Painting with Numbers (ePub)

Learn how to communicate better with numbers

Whether you are distributing a report or giving a presentation,
you have a lot of numbers to present and only a few minutes to get
your point across. Your audience is busy and has a short attention
span. Don't let an amateur presentation bog you down, confuse your
audience, and damage your credibility. Instead, learn how to
present numerical information effectively--in the same way you
learned how to speak or write. With Painting with Numbers,
you'll discover how to present numbers clearly and effectively so
your ideas and your presentation shine.

* Use the Arabic numeral system to your advantage master the use
of layout and visual effects to communicate powerfully

* Understand how audiences process your information and how that
affects your "personal brand image"

* Learn how to be perceived as a professional who truly
understands the business concepts and issues underlying your
numbers

* Use software tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, and graphs,
efficiently and to drive home your point

Author Randall Bolten shares his decades of experience as a
senior finance executive distilling complicated information into
clear presentations, to help you make your numerical information
more comprehensible, meaningful, and accessible. Painting with
Numbers is brimming with hands-on advice, techniques, tools,
rules, and guidelines for producing clear, attractive, and
effective quantation (the word the author has coined for the skill
of presenting numbers).