Storytelling with Data & Data Visualization [2020]

These days, the world runs on data. Over 2.6 quadrillion bytes of data are produced every single day and data visualization has emerged as the common language.

People in all levels of business are expected to tell stories with data if they are to participate in a world driven by data.

This course provides you will all the skills necessary to tell insightful data stories that drive action and resonate with an audience.

We will learn how communicating with data is important in today's world, the role context plays in telling data stories, how visual design and visual perception support data visualization, and how to turn your default graphs into impactful data visualization stories.

• Introduction
• Speaking the Language of Data
• Effective Data Communications
• Project Outline
• What Makes and Effective Data Communication
• Effective Data Communication Examples
• Visual Perception - Order
• Visual Perception - Hierarchy
• Visual Perception - Clarity
• Visual Perception - Relationships
• Visual Perception - Convention
• Visual Design and the Application to Data Vizualisation
• Components of a Data Vizualisation
• Different Types of Graph
• Deadly Sins of Graph Design
• How to Avoid being Mislead with Data
• Remove Distracting Elements
• Bringing out the Story with Colour
• Analytics Value Chain
• Understanding Context
• Tales from Work: The Importance of Context
• Data Narratives with TEMPLATES
• Turning a Graph into a Story
• 6 Steps to Telling a Data Story
• Thank You
• CASE STUDY 1 - Overwhelming Monthly Report into a Succinct Data Story
• CASE STUDY 2 - Conflicting Data into Compelling Direct Narrative
• Project Submission
• Project Answer