Painting with numbers : presenting financials and other numbers so people will understand you /

• Main Author: Bolten, Randall, 1952- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2012]
• Subjects: Microsoft Excel (Computer file); Business mathematics.; COMPUTERS > Data Transmission Systems > Electronic Data Interchange.; COMPUTERS > Enterprise Applications > General.; Electronic books.

"Painting with Numbers is a thoughtful, yet practical and readable, guide to presenting numerical information effectively. The chapters are divided into two sections: "Technique"--Focuses on how readers and listeners perceive numbers and what they look for in reports, describes how re...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. The rules
• Numerals matter
• Looks matter
• Words matter
• Your audience matters
• Part II. The tools
• You can pay me now
• Or pay me later
• Graphics: The "cartoons" of numbers
• The pitfalls of presentations and PowerPoint
• Part III: Real mastery
• It's clear, but is it meaningful?
• 53 ... uh, is that a lot?
• The one report every organization needs
• The gaps in GAAP
• Quantation: It's not j ust for business anymore
• Quantation in ordinary life
• Speaking truth to power
• Now, what's the first thing you do?