Learn to tell stories with data, design stellar slides, and present powerfully through our masterclass, workshop, & online course

Our workshops enable you to bring your data and ideas to life and communicate a story confidently to an audience, with a focus on simplicity and ease of interpretation. Based on the strategies covered in our best-selling books, our engaging virtual and in-person sessions teach the fundamentals of effective visualization, building compelling narratives, planning and creating memorable communications, and delivering captivating presentations. You’ll learn practical strategies to put to use at every phase of your data communication process.

Scroll down to check out the full 2025 schedule, learn more about each session, and read answers to commonly asked questions


2025 schedule

MAR
APR
MON APR 28 | 10a–5p
LONDON | £895 | REGISTER NOW
MAY TUE MAY 13 | 8a–12p ET
VIRTUAL | $595 | REGISTER NOW
JUN
JUL
AUG THU AUG 21 | 11a–3p ET
VIRTUAL | $595 | REGISTER NOW
School's back in session: join our 8-week online course!
plan, create, & deliver your data story
SEP 15–NOV 9 | ONLINE | $1,895 | REGISTER NOW
SEP

OCT
TUE OCT 14 | 9a–4p
NEW YORK CITY | $1,195 | I’M INTERESTED!
NOV THU NOV 6 | 11a–3p ET
VIRTUAL | $595 | REGISTER NOW
DEC

About our sessions

Our highly popular foundational workshop—grounded in strategies from the best-selling book storytelling with data—covers five key lessons that will improve your data storytelling: understand the context, choose an effective visual, identify and eliminate clutter, focus attention, and tell a story. These lessons are made concrete through numerous real-world examples, and participants get hands-on practice in an interactive virtual setting.

Why you should attend: If you want to see your hard work have greater impact, no matter how frequently or extensively you work with data, then this foundational workshop is for you. You will learn how to improve the graphs you use to communicate, plus get instruction and hands-on experience applying practical data storytelling strategies to real-world examples.

How you’ll learn: You’ll gain knowledge from members of the SWD team through a mix of presentation delivery and individual and small group exercises. Attendees are invited to attend a 30-minute “office-hour” extension immediately following the workshop to ensure ample time to answer all of your questions.

Upcoming storytelling with data sessions:

  • VIRTUAL | TUE May 13, 2025 8a–12p ET | $595 | REGISTER NOW

  • VIRTUAL | THU August 21, 2025 11a–3p ET | $595 | REGISTER NOW

  • VIRTUAL | THU November 6, 2025 11a–3p ET | $595 | REGISTER NOW


This immersive day of learning guides participants through strategies to craft effective data-driven stories and present them powerfully. Drawing on lessons from all three best-selling books, you’ll learn the ins and outs of great graphs and stellar slides, how to weave your message and data into compelling narratives, and methods to refine your presentation skills to engage and drive action.

Why you should attend: The full-day masterclass is an experience designed for people who want to improve every aspect of their communication process. Incorporating lessons from both of our shorter workshops (and more!), you’ll work with the SWD team and fellow participants to practice, provide feedback, and make concrete progress on a project of choice—taking steps towards crafting and delivering your own data-driven story!

How you’ll learn: You’ll gain knowledge from Cole and members of the SWD team through a mix of presentation delivery, individual and small group exercises, and expertly facilitated discussion. Learning possibilities extend into breaks, lunch, and social hour, when you can connect individually with the SWD team and fellow participants.

Provided learning materials: Attendees receive the latest book, storytelling with you: plan, create, and deliver a stellar presentation.

Upcoming storytelling & presenting with data sessions:

  • LONDON | MON April 28, 2025 10a–5p BST | £895 | REGISTER NOW

  • NEW YORK CITY | TUE October 14, 2025 9a–4p ET | $1,195 | I’M INTERESTED!
    (Note: this is a one-day session. The exact date is TBD.)


Do you want to dedicate more time to developing your skills and grow your network of fellow data enthusiasts? Join our 8-week online course and unleash your creative potential for crafting compelling narratives. We’ll take you through the world of storytelling with data, curating a multi-media learning journey anchored in core SWD lessons that are expanded upon and explored through weekly lectures, reading, videos, podcasts, exercises, and a course project. We’ll teach you a repeatable process to plan your data story, distill the critical components, create effective graphs, slides, and presentations, and communicate it all in a way that gets your audience’s attention, builds understanding, and drives action.

Here’s what some of our course participants have said…

Who should enroll: Individuals wanting an extensive exploration of data storytelling for business with a clear schedule and accountability, access to a network of professionals interested in honing similar skills, and ongoing hands-on practice and support to fully develop and demonstrate skills and confidence. 

How you’ll learn: Each week will have a dedicated topic; themes include the art of feedback, graph selection and design, understanding your audience and message, crafting a story, slide design, and presentation delivery.

  • During the weekly virtual lecture (Mondays 11AM-12PM ET), data storytellers, Amy and Simon will explore the week’s given topic. Those joining live will be able to participate, ask questions and work together in small groups with classmates to make progress on a final capstone project (each lecture is also recorded and made available to everyone).

  • Multimedia learning resources—a combination of reading, podcasts, videos, and exercises—will be communicated at the onset of each week. You can expect to spend 3-5 hours of dedicated time per week. This includes a capstone project that you will choose, craft, and undertake using the tool(s) of your choice to apply your learnings and demonstrate competency.

  • You’ll have the option to join weekly office hours—held by data storytellers based in the US and UK so we can have options that work for everyone around the world—to chat and get questions answered.

Provided learning materials: Participants will receive two books written by best-selling author Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic: storytelling with data: let’s practice! and storytelling with you: plan, create, and deliver a stellar presentation; as well as 6 months of premium access in the online SWD community.

Grading & certificate of completion: Assignments are not graded; however, we will offer avenues to receive feedback. Weekly lectures, reading, video, podcast, and exercise completion are on the honor system. Those who turn in the weekly synthesize activity and the course capstone project according to the provided instructions will receive a certificate of completion.

Tools: Virtual lectures are conducted via Zoom. When it comes to our teaching, the focus is on general best practices and is not tool-specific. While illustrative examples are primarily Excel and PowerPoint-based, we emphasize concepts and approaches that can be applied in any graphing application or presentation software.

Have a question about the 8-week course that isn’t answered here? We look forward to hearing from you. Email us at swdcourse@storytellingwithdata.com.

Upcoming plan, create, and deliver your data story sessions:

  • ONLINE | MON September 15, 2025 SUN November 9, 2025 | $1,895 | REGISTER NOW


 

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