Unlock the art of crafting compelling narratives with data through the acclaimed book, 'Storytelling with Data.' This essential guide empowers you to elevate your data visualization skills, ensuring your audience not only understands your data but feels connected to it. With a comprehensive exploration of data storytelling, this book lays out the fundamentals necessary for effective communication, making it a must-have resource for professionals, educators, and anyone responsible for presenting data. In 'Storytelling with Data,' you'll learn how to transform complex data into engaging visuals that captivate and inform.

Discover the significance of context and audience in your presentations, allowing you to choose the right graph that conveys your message clearly. This book emphasizes the importance of clarity, teaching you to eliminate redundancies and distractions that obscure your data’s main points. By directing your audience's focus and refining your design skills, you will create high-impact stories that resonate.

Leave behind ineffective visualization techniques and instead embrace a transformative approach to data storytelling. Replete with real-world examples and grounded in theory, this illuminating text serves as a practical toolkit ready for immediate application in your next graph or presentation.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 978112253. Year: 2015. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US). Pages: 288.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781119002253
Year: 2015
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 288


Description:
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!