Dashboard and Report Design Principles Using Excel

Transform your data presentation skills with our comprehensive course on creating impactful dashboards and reports using Excel. This workshop is tailored for professionals who:

• Regularly produce or update dashboards and reports
• Struggle with confusing or overly complex reporting tools
• Seek to streamline varied reporting styles across their organization
• Aim to establish a consistent, replicable "house style" for reporting
• Want to impress stakeholders with clear, user-friendly data presentations

Through a combination of theory and hands-on practice, you'll learn the fundamental principles that make reports and dashboards easy to understand. We'll distill these concepts into a set of practical rules and guide you through their application in Excel.

Basic Course Information

• Understand the principles of good dashboard and report visual design
• Be able to review and identify issues with existing information dashboards and reports
• Know how to apply those principles using Excel

• Principles of Visual Design for Dashboards and Reports
• Chart Design for Rapid Understanding
• Table Design for Efficiency
• Effective Use of Commentary
• Strategic Layout Techniques
• Trend Analysis Methods
• Developing Organizational Design Standards
• Excel Application Techniques
• Critical Review Skills
• Best Practices for Data Presentation