Newsletter 2024|03 • IBCS - International Business Communication Standards

Dear IBCS Fan,

Thank you for advancing IBCS together in 2024. We’ve strengthened the global movement for better business communication.
This year was a milestone for us – we started our ISO journey and we opened a new back-office in Poland.

Let’s continue simplifying and unifying insights worldwide in 2025.

Warm regards,

Your IBCS Team

Recent IBCS lectures

Our webinars in five languages (EN, IT, DE, PL, TR) draw strong interest. We discovered that over 80% of participants agree that more than 70% of FP&A reporting needs can be met with column, bar, and line charts only. Choosing the right color to the message, however, is still a challenge.

Report It with Charts

The webinar focused on how to effectively visualize messages and analyze business performance visually.

IBCS for ESG reporting

The webinar covered strategies to improve ESG reporting by making it clearer, more relevant, and more effective for better decision-making.

If you find our topics valuable for your audience, please contact us to request a speaker for your public conference or internal event.

Webcast about ISO 24896 – The Upcoming Standard for Report Notation

End of July, the International Organisation for Standardization ISO accepted the proposal for a new standard registered under ISO 24896: Notation for business reports. This webcast provided an update on the project’s progress and attracted a big audience, including professionals in business communication, standardization, and others interested in the evolution of global business practices.

Watch the recording of the insightful talk between Jürgen Faisst and Diego Berea on the ISO 24896 project and its meaning for the future of business communication.

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News on IBCS software certification

Anaplan XL Reporting

Anaplan XL (formerly XLCubed) was certified in October 2024.

Anaplan XL provides reporting, analysis, data exploration and IBCS-compliant charting for business users, while retaining data integrity and transparency for IT.

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Zebra BI for Power BI & Zebra BI for Office

Zebra BI for Power BI and Zebra BI for Office was recertified in December 2024. While Zebra BI for Power BI is the out-of-the-box solution for fully responsive, interactive Power BI dashboards, Zebra BI for Office is the #1 data visualization tool for Excel and PowerPoint. Empowering business professionals to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights.

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New IBCS® Certified Consultants

Eva-Maria Kopf

Eva-Maria works as Consultant Data & Analytics for IT-Logix AG. IT-Logix is a leading Swiss end-to-end service provider in the areas Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Data Science and Big Data.

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Jeff Polack

After leaving McKinsey & Company, Jeff founded NovoAcuity, a boutique consultancy specializing in Decision Intelligence (DI), Presentation Intelligence (PI)™, the application and implementation of AI, data and analytics transformations, and change management.

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Anton Larch

Anton founded Controlling Lab with the goal of building a bridge between finance and IT to create efficient processes and enable data-driven decision-making. As a passionate controller, accountant, and data modeler, he offers services in the fields of business intelligence, planning systems and controlling processes.

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