Data visualization and information dashboard design training and consulting
Practical Reporting is the consultancy of Nick Desbarats, an independent educator, author, and consultant who has trained thousands of professionals in over a dozen countries and designed dashboards for senior decision-makers at over 50 large organizations.
Available training courses
Nick currently delivers the following courses as private and open-registration workshops online and, when travel resumes, on-site at client locations.
Practical Charts
Online: Four half-days
On-site: Two days
Nick Desbarats’ foundational course that equips participants with the principles and best practices to handle every data visualization challenge that they’re likely to face in their day-to-day work, and to create charts that are clear, compelling and —above all— useful.
Practical Dashboards
Online: Four half-days
On-site: Two days
Nick Desbarats’ groundbreaking course that uncovers the real reasons why so many dashboards fail to deliver real value, and that enables dashboard creators to create dashboards that users actually like.
Graphs for Analysis
On-site only: One day
Teaches participants powerful techniques for exploring, analyzing and making sense of data using simple graphs and visual techniques as opposed to non-visual statistical methods.
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What workshop participants are saying
“I’ve held senior business intelligence roles for two decades and am familiar with many data visualization training programs. Nick’s course is currently the best data visualization training in the world. Despite having discussed and studied data visualization with many people over the years, it STILL left me with the feeling of having a reprogrammed brain. I want to go back and redesign every chart that I've ever created.” - Chris Weis, Product Manager - Data Visualization, Kaufman Hall
"This workshop was jam-packed with practical content that will have a major impact on my day-to-day work. The Cheat Sheet handouts alone are unbelievably useful." - Katarina Naddaf, Team Lead, Government of Canada
“It’s been an incredible few days and the time just flew by. I can’t remember the last time I was so excited about a training course! The Practical Charts course definitely lives up to its name and Nick is a fantastic instructor, able to teach extremely valuable, practical techniques and considerations to guide participants on how to communicate data to others in the most effective and useful way.” - Amie Das, Senior Manager, KPMG
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