Presenting Data for Impact

Because dashboards don’t create insight.

People do.

Help your analysis drive real decisions

Modern analytics tools make it easier than ever to create dashboards, charts, and reports. But producing outputs is not the same as creating impact.

Many organisations have analysts who are technically excellent — able to build complex models, write sophisticated queries, and produce visually polished dashboards.

Yet despite all this capability, stakeholders often still struggle to answer simple questions:

When stakeholders can’t easily interpret analysis, even the best data work can end up unused, misunderstood, or ignored.

Presenting Data for Impact is a practical workshop designed to help analysts move beyond technical delivery and learn how to design outputs that actually influence decisions.

What does this mean?
What should we do?
Where should we focus?

Why do analysts participate in this workshop?

Many analysts build outputs using a 'bottom-up' approach.

They start with the dataset, explore what’s available, and create reports and charts from the data they have.

The result?

Reports built around what the data can show, rather than what stakeholders need to know. This often leads to:

Presenting Data for Impact arms your analysts with the thinking framework to shift their mindset from 'creating outputs' to 'creating understanding'

Too many charts
Too much information
Unclear insights
Stakeholders asking “what does this mean?”

What participants say..

“This workshop was really good because presentations are an area of opportunity for me. This workshop has not only improved my skills, but also made me more confident in both my ability but also challenging stakeholders to give clearer guidance.״
Jennifer Annely
Travel Counsellors

"A great opportunity to think about how we present data and insights, and the need to focus on the audience, simplicity and brevity! I thought the exercises were particularly helpful."

L.D.

M&G

"Really informative in improving visualisations to make them more concise, clear and understandable. "

Annabel Samson

Irwin Mitchell

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All workshops led by Steve Hulmes - Sophic Founder

"Today, organisations expect more from their analytics teams than producing reports. Analysts are increasingly required to translate complex analysis into clear insight, guide stakeholders through the implications, and help shape better decisions.

Sophic’s Presenting Data for Impact workshop helps develop those capabilities within your analytics team. I equip analysts to present their findings in ways that align with stakeholder needs, answer the brief, and highlight the actions the data supports. From clearer dashboards to more focused reporting conversations, your team learns how to turn strong analysis into insight that influences decisions."

Our 'Presenting Data for Impact' workshop is ..

Practically focused

The workshop combines theory, discussion, examples and exercises to provide participants with practical strategies and actions they can implement straightaway.

Interactive

The workshop takes an interactive and informal approach to encourage creativity, participation and spark meaningful debate. This in turn creates a collaborative atmosphere and helps participants get the most out of their learning experience.

Trusted

This is an established, proven workshop, refined through successful delivery with many organisations and consistently strong participant feedback. Our workshops have a 98% recommendation rate based on participants feedback.