Presenting and Storytelling with Data
Turn a slide deck into a decision — narrative arc, one idea per slide, chart choices that don't mislead, and presenting under Q&A pressure.
Taught by Kavi Thennakoon
CEO of Tilli Kids (EdTech) · San Francisco
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Kavi Thennakoon
Lead instructor
6 hours
Built to fit around work
4 modules
11 lessons
5 applied labs
Evidence, not just watching
Interactive course
Online
Built for real work
Leave with work you can show.
Every part of the course moves towards an applied result. You will practise the judgement behind the tools, build with them and finish with evidence of what you can do.
Structure a presentation around a narrative arc, not a table of contents
Put one idea on each slide and cut everything that doesn't support it
Choose a chart type that shows the point instead of hiding it
Handle a hostile question in Q&A without losing the room
Who it is for
Right level. Clear expectations.
This is a intermediate course for people who want to use the material, not collect another set of notes.
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Course syllabus
A complete path, not a content dump.
4 modules · 11 lessons · 5 applied labs · 6 hours.
- The narrative arc: situation, complication, resolutionVideo · 14m
- One idea per slide, and the governing thoughtApplied lab · 12m
- Knowledge check: Narrative before slidesKnowledge check · 12m
Your instructor
Kavi Thennakoon
CEO of Tilli Kids (EdTech) · San Francisco
CEO of Tilli, an edtech company raised from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Stanford-backed (Stanford & Google Accelerator). Builds and teaches production AI products end to end.
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