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As people begin to experiment with the creation and interpretation of visualizations and including them in presentations, a not-so-apparent shift will take place in the background where the traditional ‘analyst’ role slowly morphs to give way to a new breed — the storytellers — who will be more strategic and consultative in nature and not data-waiters, statisticians or always comfortable with extreme analytics.

Visualization, as we know it, is starting to spread through individual contributors and niche companies forging the path. A lot of these individuals are learning as they go and using available tools and technologies, but invariably data access and computing capabilities to specific information are limitations that still require heavy investments.

As people begin to experiment with the creation and interpretation of visualizations and including them in presentations, a not-so-apparent shift will take place in the background where the traditional ‘analyst‘ role slowly morphs to give way to a new breed — the storytellers — who will be more strategic and consultative in nature and not data-waiters, statisticians or always comfortable with extreme analytics, but can create, interact, discover and explain relationships in the information and become the go-to people leadership looks for to understand and make quick decisions for their business through data...

From Karen: In a presentation rut? Looking for better tools that actually allow you to more easily create a narrative or allow for easier story sharing than PowerPoint? Then check out this article and the recommended tools!

Although tools like Powerpoint and Keynote have become the de facto standard for giving presentations, they are often limiting in their design and ease of use. And while tools like SlideShare help users share their presentations online, they often don’t give enough context to the slides.

To provide solutions to these pain points, traditional presentation tools are being completely re-thought from the cloud down to help presenters deliver a better presentation, and share it relevantly after it’s done.

Thank you to fellow curator Baiba Svenca for originally curating this article!