Data User

About The Course

This Story telling through Data Visualization training course will teach the participants ways to effectively visualize the data, using different tools and techniques. Using Excel, PowerPoint and open-source visualization tool will be the basis of this training course, but the use of other software will also be discussed in depth through the training. The participants will learn how to incorporate statistics, design and aesthetics of both the data and the final visualization with reference to their specific field.

Objectives

The objective of this training workshop is to demonstrate data visualization methods and tools and how it can be used for better planning and advocacy and to create presentations:  tables, graphs, maps. The sessions of this workshop are tailored for Government officials having role in decision-making based on evidences, termed as ‘Data Users’. Basics of data analysis, visualization and storytelling will be covered in this training workshop.

This workshop will prepare participants for the use of powerful mediums of visualization to identify trends, patterns and other hidden elements of the data they are working with. Further, the course aims at enhancing the knowledge of the participants in the proper process of creating the visual presentation of their data. The training will enhance participants’ capacities to know what to think, when to think and how to think about all the analytical and design decisions involved in any data-driven communication.

Workshop Structure

The duration of the workshop is four days – 2.5 hours per day. This workshop is designed to train the Government officials and other partners having role in decision making based on using easy to understand comprehensive visualizations. consistency.