Visualize the Impact: Elevating Your Graphic Skills

This event is part of PEAK's Data Visualization Learning Series. Click here to learn more.

This session will support grants professionals in moving beyond the basics and exploring the full spectrum of data visualization. Using Excel, attendees will learn how to create eye-catching and effective visuals such as dot plots, overlapping bars, small multiples, sunburst diagrams, and even maps—all without incurring additional software fees. You will build a beginner-level chart from scratch, making sure it meets both “Big A Accessibility”—Section 508 and Americans with Disabilities Act compliance—and “little a accessibility”—creating designs that are clear, inclusive, and engaging for all audiences. Next, tackle intermediate charts, powerful visual tools that have been hiding in Excel all along. Finally, you’ll make advanced charts that require creative thinking and practical workarounds.  

By attending this workshop, participants will develop the following competencies: 

• Enhance data storytelling by applying a range of beginner, intermediate, and advanced chart types in Excel—including maps, dot plots, sunbursts, and small multiples. 
• Design accessible visuals that meet both Section 508 and Americans with Disabilities Act compliance standards and best practices for clear, engaging communication across diverse audiences. 
• Strengthen practical skills through hands-on creation of charts using real-world datasets, with a focus on creative problem-solving and Excel-based workarounds. 

Trainer

Ann K. Emery

Data Visualization Designer

Depict Data Studio

Date and Time

September 25, 2025

1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT

Event Pricing and Access

• Organization Members: $125 per session
• Consultant Members: $125 per session
• Individual Members: $200 per session
• Nonmembers: $200 per session

Participants can register for multiple sessions in the Data Visualization Learning Series. Please register for each session individually. Each session will be 3.5 hours with 2.5 hours of training to be followed by 1 hour of office hours for participants to ask additional questions, troubleshoot, and receive guidance from Ann.

Registrants will receive the Zoom information two days before the start of the session, as well as one hour before the start of the session. This session will be recorded and available for viewing for 30 days.