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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
Introduction to Data Storytelling
- Defining data storytelling and its significance
- Core components of effective stories: narrative, visuals, and data
- Typical applications in public and corporate environments
Understanding the Audience and Context
- Identifying your audience and their specific requirements
- Designing for technical versus non-technical stakeholders
- Establishing the tone: persuasive, explanatory, or exploratory
Selecting Appropriate Visuals
- Determining when to use bar charts, line graphs, scatter plots, and other visual types
- Avoiding common errors in visual encoding
- Incorporating color, layout, and hierarchy into storytelling
Structuring the Narrative
- Defining the "so what" of your data
- Storyboarding and sequencing visuals effectively
- Leveraging annotations and visual cues
Practical Tools and Techniques
- Basics of Excel, Power BI, Tableau, and Google Data Studio
- Storytelling via slides and dashboards
- Utilizing templates and reusable structures
Workshop and Critique
- Group analysis of illustrative stories
- Before-and-after visual transformations
- Peer feedback on draft storyboards
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A grasp of fundamental data visualization principles
- Experience working with charts, graphs, or dashboards
- Familiarity with spreadsheets or visualization tools
Audience
- Data analysts
- Public sector communicators
- Policy advisors and managers who interpret data
Testimonials (3)
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Hands-on examples allowed us to get an actual feel for how the program works. Good explanations and integration of theoretical concepts and how they relate to practical applications.
