Avoid these 5 slide mistakes

[@storytellingwithdata]

Who was paying close attention!? Did you catch Cole's (intentional) slide slip-up?

[@transportation-talk]

The second graph was not explained?

[@storytellingwithdata]

Good guess, but we are referring to a design snafu not a content slip-up. The spin-off products were removed intentionally.

[@omcmanus]

The macadamia nut switch was 2016

[@MarcHendelNLCT]

I know that I am a bit tardy to the party, but one of my hang-ups that Cole ignored (probably purposely) was that I do not want my viewer to have to tilt their heads to understand my graphs. The label on the vertical axis could have been shorter and should be placed with a horizontal alignment.

[@annevandijk645]

I really liked the stepped projection with the narration. Much better than throwing the whole graph on the screen at once. (and always check spelling and grammar: "The 2015 the switch from ..." has a "the" too many.)

[@jasonabbott3874]

Really useful - I don't tend to have to present very often, but I do build a lot of reports for people to consume so definitely some take aways. I'm 100% guilty of too much colour 😅 And something I have tried to work on is ensuring its clear, because although I know the report inside out, the end user doesn't.

[@nataliaka6294]

I found your book very inspirational and can't wait for the Let's practise book! That's a great job you did!

[@The_slowest_buuurn]

"Sales went nuts" that dad quip deserves a medal 🥇

[@20PurpleCows]

Love these slide improvements! Very curious - what program did you use to build the line graph animations? Thanks!

[@storytellingwithdata]

Thanks! The graphs were created in Powerpoint. Check out this how-to video to learn more chart animation in PPT: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4HPlmeQm9d5oq8

[@transportation-talk]

Very useful! I am interested in teaching the storytelling with you book to business students in my class. Are there any instructor resources available?

[@storytellingwithdata]

That's great! We love hearing from educators who are considering our books for their courses. Visit our university resource page for real-world datasets, exercises, case studies, podcasts, videos & more free materials: www.storytellingwithdata.com/university. You can also join our instructor group to stay in the loop on new resources as they become available and attend office hours to chat with the SWD team and others who teach from the book: www.jotform.com/form/221534292308149.

[@noli-timere-crede-tantum]

Plot twist: in 2023 Competitor C switched from mac nut pieces to gummy bears, increasing in sales to $1B because now all the people with peanut allergies are buying their product. TRIX blew their $4.8M revenue on hiring Cole to explain this to them, so now they can't compete and will go out of business soon :(

[@venkatesh0075]

Spin off vs trail mix is missing

[@storytellingwithdata]

This is the most common response. The slip-up we are referring to is a slide design snafu and not a content oversight.

[@venkatesh0075]

@@storytellingwithdata what's the final answer?

[@storytellingwithdata]

Sorry for the delay! At 03:47 the navigation slide says 'slide snafu' and not 'slide slip-up'.