Description: Technology's ability to generate numbers seems to increase daily. Our

ability to process them, however, does not. It's gotten to the point where many of us find

ourselves drowning in data.

Data visualization tools can help us see through the clutter. They present a high-level

graphical view that can help us spot things that might otherwise be lost.

This live program will explain what data visualization can do, and demonstrate the

production of several visualizations in Excel. Topics to be covered include:

• How and where data visualizations can be used;
• Examples of historical and contemporary data visualization graphics;
• How to decide what type of visualization is best for your situation, for example analyzing and understanding your own data versus making a presentation to a bank, potential client, or business partner;
• Available desktop and cloud-based tools for creating data visualizations from our numbers;
• Organizing data for the visualization tool being used;
• Types of visualizations Excel can create; and
• Building visualizations in Excel using charts, conditional formatting, and Excel maps.

There will be plenty of time for questions, so come prepared.

Presenter: Gerald Rosenthal, ComputerImages.com