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![]() ![]() Pretty much anyone can put some data in Excel and create a graph. “While technology has increased access to and proficiency in tools to work with data, there remain gaps in capabilities. Being able to visualize data and tell stories with it is key to turning it into information that can be used to drive better decision making,” says Nussbaum Knaflic. ![]() Technology has enabled us to amass greater and greater amounts of data and there is an accompanying growing desire to make sense out of all this data. The lessons are grounded in theory, but made accessible through numerous real-world examples – ready for immediate application. It illuminates the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in a story. It explores the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. In her new book, Nussbaumer Knaflic expands upon the lessons taught in her storytelling with data workshops. But it’s rare that these two sides are paired: No one teaches us how to tell stores with numbers.” “In school we learn a lot about language and how to create stories with our words and we learn a lot about math and how to make sense of numbers. We aren’t naturally good at storytelling with data,” says author Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic. This new resource explains why this happens and how to fix it. It happens in places least expected, by professionals who should know better. But it happens more often than you’d think – at every organization, throughout all industries and by all types of people. Nobody sets out the make a bad business graphic. Enter this new book to help pave the way. The problem is that you can still make common mistakes that render your graphs less powerful in their message. All the popular language environments have data visualization tools, like pandas for Python and ggplot2 for R. It is an important job of data scientists to engage in “data storytelling” to communicate the results of their machine learning projects. The lessons and exercises found within this comprehensive guide will empower you to master-or develop in others-data storytelling skills and transition your work from acceptable to exceptional.A book just came across my desk, “ Storytelling with Data – A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals,” by author Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, that is a handy resource for data scientists of all levels of experience. Practice at work: practical guidance and hands-on exercises for applying storytelling with data lessons on the job, including instruction on when and how to solicit useful feedback and refine for greater impact. Practice on your own: thought-provoking questions and even more exercises to be assigned or worked through individually, without prescribed solutions and Practice with Cole: exercises based on real-world examples first posed for you to consider and solve, followed by detailed step-by-step illustration and explanation Author and data storytelling maven Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic guides you along the path to hone core skills and become a well-practiced data communicator. Expanding upon best seller storytelling with data’s foundational lessons, Let’s practice! delivers fresh content, a plethora of new examples, and over 100 hands-on exercises. Let’s practice! helps you build confidence and credibility to create graphs and visualizations that make sense and weave them into action-inspiring stories. It is a one-of-a-kind immersive learning experience through which you can become-or teach others to be-a powerful data storyteller. Order: Amazon | Amazon UK | B&N | BAM! | WileyĤ00+ pages of content & exercises: ORDER NOW! There is a story in your data-s torytelling with data will give you the skills and power to tell it! Rid your world of ineffective graphs, one exploding 3D pie chart at a time. Together, the lessons in this book will help you turn your data into high-impact visual stories that stick with your audience. Leverage the power of storytelling to help your message resonate with your audience Think like a designer when visualizing data This book demonstrates how to go beyond conventional tools to reach the root of your data, and how to use your data to create an engaging, informative, compelling story. Storytelling is not an inherent skill, especially when it comes to data visualization, and the tools at our disposal don't make it any easier. The lessons in this illuminative text are grounded in theory, but made accessible through numerous real-world examples-ready for immediate application to your next graph or presentation. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. Storytelling with data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. THE ORIGINAL… storytelling with data: a data visualization guide for business professionalsĭon't simply show your data-tell a story with it! ![]()
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