"Data slides are not really about the data, they are about the meaning of the data. " ≺lberto Cairo, Knight Chair in Visual Journalism and Professor of Visualization at the University of Miami, and author of The Functional Art If you are a beginner in visualization, or if you struggle to produce good charts in your everyday job with tools like Excel, Tableau, Qlik, and the like, this is a great place to start learning the core principles. She is an advocate for clarity and concision in visualization, and her book is as clear, concise, and practical as it gets. Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic accomplishes that with her first book. "There is something lovely about being consistent with your own teachings. Now others can, too! " ≾leanor Bell, Director of Business Analytics at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation My team is already using the lessons Cole teaches to move people to action as they see new pearls of understanding and make a difference in the lives of others. Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic taught us valuable lessons in her workshop and it is fantastic to see these expanded upon in Storytelling with Data. "We have so much data that it can be hard to get people to pay attention to our critical findings. Hillis, Chief Risk Officer of Mortgage Banking at JPM Chase Cole's book brings her talents together in an easy-to-read guide with excellent examples that anyone can learn from to encourage smarter decision-making. At JPMorgan Chase, she has helped improve our capabilities to explain complicated analysis to executive management and the regulators with whom we work. Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic possesses a unique abilitya giftin telling a story through data. " Storytelling with Data is a superbly written, masterful display of rare art in the business world. There is a story in your data― Storytelling 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 and utilize concepts of design in data visualization.Direct your audience's attention to the most important parts of your data.Recognize and eliminate the clutter clouding your information.Determine the appropriate type of graph for your situation.Understand the importance of context and audience.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. Don't simply show your data―tell a story with it!
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