Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You

Whether you are distributing a report or giving a presentation,you have a lot of numbers to present and only a few minutes to getyour point across. Your audience is busy and has a short attentionspan. Don't let an amateur presentation bog you down, confuse youraudience, and damage your credibility. Instead, learn how topresent numerical information effectively—in the same way youlearned how to speak or write. With Painting with Numbers,you'll discover how to present numbers clearly and effectively soyour ideas and your presentation shine.

• Use the Arabic numeral system to your advantage master the useof layout and visual effects to communicate powerfully
• Understand how audiences process your information and how thataffects your "personal brand image"
• Learn how to be perceived as a professional who trulyunderstands the business concepts and issues underlying yournumbers
• Use software tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, and graphs,efficiently and to drive home your point

Author Randall Bolten shares his decades of experience as asenior finance executive distilling complicated information intoclear presentations, to help you make your numerical informationmore comprehensible, meaningful, and accessible. Painting withNumbers is brimming with hands-on advice, techniques, tools,rules, and guidelines for producing clear, attractive, andeffective quantation (the word the author has coined for the skillof presenting numbers).