Summary of Creating KPI Dashboards in PowerPoint · Garland Coulson I PresentationPoint
Garland Coulson, the marketing director of PresentationPoint, discusses creating KPI dashboards in PowerPoint, emphasizing their importance in measuring success across industries. These dashboards offer real-time insights into Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) like financial metrics, human resources data, and customer satisfaction levels. Coulson showcases examples of KPI dashboards, including a manufacturing floor dashboard and a real-time equipment status dashboard, created by clients. He demonstrates how to create these dashboards using the DataPoint add-on in PowerPoint, which can pull data from sources like Excel, RSS feeds, and social media.
Key Points
- Select relevant KPIs
- Identify data sources
- Design the dashboard layout
- Connect the data for dynamic updates
Coulson highlights the simplicity and accessibility of PowerPoint for creating visually appealing KPI dashboards. He also discusses the versatility of PowerPoint in displaying real-time data such as weather updates, financial statements, and live leaderboards. Coulson encourages viewers to experiment and be creative in utilizing KPI dashboards effectively for data visualization.
DataPoint Features
- Connecting text boxes
- Connecting pictures
- Connecting web URLs
- Connecting videos
- Connecting tables
- Connecting clocks
The video further delves into using DataPoint for snapshotting, generating reports, and creating new data formats in PowerPoint. Coulson explains how to connect data to charts in PowerPoint using DataPoint and stresses the importance of reaching out for support through tickets.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Coulson mentions upcoming training sessions and the availability of recorded sessions on YouTube. He invites feedback, suggestions for future topics, and potential collaborations with affiliates and resellers to enhance the use of KPI dashboards and data visualization tools.
Notable Quotes
— 52:11 — « if you have one weird machine that puts out in some really odd format then maybe we have to look at is their way to format the date format »
— 55:51 — « any other questions great questions guys »
— 56:02 — « my role is usually the marketing I do do some teaching and training but Kurt is the person who's the absolute understands everything about it »
— 62:27 — « I'm learning new stuff all the time so I'll be happy to find out more about that part for you »
— 63:19 — « we hope you'll come to future ones and let us know what kinds of things you'd like to see »
Category
Business and Finance