Powerful Presentations is officially open!

I realize we're in the middle of an AI craze.

Why invest in presentation skills???

While AI can throw together some slides... it can't give your presentation.

AI can't walk into a room, read the energy, adjust on the fly, or earn trust on your behalf.

For data people especially, those human‑only presentation skills are the difference between being seen as “the person who made the slides” and “the person whose insights shape decisions.”

AI can generate bullet points, but it can’t sense when a stakeholder is confused and pivot your explanation.

AI can’t simplify a chart in real time because your boss is squinting.

AI can’t build rapport, command a room, or deliver a compelling argument with confidence.

Those are the skills that accelerate your career. Because the people who can communicate data with presence, judgment, and empathy are the ones that leadership remembers.

Powerful Presentations teaches you exactly that: the human side of presenting that no model can replace, paired with practical frameworks and templates that make your work sharper, faster, and more persuasive.

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What's Included

• 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.

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What You'll Learn

This is a 6-module course that'll take about a day to complete. Here's what you'll learn and practice inside each module.

Module 1: Slidedocs vs. Slidedecks

You'll master critical presentation lingo: differentiating between slidedocs (standalone documents) and slidedecks (presentation slides).

Module 2: Message

You'll practice my top eight techniques for crafting a message that's tailored to your audience, like bucketizing your findings, writing the takeaway tweet in advance, incorporating action-oriented activities, and designing a visual framework.

Module 3: Design

You'll apply your brand colors, fonts, photographs, and icons; you'll create color-coded divider slides; and follow my checklist of 15+ Ideas for visuals to ensure that every slide has a powerful visual.

Module 4: Storyboarding

Finally, you'll storyboard your graphs--which means explaining your complicated datasets one piece at a time.

Module 5: Public Speaking & Tech Tips

You'll fine-tune 10 aspects of public speaking, like:

• using microphones for in-person and virtual talks--or not;
• making "eye contact" with the webcam;
• adjusting the lighting on stage and in virtual talks (so we don't have to worry about our appearance);
• using our hands to help explain the patterns in our data;
• avoiding scripts (so we don't sound robotic) and what to do instead; and
• my go-to technique for removing filler words (like, um, so).

You'll also get a behind-the-scenes tour of my home recording studio.

Module 6: Case Studies

Want ideas for applying these techniques to your own projects? You'll get to see case studies from previous course participants.

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Register

These are the presentation skills that turn your expertise into career opportunities, like invitations to teach on LinkedIn Learning, lead workshops around the globe, and keynote major conferences.

Those invitations don’t go to “the smartest analyst." They go to the person who can explain ideas with structure and presence.

When you register for Powerful Presentations by March 14, 2026, you'll also get several early bird bonuses!

Have questions about what's included? Wondering whether this course is right for you? Reply anytime. I'm here.

Register by March 14