Testimonials

We pride ourselves on delivering results that wow our clients. We always receive excellent feedback on our training and consultancy, and here are just a few of our happy clients.

“It’s an absolute pleasure working with Alan. He provides excellent infographics and product management workshops for the General Assembly - London community and we love having him as part of our instructor network.”
Fiona Whitehead | Expansion Lead, General Assembly - London

“We’ve now worked with Alan for almost 3 years, and during that time he has continued to deliver the highest quality training for our clients and delegates. Alan’s passionate delivery style has continued to deliver innovative training solutions to over 1500 delegates across the public, private and voluntary sector. Each of our courses with him has always delivered exceptional feedback and satisfaction levels.”
Joe Barlow | Head of Programme, Understanding ModernGov

“I was familiar with Alan’s work as a Guardian Masterclass instructor on data visualisation and digital journalism, which made it easy for me to recommend him for onsite training at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. We had a large group of people interested in honing their abilities to depict their research and stories in engaging ways. Alan’s course provided great insight about common communication pitfalls and how to avoid them, how to become better communicators by understanding the audience diversity, and it showcased some great online tools for creating infographics. This should be mandatory training for all students, academics, report writers and those involved with conveying research to the media as it will help increase the clarity and accessibility of our own research stories.”
Dr Lee Haines | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

“The data visualisation training Alan delivered for the insight & intelligence community in Cheshire & Warrington was excellent and impactful. Feedback following the event evidenced that trainees were able to implement changes to their practice immediately. Even highly experiences analysts and communications experts found the insights and advice to be of use. I would highly recommend this training – both useful and enjoyable.”
Fiona Sutton-Wilson | Programme Manager | Cheshire & Warrington Sub-Regional Programme Office

“Alan recently ran a training event for members of HESPA (Higher Education Strategic Planners Association) and ARMA (Association of Research Managers and Administrators), on the subject “Telling Stories with Data”. This was clearly a topic that struck a chord with our members, with the event quickly selling out, and we got excellent feedback from attendees. People particularly enjoyed how Alan tailored the content and examples to their needs, and we all enjoyed his engaging and humorous style of presenting. We booked a second session there and then, for those unlucky enough not to get a place the first time!”
Monica Loomes | Projects and Engagement Officer | Higher Education Strategic Planners Association (HESPA)

“The EMpower Network commissioned the content creation workshop to understand how to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders. In light of covid-19, it’s more important than ever to communicate clearly especially as we’ve moved to remote meetings. The workshop was very insightful and Alan was a very engaging speaker making sure all attendees contributed and worked through real-life examples. Attendees praised the usefulness of the workshop and especially liked the content generation framework with one saying 'It has changed the way I think about communicating and given me a toolkit that I will use in both my work and personal projects'.”
Shade Nathaniel-Ayodele | EMpower Network | Southwark Council

“Alan was great to work with, he took us through the concepts behind data visualisation which means our team is now equipped for the future. He has a wide range of experience across the topic that is delivered in a clear, concise and friendly manner. We look forward to working with Alan again in the future.”
John Masterson | Chief Product Officer | ImproveWell

“What a great course ‘Telling Stories With Data’ was. I have made my first report employing some of the ideas/tools Alan showed us – to rapturous responses! The next actions are clear for all and they all understood it! Thank you for helping me to organise my data and thoughts, showing how to present the key message up front, and how to keep it simple and focused. Gearing up for another report now!”
Kay Anderson | Head of Finance | Mima

“It was such a pleasure and honor to have hosted you at ODSC Europe. ‘Bringing Data to the Masses Through Visualisation’ was extremely popular.”
Kevin McSweeney | Global Outreach Director | Open Data Science Conference

“I was looking to commission videos for a collection of learning resources on Data Visualization for the Higher Education market and found Alan through the training courses he runs. He was very much up to the challenge of remote filming during the COVID pandemic and was able to bring his expertise to bear with suggesting multiple video topics. He really got to grips with the brief in presenting digestible instructional films with good illustrative examples. We’ve had a great response for the Data Visualization collection and couldn’t be happier with Alan’s contribution.”
Michael Gill| Senior Commissioning Editor | Sage

“We have been using Tableau to display data for some time but knew we could do more to engage our end users. Alan’s training gave us a framework to start thinking about what we wanted to achieve with our visualisations and analysis, and some great tips on how to display information for maximum impact. Alan was an engaging trainer and we found the workshops very energising.”
Ellen Austin | Senior Data Analyst | London School of Economics