Power of visuals

Last week, I did a post about AI versus Humans in the forecasting arena. This week I aim to share the story with a different slant: the power of visuals. I used the game of predicting the Oscars as a way of presenting the value of using visuals in some cases.

Quite often in my career, finance professionals will send presentations as either spreadsheets or PowerPoints with tables of data. Or another descriptive way of describing the eye assault: a wall of numbers.

But in the last decade or so, there has been calls for clarity in the presentation of numbers and one of the better ways is to present visuals with a story.

The Slide Presentation

I don’t profess to be an expert at this; I’m at the exploration stage of trying to figure out ways of showing findings and the implications.

I’m having trouble getting the slide up – I don’t know if it is my own internet or if it is the new WordPress updates. Try popping out the slide into a different window by using the pop out icon found in the upper right-hand corner. Or click on “open in new tab” found in the center bottom. I don’t know what is going on.

The Data Sitting in a Table

The Winning Visual

Side by Side Comparison

Closing: the Power of Visuals

Sometimes, if you can hit upon the right visual, you can get the key finding pop out. It is amazing in the power of visuals to convey information quickly and succinctly.