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Description

Welcome to the course "
How to Tell a Story with Data
". If you've ever had to explain complex data to others or if you're interested in improving how you talk about data, this course is perfect for you.
Data are everywhere. Data are used by businesses to make decisions, by governments to create policies, and by researchers to understand the world around us. But data can be hard to understand -- and even harder to explain to others.
This is why being able to explain data in a simple, easy-to-understand way is so important. This skill is called
data storytelling
. This course will help improve your skills at data storytelling.
In this course, you will learn how to keep your audience interested, whether they're in front of you or reading your words on a page. You'll learn tips and tricks on how to explain the main points of your data graphs in a way that's easy to understand and remember.
But why learn data storytelling?
We live in a world full of data. Businesses, governments, and researchers use data to make important decisions. But understanding this data can be hard. This is where data storytelling comes in.
Data storytelling helps us understand and remember data. It's a skill that's becoming more and more important as we use more data in our everyday lives. This course will help you improve your data storytelling skills.
So, what will you get from this course?
Simply put, this course will give you a framework that you can use to make your data exciting and memorable to your audience. You'll also get lots of tips on how to make and present data graphics. This course is designed to help you become a better, more confident data storyteller. So, if you're ready to learn, I'm ready to help :)
Who this course is for:
Anyone from student to professional who wants to improve their data-storytelling skills.

What you'll learn

Give better spoken and written presentations about data!

Have an arsenal of strategies for creating memorable data stories.

Know and apply the "5-stage arc" for memorable data storytelling.

Requirements

  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.

Course Content

27 sections • 95 lectures
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1-What does it mean to tell a story with data?
2
1.1-Storytelling: communication across the ages
1.2-Demonstration: data in or out of a story
2-The storytelling arc
6
2.1-The "5-stage" structure of storytelling
2.2-Example of 5-stage storytelling with data
2.3-Conflict and resolution
2.4-Examples of conflict and resolution
2.5-Quiz
2.6-Quiz
3-Know and prepare for your audience
5
3.1-Is your audience in-field or out-of-field?
3.2-Is your audience horizontal or vertical?
3.3-Audience participation
3.4-Using humor in data storytelling
3.5-Quiz
4-Making visual graphics
8
4.1-Information before aesthetics
4.2-Lines, bars, dots, pie charts, etc.
4.3-Legends and labels
4.4-Colors
4.5-Use color to highlight importance
4.6-One graphic = one message
4.7-Software for making data graphics
4.8-Quiz
5-Data storytelling tips
4
5.1-Guide the audience through the plots
5.2-Big picture first, details as appropriate
5.3-Impress with simplicity and clarity
5.4-Write for your grandmother
6-Insights from storytelling
8
6.1-Make the audience care about the data
6.2-Keep the audience engaged
6.3-Create from the end
present from the beginning
6.4-Start with an anecdote, end with the data
6.5-Build suspense, not surprise
6.6-Quiz
6.7-Quiz
7-Ethics of using data in storytelling
5
7.1-Don't falsify or manipulate data
7.2-Don't lie, mislead, or abuse
7.3-How to be an ethical data storyteller
7.4-Quiz
7.5-Quiz
8-Download the slides from this course as a pdf file
1
8.1-All course slides
9-Bonus section
1
9.1-Bonus lecture