I’m an award-winning science writer and the bestselling coauthor of Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers. (My writing and brainstorming partner, Chip Heath, also wrote Switch and Made to Stick.)
I’ve worked as the data storytelling and communication instructor for Section4, and a former middle school math teacher with Teach for America, I bring deep experience as a teacher to:
- Group workshops
- Keynote presentations
Chip Heath (who also wrote Made to Stick and taught at Stanford Business School) and I spent years researching and writing Making Numbers Count. We workshopped to build a framework for the book. We analyzed and researched fast, functional methods. I gave workshops. And then, ChatGPT came along.
Instead of spending hours doing the math, strategizing, and researching data visualization methods, you can use AI prompts to supercharge the process.
Want to know which tools and how to use them? I can help!
Use AI to Communicate Data Clearly and Easily
I’ve done user testing to help people in the kind of real-life scenarios that you may know well:
- Staring down ugly spreadsheets under fluorescent lighting and trying to figure out what to write in the report that won’t make Cathy or Joel ask a million questions
- Staring down the abyss of a blank Powerpoint document, knowing that Frank will somehow already have comments
- Figuring out how to make your team’s efforts sound more impressive in the Q4 report
My workshops and instructional tools teach how to communicate complex data in a clear, engaging, and motivating way.
- Customized training. My workshops run from 90 minutes to full-day sessions, and can be tailored to solve your group’s specific problems.
- Easy-to-remember frameworks. Straightforward steps designed to make your data sing and nudge audiences into action.
- Custom style guides. I work with brand and marketing directors to ensure consistency and limit the stress and complexity of communicating to different departments and audiences.
- Ongoing support. Get virtual sessions, video explanations, follow-up calls, and email assistance.
(Ready to start? Go here.)
I’ve helped:
- Strategists and management to craft messages that resonate between departments
- Financial planners to discuss plans for clients
- Ad agencies
- Small business groups and marketing mavens to perfect their messaging
- Entrepreneurs and nonprofits pitching VCs and investors
- Sales teams
- Educational organizations transforming their communication strategies and devising new benchmark standards
- Communications, marketing, and PR departments
I offer a few slots of special pricing for small businesses and nonprofits each year.
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My workshops and instructional tools teach how to communicate complex data in a clear, engaging, and motivating way.
- My workshops and educational tools are designed to be so fun and rewarding that you're enchanted into learning.
- Customized training. My workshops run from 90 minutes to full-day sessions, and can be tailored to solve your group's specific problems.
- Easy-to-remember frameworks. Straightforward steps designed to make your data sing and nudge audiences into action.
