By using Excel or Google Sheets to create impactful graphs, you'll be able to captivate your audience, facilitate meaningful discussions, and drive home the key points of your presentation.

Step 2: Make an Excel Bar Chart To start to visualize your data, you’ll first create an Excel stacked bar chart from the spreadsheet. Select the “Start date” column, so it’s highlighted.

Line Charts: Best for displaying trends over time or continuous data. Use when you have a series of data points connected by straight line segments. Pie Charts: Suitable for showing parts of a whole.