Strategies to Tell Better Stories with Data

September 16, 2022

“It’s really in that communication piece is where things either succeed or fail, irrespective of all the hard work that happened up until that point.” — Cole-Nussbaumer-Knaflic

In this episode of Data Chats, Chris Richardson interviews Cole-Nussbaumer-Knaflic Founder & CEO of Storytelling with Data and author of best-selling books Storytelling with Data: Let’s Practice and Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals. They discuss:

The importance of answering “so what” when sharing data
How to do a better job of defining the audience for the data story
Tips for communicating data after all the analysis is done
The ways organizations can support data teams learn how to share insights through storytelling
Strategies to get more comfortable with storytelling with data

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Pragmatic Institute

Pragmatic Institute is the transformational partner for today’s businesses, providing immediate impact through actionable and practical training for product, design and data teams. Our courses are taught by industry experts with decades of hands-on experience, and include a complete ecosystem of training, resources and community. This focus on dynamic instruction and continued learning has delivered impactful education to over 200,000 alumni worldwide over the last 30 years.

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