Through story-driven keynote programs, Bill Shander gives teams the tools to simplify complexity, connect with their audience, and build visual content people actually remember.
Teams are producing more data than ever, but turning that data into clarity, alignment, and action remains one of the biggest challenges in organizations today.
Insights are buried in dashboards. Reports go unread. Stakeholders ask for the wrong things. And even the best analysis can fall flat without the right communication.
Bill Shander’s keynotes help organizations cut through the noise. With sharp storytelling, real-world examples, and research-backed strategies, he teaches audiences how to think differently about data, so they can communicate with purpose, lead with insight, and drive better decisions at every level.
Most teams know how to analyze data, but few know how to communicate it. In this keynote, Bill Shander reveals how to turn complex data into clear, compelling stories that engage audiences, spark understanding, and drive action.
Blending best practices from visual design, storytelling structure, and audience psychology, Bill shares practical, research-backed strategies to help professionals at every level communicate more effectively with data. Attendees leave inspired to raise the bar on how they present insights and empowered to create data communication that actually connects.
Our world overflowing with data, yet too many people are still making decisions based on gut instinct — or worse, misunderstanding the numbers altogether. In this keynote, Bill Shander helps demystify data and equips audiences with the mindset and foundational skills to think more critically, analyze more confidently, and communicate more clearly.
This isn’t a math class. It’s a practical, engaging session designed for professionals who work with data but don’t necessarily have a background in statistics or analysis. Bill blends humor, real-world examples, and research-backed concepts to help teams avoid common pitfalls, spot flawed data, and make better decisions with greater confidence.
Stakeholders rarely ask for what they actually need. They ask for dashboards, reports, or vague deliverables, then wonder why the end result doesn’t solve the problem. In this keynote, based on his book Stakeholder Whispering, Bill Shander teaches teams how to uncover the real needs behind every request and guide projects toward better outcomes from the start.
Stakeholder Whispering equips teams to ask smarter questions, challenge assumptions, and lead conversations that surface real needs, so they can avoid misalignment, reduce rework, and deliver meaningful results from the very beginning. With humor, clarity, and painfully familiar examples, Bill shows how teams can move from reactive order-takers to proactive, trusted advisors.
Learn to uncover what your managers, clients, customers and other stakeholders need before doing what they ask
In Stakeholder Whispering: Uncover What People Need Before Doing What They Ask, Bill demonstrates how to get from your stakeholders’ “order”― what they’re asking for ― to what they really need. You’ll learn how to uncover the real underlying needs of your clients, colleagues, bosses, customers, and other stakeholders based on what they ask for and how they ask for it, and how to deliver products and services that meet those needs.
Want better results with fewer bad requests? Start by getting inside your stakeholders’ heads, without the guesswork.
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