Data Storytelling with Charts
Turn messy default charts into clear stories: pick the message and the form, declutter, highlight, rank Top 5 + Other, slope charts, waterfall vs stacked, honest axes and headline titles, in 8 graded labs.
The first lesson is free — no account needed.
About this course
A data storytelling course that turns default charts into clear ones, on one outdoor retailer's data. You start with the message and choose the chart that shows it, declutter by dropping the legend and labelling bars directly, highlight one series with an IF-driven colour split, rank categories into a sorted Top 5 + Other bar chart with LARGE and INDEX/MATCH, draw a before/after slope chart, choose between a waterfall and stacked columns to show change, measure how a cut-off axis exaggerates a difference and write a headline title that states the insight with its number. The Coach checks every chart you build. The first lab is free.
Lessons
- Start With the Message: Pick the Right ChartFree
- Declutter: Drop the Legend, Label the Bars Directly Pro
- Highlight One Series: Colour With Purpose Pro
- Sorted Bars & Top 5 + Other: Rank With Formulas Pro
- Before and After: The Two-Point Slope Chart Pro
- Showing Change: Waterfall vs Stacked Columns Pro
- Honest Axes: Bars Start at Zero Pro
- Write the Headline: State the Insight With the Number Pro