares the journey of creating an amazing tool designed to take the design guesswork out so you can focus on your story. And the only presentation tool I plan on using besides PowerPoint!In This Episode, You’ll Learn… What makes Beautiful.ai easier than PowerPoint other online presentation tools What the “AI” part of the name means (hint: predictive design decisions!) How its slide design best practices helps you avoid the dreaded “slideument” People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned Beautiful.ai My Beautiful.ai guest post on 6 Effective Presentation Techniques Inspired by Marie Kondo Nancy Duarte’s Data Story, Resonate, slide:ology Dangers of the “Slideument” by Garr Reynolds My LinkedIn article on job openings for data analytics, data science, and digital marketing