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1. ARE YOU PRESENTING AN ANALYST REPORT?
THIS IS THE INFORMATION YOU SHOULD INCLUDE.
As a data analyst, you may have to present data to an audience at some point. This is simple if you
have all of your information organised and know exactly what needs to be included in this analyst
report. However, you may still require assistance in entering the data so that you can create a
compelling report for your audience. We've compiled a few pointers on how to go about it, and we'd
be happy to work with you to create successful analyst reports in the future if you need it.
3 crucial tips on how you should present your data
1. Learn who your audience is
 Peers
These are your co-workers or contemporaries such as other data analysts, data scientists, and
anyone who understands and works with analytics, methodology, analytic approaches, or code.
Here, you must give them comprehensive information in your analyst report. This means sharing
your work with them and helping them understand how you have arrived at certain conclusions. It
can also serve you well when it comes to getting assistance in future projects.

2.  Stakeholders
These are the people that have an interest or stake in the business. They will need a moderate
level of detail to understand the data you’re presenting and make their decisions. You must also be
able to answer any questions they have about the data in your analyst report.
 Senior Management
These people are the ones who are in charge of the business and to whom peers and even
stakeholders might report. They typically hold high-level positions in the company. This means that
you don’t need to go overboard in giving them details that you normally would to peers or
stakeholders. Stick to crucial information that will have an impact on their decision-making.
2. Content that you must include
 What’s on the Agenda?
It’s best to include a detailed agenda of what the audience can expect to learn from this analyst
report presentation.
 What key conclusions did you arrive at?
This slide can go in after your agenda slide. Always remember to summarize your key conclusions,
using simple language so that your audience finds it easy to understand. Remember that these are
the main points your audience needs to have at hand. They must also relate to certain KPIs where
there is an impact so that everyone at the presentation understands just how and why they are
important. Remember to reinforce these key conclusions before you end the report presentation.
This is especially for the stakeholders and senior management.
 Be sure to include supporting data
All information in your analyst report must have supporting data. This could be in the form of charts,
graphs and any other information that reiterates importance of the key conclusions. Remember that
not every bit of data needs to be shared to everyone. Each audience group will only require certain
information.
 What are the next steps?
Based on your findings, you may need to take additional steps. These may not be applicable within
your report presentation. However, they should relate to your KPIs because that’s what your
stakeholders and senior management will connect with. For example, let’s look at a drop in website
visitors. First you have to compare the website with what it looked like before and after changes
were made, before and after the drop date to identify the root cause. If you fail to address this issue,
there will be a decrease in visitors which means less customers making purchases and therefore a
decline in revenue. If there is a negative impact to revenue, your audience will definitely notice given
that it’s a very important KPI.

3. 3. Presentation length
As far the length of your report presentation goes, it shouldn’t be more than an hour long. This
means you keep to not more than 10-15 slides with the latter only being an absolute necessity.
Otherwise, 10 slides are more than enough to get your analyst report presentation done efficiently.
5 minutes to explain each slide is enough time spent. In case, stakeholders or senior management
want to further discuss the slides, simply have a handout or appendix ready that will help answer
any questions they have.
Conclusion
When it comes to creating an analyst report presentation, you have to prepare and take a lot of care
in inputting the data in the right places. At DesignMyReport we’ve done enough of these with an
award-winning team that knows how to create designs and stories that have a real and positive
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