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Storytelling with data : a data visualization guide for business professionals / Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2015.Description: xiii, 267 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.ISBN:
  • 9781119002253
Other title:
  • Data visualization guide for business professionals
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA76.9.I52 K64 2015
Courses that have reserved this title:
  • B3ASP Digital Marketing: Content Marketing and Storytelling
Summary: Don't simply show your data—tell a story with it! Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. 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. 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. 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. Specifically, you'll learn how to: Understand the importance of context and audience; Determine the appropriate type of graph for your situation; Recognize and eliminate the clutter clouding your information; Direct your audience's attention to the most important parts of your data; Think like a designer and utilize concepts of design in data visualization; Leverage the power of storytelling to help your message resonate with your audience. Together, the lessons in this book will help you turn your data into high impact visual stories that stick with your audience. Rid your world of ineffective graphs, one exploding 3D pie chart at a time. There is a story in your data—Storytelling with Data will give you the skills and power to tell it!

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Don't simply show your data—tell a story with it!
Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. 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.

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. 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. Specifically, you'll learn how to:
Understand the importance of context and audience;
Determine the appropriate type of graph for your situation;
Recognize and eliminate the clutter clouding your information;
Direct your audience's attention to the most important parts of your data;
Think like a designer and utilize concepts of design in data visualization;
Leverage the power of storytelling to help your message resonate with your audience.

Together, the lessons in this book will help you turn your data into high impact visual stories that stick with your audience. Rid your world of ineffective graphs, one exploding 3D pie chart at a time. There is a story in your data—Storytelling with Data will give you the skills and power to tell it!

B3ASP Digital Marketing: Content Marketing and Storytelling

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