Where to Find Free Examples and Learning Videos from storytelling with data

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You can preview the teaching style of storytelling with data (SWD) for free through the graph and slide makeovers and the learning videos linked from its homepage. The site explicitly invites visitors to "get a feel for our teaching style by exploring our graph and slide makeovers & learning videos." These are the resources to browse before deciding whether to pay for a public workshop, team training, or the 8-week online course.

What the free resources are

The homepage presents two free entry points into SWD's method:

  • Graph and slide makeovers — before-and-after examples showing how a real chart or slide was reworked. These demonstrate the concrete editing decisions SWD teaches, not just abstract principles.
  • Learning videos — short instructional content that conveys the team's approach to communicating data.

Both sit alongside the paid offerings, so they function as a sample of the same teaching philosophy that runs through the books, workshops, and course.

Why preview before paying

SWD's paid options are structured and time-intensive:

Option Format Commitment
Team trainings Virtual or on-site sessions, from short keynotes to full-day hands-on workshops Customized with examples from your organization
Public workshops In-person sessions with attendees from various roles and industries One session
Online course Multi-media: lectures, reading, videos, podcasts, exercises, and a course project 8 weeks

Because the online course alone asks for eight weeks, and team trainings are tailored to your organization, it makes sense to confirm the style fits before committing. The makeovers and videos let you do that at no cost.

How to use them to judge fit

  1. Open the homepage and locate the graph and slide makeovers and learning videos.
  2. Work through a makeover and ask whether the before/after reasoning matches how your team actually presents data.
  3. Watch a learning video and note whether the pace and level suit your audience — the site describes its teaching as "a straightforward process to communicate data effectively."
  4. If the style resonates, move to the paid options; if not, you have lost only browsing time.

What the paid options add

The free resources show the method; the paid options add structure, feedback, and customization. Team trainings are built around examples from your own organization. Public workshops put you among individuals from a variety of roles and industries. The online course combines multiple media with a project. Attendee feedback on the site describes the workshops as "the perfect combination of instruction and hands-on practice" and "packed with practical tips that we can immediately incorporate in our work" — claims you can partly test against the free material first.

A note on cost and access

The site's homepage lists a newsletter sign-up but does not publish prices for the workshops, team trainings, or online course. Treat the free makeovers and videos as the no-cost preview; for pricing and enrollment details on the paid options, you will need to follow the "Learn more" links for each program.