No matter where your team sits — in analytics, marketing, leadership, HR, finance, research, IT, etc. — Bill’s workshops on visual storytelling, data literacy and analytics and stakeholder alignment are designed to help them use data more effectively by making it make sense.
“Bill provided a format that was engaging, educational, and inspirational. Our team is excited to put into practice his methodology and tools, including his memorable acronyms for distilling messages!”
“I love that Bill mixed information with interaction. I think it was the right mix of the two, which kept it informative, interesting and fun.”
“Bill really helped us think about how to tell a compelling story and visualize data & insights in an engaging way. He worked through specific materials with us and gave us tips & tricks that will help bring our work to a new level.”
With over 30 years of experience turning complex ideas into clear communication, Bill has worked with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and global nonprofits.
Bill’s workshops are designed for organizations that want their people to go beyond reporting data and start communicating it in a way that sticks through high-impact sessions tailored to your team’s real-world work and challenges.
Participants leave with practical tools they can use right away — and a fresh, elevated standard for communicating with data. They’ll explore best-in-class examples, learn research-backed techniques, and discover how to simplify complexity so audiences can focus on what matters most.
Whether your team struggles to achieve stakeholder alignment, visualize insights clearly, or make their work more impactful, these workshops are designed to shift their mindset and their results.
“Bill really helped us think about how to tell a compelling story and visualize data & insights in an engaging way.”
Most data professionals know how to find insights—but not how to communicate them. This workshop teaches your team how to turn complex data into compelling visual stories that grab attention, clarify meaning, and drive action.
Led by LinkedIn Learning’s top-rated data visualization instructor, Bill Shander, this hands-on workshop blends theory with real-world practice. Through lots of big picture thinking, as well as hands-on individual and team exercises, participants learn how to structure data-driven communication—from dashboards and reports to infographics and presentations.
Whether you’re communicating research, KPIs, public-facing data, or maybe a presentation at a conference, your team will walk away with tools they can use immediately to make their work clearer, smarter, and more effective.
Data is everywhere, but understanding it? That’s where most teams struggle. This workshop gives participants the mindset and foundational skills to approach data critically, analyze it confidently, and communicate insights effectively—even if they don’t have a background in statistics or data science.
In this hands-on session, Bill Shander teaches teams how to think like analysts—asking better questions, spotting common pitfalls, and building comfort with basic analytics concepts. Using real-world examples and low-stress exercises in tools like Excel, participants learn how to move beyond gut instinct and make smarter, data-informed decisions.
Perfect for non-technical professionals who work with data every day but never got the training they wish they had, this workshop builds a practical, usable skill set for the modern workplace.
“This could have been a very dry course, but Bill livened it up swimmingly.”
“Not only was it fun and interactive, we all learned a lot and had many immediate ideas to implement.”
Most teams take stakeholder requests at face value—then wonder why the end result misses the mark. This workshop teaches participants how to dig deeper, ask smarter questions, and guide conversations to uncover what stakeholders actually need (not just what they ask for).
Based on Bill Shander’s book Stakeholder Whispering, this workshop equips your team with the tools to move from order-takers to trusted advisors. Through interactive exercises and real-world examples, participants learn how to challenge assumptions, navigate ambiguity, and align on meaningful solutions before the work even begins.
If your team is tired of endless revisions, vague direction, and misaligned deliverables, this workshop is the reset they didn’t know they needed.
In addition to these core topics, Bill also provides workshops on a variety of related topics in the world of data, design, and communication. These topics include:
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