This webinar introduces the Data Management Expert Guide, developed by fifteen data experts from CESSDA. The webinar shows how to use it for self-study or for delivering face-to-face data management training. Besides an overview of the guide and how to navigate it, the webinar will zoom in on data management planning and key legal and ethical considerations in creating shareable data. Overall, the expert tour guide provides guidance to early career social scientists, from planning, organizing, documenting, processing, storing and protecting data to sharing and publishing them. Along the way, illustrations and examples are given, as well as expert tips and insights into data management practices in different European countries..