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Data Storytelling: Turn Insights Into Influence
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Make your data unforgettable. Learn to craft compelling visuals and persuasive stories that capture attention and spark action.
Data Storytelling: Turn Insights Into Influence
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Make your data unforgettable. Learn to craft compelling visuals and persuasive stories that capture attention and spark action.
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Course overview
Go from sharing data to shaping decisions
This course gives you the tools to influence through storytelling, design, and confident communication.
🛠 Build persuasive visuals and narratives
Through live sessions and workshops, you’ll practice turning complex data into clear, compelling stories, creating visuals and narratives that capture attention and stick with your audience.
🔍 Discover the story in your data
You have the numbers, but they don’t always tell the right story. Learn to uncover the insights that matter so your work moves beyond dashboards and truly drives decisions.
🎨 Create projects you’re proud to showcase
Take your ideas from raw data to polished stories. By the end of the course, you’ll have presentation-ready projects that demonstrate your ability to influence, persuade, and make an impact.
💬 Communicate with confidence and impact
You’ll learn how to present insights persuasively, translate analysis into action, and inspire decisions that shape your organization’s direction.
🤝 Join a supportive cohort of storytellers
Collaborate with peers, ask questions in workshops, and get guidance during live sessions and optional office hours. You’ll leave more skilled, confident, and connected.
Who is this course for
01
Data pros who want influence — You’re great with numbers, but want to tell stories that spark action, not just dashboards.
02
Product & business leaders — You use data to make decisions, but want to communicate insights that truly land.
03
Curious storytellers — You’re comfortable with data and want to present it with clarity, confidence, and impact.
Prerequisites
Basic data analysis experience
You should know how to gather, clean, and summarize data using your preferred tools.
Familiarity with data visualization tools
You’ve built charts in tools like Looker, Tableau, or Google Sheets and can interpret visuals confidently.
Curiosity about communicating insights
A desire to make your data more impactful through clear storytelling and strong narratives.
What you’ll get out of this course
Build data stories that drive real decisions
Practice transforming raw data into narratives that capture attention, clarify insights, and spark action across your organization.
Evaluate and prioritize high-impact data problems
Learn to assess business context, data maturity, and stakeholder needs so you can focus your efforts where they matter most.
Create visuals that make insights instantly clear
Design visuals that simplify complexity, highlight key takeaways, and make your data impossible to ignore.
Develop confidence communicating insights
Practice explaining your findings to both technical and non-technical audiences with clarity, persuasion, and poise.
Apply your skills in a real-world project
Build a full data story from start to finish—analyzing, visualizing, and presenting your work to influence key stakeholders.
What’s included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Shailvi Wakhlu in a real-time, interactive format.
Portfolio sample
Use the output of the hands-on project for your portfolio.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Course syllabus
Week 1
Jan
27
Data Storytelling: Session 1
Jan
29
Data Storytelling: Project 1
Week 2
Feb
3
Data Storytelling: Session 2
Feb
5
Data Storytelling: Project 2
Week 3
Feb
10
Data Storytelling: Story Day
Post-course
Feb
12
Optional: [Optional] Office Hours w/ Shailvi
Meet your instructor
Shailvi Wakhlu
Shailvi is a seasoned Data Leader with over eighteen years of experience growing impactful teams and building technology products used by hundreds of millions of users. Her career includes notable technology roles at Salesforce, Fitbit, and as the Head of Data at Strava. As a fractional executive, she has consulted, advised, and invested with multiple high-growth startups. She is also an angel investor in data companies with three investments and two exits. Shailvi has spoken at nearly 100 global conferences, coached more than 500 individuals, and authored the best-selling book "Self-Advocacy."
Career highlights
220+ students took the Data Storytelling course when it was hosted on a different platform
500+ technologists taught / coached / mentored
6000+ attendees for my talks, including keynotes at prestigious data conferences
Scaled $600M+ B2B & B2B2C SaaS products using data storytelling and collaboration with the C-suite
As a Department Head, led a 34-person data team to drive 27% YoY business growth
Guided data-driven decisions for product optimizations in a 400M+ user business
Join an upcoming cohort
Data Storytelling: Turn Insights Into Influence
Winter'26
$850
Dates
Payment Deadline
Course schedule
4-6 hours per week
Pre-reads
1 hr per week
Complete before Tuesday live lecture
Tuesdays
8 am - 9:30 am PST
Core session covering lesson materials in an interactive format, and a final story day at the end of the course
Thursdays
8 am - 9 am PST
Hands-on project sessions to walk through real-world applications
Weekly projects
1 hour per week
Bring your own use-case, or practice your storytelling skills on a simulated problem
Office Hours w/ Shailvi
15-minute slots
Each learner can sign up for a 15-minute slot with the instructor to get personalized suggestions at the end of the course
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
Frequently Asked Questions
Join an upcoming cohort
Data Storytelling: Turn Insights Into Influence
Winter'26
$850
Dates
Payment Deadline