Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 843 g
ISBN: 978-1-118-17257-5
Verlag: Wiley
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).
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Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: This Book is Not About Numbers. Honest
Being "Literate"
It's What They Think That Matters
What You Were Never Taught
The Ultimate Goal
Some Notes about Reading This Book
Part I: The Rules
Chapter 1: Numerals Matter
Lining up the Numbers
The Units of Measure
Precision
Negative Numbers: What Do They Mean?
Chapter 2: Looks Matter
The Tabula Rasa Decision
The "'Where's Waldo?' Effect"
White Space Is Your Friend
. But White Space Is Not Always Your Friend
Time and Other Dimensions: Across, or Down?
Borders, Shading, and Other Visual Effects
Comments and Artwork
The "Ransom Note Effect"
Two Truly Helpful Hints
Chapter 3: Words Matter
Mean What You Say, Say What You Mean
Choosing between Precision and Presentability
Treating Words Like Numbers
Remember the Title. Please.
Chapter 4: Your Audience Matters
The Right Amount of Data
Appropriate Emphasis on Critical Information
Consistency
Meaningful and Relevant Numbers
Respect for the Audience's Time
Wrap-Up for Part I - The Rules
Part II: The Tools
Chapter 5: You Can Pay Me Now.
The Instant Payoff Tips
Instant Payoff Tip #1: Set Up Templates and Styles
Instant Payoff Tip #2: Customize Your Toolbar
Instant Payoff Tip #3: Learn Some Shortcut Keys
Instant Payoff Tip #4: Use Consistent Formats
Instant Payoff Tip #5: Learn to Use Excel as a Database
Instant Payoff Tip #6: Learn to Use the Lookup & Reference Functions
Instant Payoff Tip #7: Organize Data for Easy Computation
Instant Payoff Tip #8: Learn to Use Automated Help
Instant Payoff Tip #9: Don't Learn Too Many Ways to Do the Same Thing
Chapter 6:. Or Pay Me Later
The Long-Term Payoff Tips
Long-Term Payoff Tip #1: Use Sensible, Intelligent Filenames and Folder Organization
Long-Term Payoff Tip #2: Use Consistent Formats
Long-Term Payoff Tip #3: Design Intelligent, Intelligible Formulas
Long-Term Payoff Tip #4: Use Named Ranges
Long-Term Payoff Tip #5: Use Named Formulas or Macros
Long-Term Payoff Tip #6: Links: A Force That Can Be Used for Good or Evil
Long-Term Payoff Tip #7: Make Different Types of Cells Visually Distinguishable and Physically Separate
Long-Term Payoff Tip #8: Document Your Work!
Long-Term Payoff Tip #9: Check Your Work!
Long-Term Payoff Tip #10: Avoid Cool New Features
Chapter 7: Graphs, The "Cartoons" of Numbers
Why Do People Use Graphs?
Help Your Audience Out
First, Do No Harm
Chapter 8: The Pitfalls of Presentations and PowerPoint
Why Do People Make Fun of Business Presentations?
Real Estate Is a Scarce and Precious Commodity
Help Your Audience Out
First, Do No Harm
Some Basic Truths That Go Double for Quantation
Wrap-Up for Part II - The Tools
Part III: Real Mastery
Chapter 9: It's Clear, but Is It Meaningful?
The War of the Adjectives
A Quantation Professional
Relating to Your Audience in a Constructive Way
Chapter 10: 53. Uh, Is That a Lot?
What Is a Key Indicator?
What Makes a GOOD Key Indicator?
A Simple Example
How Do You Present Key Indicators Effectively?
A Note on Precision
A Note on Dashboards
Chapter 11: The One Report Every Organization Needs
A Sample Natural P&L, and What Makes It a Good One
1. One Page!
2. Decision-Focused Line Items
3. Appropriate Dollar Amounts, neither Too Big nor Too Small
4. Intuitive Organization of the Line Items
5. Understandable Categories, Meaningful to All Users
6. Plain English Terminology
7. Consistent Look-and-Feel
8. Key Results Equal to the Corresponding Numbers in the Accounting System (or an Explanation WhyNot)
Mapping the Chart of Accounts
Generate a Natural P&L from a Spreadsheet, or from the Accounting System?
Now Let's Talk about The Columns
Appendix 11A: Sermon to the Accounting Purists
Chapter 12: The Gaps i
