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Executive Communication and Data Storytelling Foundations

  • Understanding how executives consume information and make decisions
  • Differentiating between reporting data and presenting a recommendation
  • Transforming business data into a clear message, key takeaway, and call to action
  • Applying simple storytelling frameworks for executive presentations

Framing the Message for Audience and Decision Context

  • Identifying the audience, decision context, and presentation objective
  • Defining the business question, recommendation, supporting evidence, and next steps
  • Writing concise slide headlines and executive summaries
  • Organizing presentation flow for clarity and faster alignment

Using AI to Plan and Refine Presentation Content

  • Utilizing AI tools to draft outlines, headlines, summaries, and talking points
  • Prompting AI to improve logic, sequence, and clarity
  • Adapting AI-generated content to fit tone, audience, and business context
  • Verifying AI output for accuracy, confidentiality, and relevance

Designing Clear Executive Slides in PowerPoint

  • Working with corporate templates, layouts, fonts, and color standards
  • Selecting charts and visuals that align with the business message
  • Reducing clutter and using emphasis to guide attention
  • Improving readability, consistency, and slide-to-slide flow

Building Persuasive Visual Stories

  • Integrating data, visuals, and commentary into a coherent narrative
  • Highlighting insights, trade-offs, risks, and options clearly
  • Using annotations and comparisons to support decisions
  • Avoiding common executive presentation mistakes

Presentation Workshop and Feedback

  • Reviewing an existing or sample corporate presentation
  • Revising slides with storytelling, design, and AI support
  • Presenting revised content and receiving structured feedback
  • Creating a practical checklist for use after the course

Requirements

  • Foundational knowledge of business data, charts, and presentation processes
  • Experience using Microsoft PowerPoint or comparable presentation software
  • Professional experience working with reports, dashboards, or business updates

Audience

  • Business professionals responsible for preparing executive presentations
  • Managers, team leads, and analysts who present insights to support decision-making
  • Marketing, strategy, finance, and operations staff utilizing branded corporate slides
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