The Present Beyond Measure Show: Data Storytelling, Presentation & Visualization

Based upon the mounting evidence in my professional speaking career, it is my firm belief that there are wicked little gremlins screwing around with our presentations. I’ve learned a lot about the dark side of presenting in my 12+ years of presenting, but I thought, wait. What could be more fun than bringing on three of the analytics community’s favorite analytics presenting experts?? That’s right...

Krista Seiden is the Analytics Advocate for Google where she is responsible for educating and advocating for digital analytics and optimisation best practices as well as running the GA Premium. She also co-chairs the San Francisco chapter of the Digital Analytics Association (DAA) and a sought-after mentor for the Analysis Exchange. You may know her as the face and voice of the insanely popular Go...

This special video edition features my first makeover of a listener-submitted viz! If you'd like to watch the video version, go to . Today’s submission comes courtesy of Donal Phipps (@DonalPhipps). He sent in a variety of different slides, but one in particular caught my attention. It was a dual-axis stacked bar chart showing voice-of-customer survey responses with website traffic. He stated a ve...

Today’s episode features a most popular and entertaining member of the analytics community. Eric Feinberg of ForeSee is an expert in voice of customer analytics, particularly in the mobile measurement space. Since joining ForeSee in 2004, he has contributed to the organization’s amazing growth, providing leadership in particular around its mobile solution. He happens to be the most energizing pres...

Today we’re taking a step back from the fun data viz and presentation design world. Instead, we’re going to examine an important, yet often overlooked component of the meeting process: The meeting invitation. With these tips, you’ll learn how to create meeting invites that set the “stage” for a super productive meeting. Let’s take back our meetings and create opportunities for progress, not pits o...

Today’s episode features a household name in the digital analytics community. Jim Sterne is known both for his tremendous contribution to the digital analytics community, as well as his ubiquitous presence at eMetrics, the largest global web analytics conference. If you’re like me, you’ve struggled with how to get your data message across to your clients and stakeholders in a way that gets absorbe...

The first of a special video podcast series that takes you through step-by-step makeovers of troublesome charts and stinky slides. I walk you through my reliable methodology for creating simple, effective and stunning data visualizations (which I uncreatively call P.I.C.A). Learn how you can submit your own data viz for a tuneup at LeaPica.com/Makeover! PLEASE NOTE: There is a video that accompani...

Tim Wilson of Analytics Demystified shares his thoughts on where digital web analysts often go wrong with presenting their insights. He also doles out strategies for avoiding those pitfalls. Follow Tim on Twitter at @tgwilson, read his blog at Analytics Demystified and listen to his own podcast, The Digital Analytics Power Hour! The show notes that accompany this episode are here: LeaPica.com/003

My recipe for standout presentations contains 5 key ingredients. We'll talk about a killer intro and conclusion, slide / data design, and more ways to make a killer impression on your audience. PLEASE NOTE: The show notes that accompany this episode are here: LeaPica.com/002. NOT at /003, as I erroneously mentioned in the show. Sorry for the confusion!

In this inaugural episode, you'll hear all about my path to presentation enlightenment and what the Present Beyond Measure Mission means. I'll also take you through show formalities and what you can expect in future episodes. Learn more about how Lea can help you kick ass in the conference room at LeaPica.com. The show notes that accompany this episode are here: LeaPica.com/001