I'm about to tell you about the Powerful Presentations course, which is open now.
If you're not interested, scroll down for all the usual resources: a new blog post on where to put the slicers/filters in dynamic dashboards, photos of my Webinar Command Center, and more.
I left my salaried job in 2014 to blaze a new trail.
Since then, I've been invited to speak about data visualization in 30 states and 11 countries.
I've had the opportunity to consult on reports, slideshows, dashboards, and infographics for organizations like the United Nations, Centers for Disease Control, and a hundred more organizations that 18-year-old Ann never even dreamed of working with.
In 2018, I also started teaching online.
Now, I receive almost as many questions about developing online courses as I do about data visualization...
How do I transform my conference presentation, half-day training, or full-day training into an online course?
Which software programs do you use for screen recording, video editing, captions, graphics, and course hosting?
Should I make an asynchronous course that's open year-round, or teach it live over Zoom/Teams?
Where do I start???
I wish I could respond to all your questions, but there simply aren't enough hours in the day.
That's why I created a half-day training called Course Creation: to help even more of you.
Early bird bonus: Course Creation
When you register for the Powerful Presentations course by March 14, you'll also get Course Creation as an added bonus.
Here are some of the FAQs that are answered inside Course Creation:
Which software do you use to record your screen and video camera?
Which camera do you use?
What's the best video editing software for beginners?
How do you add captions to your videos?
How do I create video thumbnails?
What types of supplemental materials do I need (workbooks, handouts, templates)?
Should I send physical swag in the mail?
How long should the lessons be?
Which comes first: starting a website, or a blog, or creating online courses?
Why do you only open registration for courses at certain times in the year? Why not just sell courses 365 days a year?
What's the 2% conversion rule... pre-selling... open-close... and funnels?
Is the market already too saturated?
Why do I feel so awkward on the webcam?
How do you structure your workflow so that making online courses doesn't take all day?
How much time/mental energy do you devote to your courses vs. your private client workshops?
Lifetime access to lessons about Message, Design, and Delivery.
Case studies from your colleagues on analyzing grantmaking data, building dashboards, and adding accessible graphs to slideshows.
Guest speakers who specialize in PowerPoint, public speaking, and more.
Office Hours sessions throughout 2026.
Additional support and materials, like an 80-page ebook with checklists and case studies; private Data Vizards community of fellow participants; captions on all videos; and certificates of completion.
And when you register by March 14, 2026, you'll also get:
Swag Bags with t-shirts, stickers, and pins.
A 45-minute 1:1 consultation after you finish 25% of the course lessons.
Another 45-minute 1:1 consultation after you finish 50% of the course lessons.
Course Creation, a half-day course about designing, recording, and marketing your own online course.
2 Common Dashboard Layouts
When I'm teaching dashboard workshops, sometimes participants ask where they should place the filters.
Here are two common layouts that I’ve used over and over:
The filters along the top
The filters on the left side
Honestly, those are the only two layouts you should be using.
In other words, we’d never want to hide the filters along the bottom. And I don’t recommend placing the filters on the right side (because we read from left to right).
Here's a behind-the-scenes tour of the setup I used at my old company, when I taught about program evaluation, logic models, and data communication strategies for foundations and their nonprofit partners.
March 14: Early bird registration ends forPowerful Presentations. That's the deadline to take advantage of the Swag Bags, 1:1 consultations, and the extra Course Creation training.
May 19-20: As a keynote speaker for the Global Excel Summit in London, I get one free guest pass to the event. What are you doing May 19-20 in London?? Want the guest pass?? Reply and let me know. So far, about a dozen people are interested, so we'll create a raffle or giveaway of some sort.
November 4-6: The Visualising Climate Conference in Italy. Do you see the graph on the conference website? I should really write some blog posts about visualizing time in a circle soon... in all my spare time. :)
Meet Ann K. Emery
A trusted data visualization leader for more than 10 years. On-site workshops for 25,000 researchers, evaluators, and scientists in 31 states and 11 countries. Online courses for 10,000 participants. 200 consulting clients. 5 kids. My first HYROX in Miami is this weekend! Yikes!!
