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Executive Communication and Data Storytelling Foundations

  • Understanding how executives consume information and make decisions.
  • Distinguishing between reporting information and presenting a recommendation.
  • Turning business data into a clear message, takeaway, and action.
  • Using simple storytelling structures 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 step.
  • Writing concise slide headlines and executive summaries.
  • Organizing presentation flow for clarity and faster alignment.

Using AI to Plan and Refine Presentation Content

  • Using 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.
  • Checking AI output for accuracy, confidentiality, and relevance.

Designing Clear Executive Slides in PowerPoint

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

Building Persuasive Visual Stories

  • Connecting 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.
  • Reworking slides with storytelling, design, and AI support.
  • Presenting revised content and receiving structured feedback.
  • Creating a practical checklist for use after the course.

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of business data, charts, and presentation workflows.
  • Experience using Microsoft PowerPoint or similar presentation software.
  • Professional experience working with reports, dashboards, or business updates.

Audience

  • Business professionals who prepare executive presentations.
  • Managers, team leads, and analysts who present insights to support decision-making.
  • Staff in marketing, strategy, finance, and operations working with branded corporate slides.
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