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Dashboard and Report Design Principles Using Excel


Total Credits: 4 including 4 Personal Development

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ACPEN Industry Institute |  Industry |  Practice Management |  Professional Development |  Human Resources |  Technology
Faculty:
Bernie Smith
Course Levels:
All Levels
Duration:
4 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 90 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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Description

Transform your data presentation skills with our comprehensive course on creating impactful dashboards and reports using Excel. This workshop is tailored for professionals who:

  • Regularly produce or update dashboards and reports
  • Struggle with confusing or overly complex reporting tools
  • Seek to streamline varied reporting styles across their organization
  • Aim to establish a consistent, replicable "house style" for reporting
  • Want to impress stakeholders with clear, user-friendly data presentations

Through a combination of theory and hands-on practice, you'll learn the fundamental principles that make reports and dashboards easy to understand. We'll distill these concepts into a set of practical rules and guide you through their application in Excel.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Understand the principles of good dashboard and report visual design
  • Be able to review and identify issues with existing information dashboards and reports
  • Know how to apply those principles using Excel

Major Subjects
  • Principles of Visual Design for Dashboards and Reports
  • Chart Design for Rapid Understanding
  • Table Design for Efficiency
  • Effective Use of Commentary
  • Strategic Layout Techniques
  • Trend Analysis Methods
  • Developing Organizational Design Standards
  • Excel Application Techniques
  • Critical Review Skills
  • Best Practices for Data Presentation

Course Materials

Faculty

Bernie Smith's Profile

Bernie Smith Related Seminars and Products

Founder

Made to Measure KPIs


Bernie Smith, founder of Made to Measure KPIs, trains and coaches businesses to develop meaningful KPIs and present their management information in the clearest possible way to support good decision-making.
His approach has been adopted by many organisations, including Airbus, HSBC, UBS, Lloyd’s Register, Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Scotland, LloydsTSB and many others. He has written twenty books on KPIs, regularly tops this category on Amazon and is a frequent key-note speaker on performance measurement.

Earlier in his career, Bernie, who qualified as a professional engineer, worked as a consultant leading teams delivering exceptional operational improvement in blue-chip companies using Lean and Six Sigma approaches. This broad industry experience has given him a unique perspective when it comes to developing KPIs to improve organisational performance.

Bernie lives in Sheffield, UK, with his wife Liz, two children and some underused exercise equipment.


Dates

Tue, Jul 08, 2025 - 01:00pm to 04:36pm CDT
Thu, Jul 24, 2025 - 09:00am to 12:36pm CDT
Tue, Aug 05, 2025 - 06:00pm to 09:36pm CDT
Fri, Aug 22, 2025 - 01:00pm to 04:36pm CDT
Tue, Sep 02, 2025 - 09:00am to 12:36pm CDT
Wed, Sep 24, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:36pm CDT
Thu, Oct 09, 2025 - 06:00pm to 09:36pm CDT
Sat, Oct 11, 2025 - 10:00am to 01:36pm CDT
Mon, Oct 20, 2025 - 09:00am to 12:36pm CDT
Sat, Nov 01, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:36pm CDT
Thu, Nov 20, 2025 - 01:00pm to 04:36pm CST
Wed, Dec 03, 2025 - 09:00am to 12:36pm CST
Mon, Dec 15, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:36pm CST
Fri, Dec 26, 2025 - 01:00pm to 04:36pm CST
Sat, Dec 27, 2025 - 11:00am to 02:36pm CST
Fri, Jan 09, 2026 - 09:00am to 12:36pm CST
Tue, Jan 20, 2026 - 11:00am to 02:36pm CST
Tue, Feb 03, 2026 - 01:00pm to 04:36pm CST
Sat, Feb 07, 2026 - 09:00am to 12:36pm CST
Thu, Feb 26, 2026 - 09:00am to 12:36pm CST
Wed, Mar 11, 2026 - 11:00am to 02:36pm CDT
Mon, Mar 30, 2026 - 01:00pm to 04:36pm CDT
Thu, Apr 09, 2026 - 09:00am to 12:36pm CDT
Tue, Apr 21, 2026 - 11:00am to 02:36pm CDT
Sat, May 09, 2026 - 10:00am to 01:36pm CDT
Mon, May 11, 2026 - 01:00pm to 04:36pm CDT
Thu, May 21, 2026 - 06:00pm to 09:36pm CDT
Wed, Jun 03, 2026 - 11:00am to 02:36pm CDT
Tue, Jun 30, 2026 - 01:00pm to 04:36pm CDT
Tue, Jul 07, 2026 - 09:00am to 12:36pm CDT
Thu, Jul 30, 2026 - 11:00am to 02:36pm CDT
Tue, Aug 04, 2026 - 01:00pm to 04:36pm CDT
Wed, Aug 26, 2026 - 09:00am to 12:36pm CDT
Thu, Sep 10, 2026 - 06:00pm to 09:36pm CDT
Tue, Sep 29, 2026 - 01:00pm to 04:36pm CDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation None
Designed For

Anyone interested in, or involved in designing or producing, reports or dashboards using Microsoft Excel


Original Recording Date 09/2024
Course Developer Made to Measure KPIs
Date Added to Catalog 09/2024
Yellow Book No

Additional Information

Complaint Resolution Policy

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Official Registry Statement

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Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


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