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Presenting data is a challenge! It will remain a challenge forever - whatever you do.

Why so? Because it's data!

Data is everywhere….now days it's free of cost...most of the times…

The audience is interested in the insights, not the data. Not the boring data.

Here is a video from Ted talk that demonstrates..,.. how great insights from a huge amount of data can be presented very lucidly…Watch it…

Next time you are tempted to present data…remember this…

Present " INSIGHTS "... not data…

Data in. Brilliance Out. Tableau.

That’s the promise of Tableau…and indeed it lives up to its promise….
Tableau Public puts all spreadsheets to shame with its brilliant capabilities…
If you are in to serious analytics … Tableau public is a must!
Watch the Video….
Download the PowerPoint…Click the links….
Watch the Videos….
Learn… Get amazed …..and amaze others…..
It’s truly….
Data in. Brilliance Out.

Data in brilliance out. tableau from Satya Mahesh Kallakuru

Trendline to tales…

The most uncomfortable situation for a sales manager is to predict next month sales with near accuracy. The paradox is that he is always confident and comfortable in predicting sales after two years…
Conversely in Mathematics, It’s just the other way round. Unless it’s MathemaTRICKS!

You come across this incongruity every now and then in the domain of sales.
The use of Trendline is one of the good methodologies to forecast sales with a fair degree of certainty. 

That's why it a prerequisite to understanding trend lines to learn to forecast.
Here is a PowerPoint presentation for you to understand better.

The easiest way to create trend lines without much ado is to use God’s gift to the corporate citizen, "The spreadsheets". I used excel for this.

Do not hesitate to click the link and download the PowerPoint.
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Trend lines from Satya Mahesh Kallakuru