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How YOU can improve your Data Visualisations (wow!)

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Whether we like it or not, data is now an inescapable element of modern working life. However, many businesses still aren’t that good with it. MAG-O Senior F inance Analyst, Rory Gibson, gives his tips on how to best present data to various stakeholders  There are many different formats in which information can be presented (Excel, PowerPoint, PDFs or live dashboards etc.) However the most important thing to remember is that visuals are key . There is no point spending hours analysing, shaping and correcting your data if no-one understands it when you finally present. Here at MAG-O we are currently undergoing a large project to create data visualisations for all of our business units, so that we are better able to understand and track our business performance. Here are my tips for how best to present your data, and create useful information: Tell a story: We’ve all seen it before; someone has spent a long time analysing something, chucked a load of data onto a sli