About this Event
In today's data-driven business environment, the ability to turn complex information into clear, meaningful stories is essential for effective communication and informed decision-making. Business Storytelling With Data and Insights helps you interpret business data, identify important trends, structure compelling narratives, and present findings in ways that stakeholders can understand and act upon. You will learn how to select appropriate charts, communicate performance insights, and develop evidence-based recommendations while avoiding misleading interpretations. Through practical exercises, business scenarios, case studies, and interactive activities, you will explore how to transform reports, dashboards, and analytical findings into clear, audience-focused presentations. Whether you are a business leader, analyst, manager, finance professional, or consultant, this session will help you communicate insights with greater clarity and support better business decisions.
01 | The Session At A Glance
Session Detail
Location
New York City, NY, USA
Duration
1 Full Day – 8 Hours
Delivery
Instructor-led classroom training
Format
In person classroom training (Virtual session available upon request)
Language
English
Credits
8 PDUs / Training Hours
Certification
Course Completion Certificate
Refreshments
Enjoy Complimentary Refreshments (Beverages, Lunch, and Snacks are included)
NOTE: The course will be delivered by experienced local trainers.
We aim to assign a qualified professional trainer based in or near the advertised training location. The trainer’s details and professional profile will be shared with registered participants before the session.
02 | Why This Session?
Business professionals use reports, dashboards and performance data to communicate results and support decisions. However, figures alone may not explain the context, significance or implications of business findings.
This session explores how to identify meaningful insights, structure clear data-driven narratives, select appropriate visualisations and communicate findings responsibly. Participants will examine practical approaches to presenting evidence and recommendations to different business audiences.
03 | What You Can Take Into Your Work
- Interpret data: Identify relevant patterns, comparisons, trends and exceptions in business information.
- Recognise meaningful insights: Distinguish between raw figures, observations and conclusions supported by evidence.
- Structure a business narrative: Organise information into a logical sequence that explains the context, key finding and business relevance.
- Select appropriate visualisations: Match charts and other visual formats to the message, data type and audience.
- Communicate findings clearly: Present analytical results in language that is accessible to business stakeholders.
- Develop evidence-based recommendations: Connect findings to practical options while distinguishing facts, assumptions and interpretations.
- Present data responsibly: Recognise misleading visualisations, data limitations and the importance of communicating uncertainty.
04 | Is This Session For You?
Business Leaders and Executives: Communicate organisational performance, strategic priorities and business insights using relevant evidence.
Managers and Department Heads: Present departmental results, explain performance variations and support informed planning and operational decisions.
Business Analysts and Data Analysts: Explain analytical findings, trends and patterns clearly to non-technical audiences.
Project and Programme Managers: Communicate project progress, performance indicators, risks and outcomes through structured reports and presentations.
Finance and Reporting Professionals: Explain financial results, budgets, forecasts and performance measures clearly.
Marketing and Sales Professionals: Present customer insights, campaign results, sales trends and performance metrics in a meaningful business context.
Consultants and Business Professionals: Organise research findings, analytical evidence and recommendations into clear presentations for clients and stakeholders.
05 | The Strive Wisdom Approach
Practical: Explore how data storytelling applies to business reports, dashboards, presentations and performance reviews.
Human-Centred: Consider the audience's knowledge, responsibilities and information needs when communicating analytical findings.
Responsible: Emphasise accurate interpretation, transparent assumptions, appropriate visualisation and honest communication of limitations.
Workflow-Oriented: Connect data interpretation and narrative development to everyday reporting, presentations and decision-support activities.
Applied: Use structured exercises and business scenarios to practise turning data into clear, relevant explanations.
06 | From Individual Learning To Team Practice
In-House Session
Want to train your entire team?
Strive Wisdom can deliver this session as an in-house programme tailored to your organisation's reporting practices, business priorities, data sources and stakeholder communication requirements.
The session can use relevant organisational scenarios to explore how teams interpret performance information, develop consistent narratives, select suitable visualisations and communicate findings responsibly.
Content and practical exercises can be adapted to the professional responsibilities of participating teams, subject to agreement on the scope and available materials.
Contact us at [email protected] to explore in-house training options or get answers to your questions.
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Agenda
The Seven Practical Areas
Module 1: Foundations of Business Storytelling with Data
Info: • Understand the connection between data, narrative and communication.
• Distinguish between presenting figures and explaining insights.
• Consider context and audience when communicating findings.
• Icebreaker
Module 2: Understanding Data and Identifying Insights
Info: • Identify patterns, trends, comparisons and exceptions.
• Distinguish meaningful insights from basic observations.
• Recognise data quality issues and limitations.
• Hands on Activity
Module 3: Structuring a Clear Business Narrative
Info: • Organise information around a central message.
• Connect business context, evidence and findings.
• Present conclusions in a logical sequence.
• Workshop Exercise
Module 4: Data Visualisation and Chart Selection
Info: • Select charts suited to the data and message.
• Apply clear labelling, appropriate scales and visual hierarchy.
• Recognise misleading or confusing visualisations.
• Simulation
Module 5: Audience-Centred Communication
Info: • Adapt language and detail to the audience.
• Select evidence relevant to the business message.
• Explain findings clearly without losing context.
• Role Play
Module 6: Evidence-Based Recommendations and Responsible Interpretation
Info: • Connect findings to business questions and possible actions.
• Separate facts from assumptions and interpretations.
• Communicate uncertainty and data limitations transparently.
• Case Study
Module 7: Presenting Business Insights in Practice
Info: • Develop concise, evidence-based presentations.
• Align narratives and visualisations with audience needs.
• Review the accuracy and clarity of findings.
• Group Discussion
Event venue & nearby stays
Regus - NY, New York City - Brookfield Place, 200 Vesey Street, 24th Floor, New York, United States
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