Storytelling with data let's practice! / Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

Includes index.

Understand the context -- Choose an effective visual -- Identify & eliminate clutter -- Focus attention -- Think like a designer -- Tell a story -- Practice more with Cole -- Practice more on your own -- Practice more at work -- Closing words. Intro; storytelling with data lets practice -- contents -- acknowledgments -- about the author -- introduction -- How this book is organized & what to expect -- How to use this book in conjunction with the original -- Do you want to learn or teach? -- A quick note on tools; Where to get the data -- Let's get started -- chapter one understand the context -- Exercise 1.1: get to know your audience -- Solution 1.1: get to know your audience -- Exercise 1.2: narrow your audience -- Solution 1.2: narrow your audience -- Exercise 1.3: complete the Big Idea worksheet -- Solution 1.3: complete the Big Idea worksheet Exercise 1.4: refine & reframe -- Solution 1.4: refine & reframe -- Exercise 1.5: complete another Big Idea worksheet -- Solution 1.5: complete another Big Idea worksheet -- Exercise 1.6: critique the Big Idea -- Solution 1.6: critique the Big Idea -- Exercise 1.7: storyboard! -- Solution 1.7: storyboard! -- Exercise 1.8: storyboard (again!) -- Solution 1.8: storyboard (again!) -- Exercise 1.9: get to know your audience -- Exercise 1.10: narrow your audience -- Exercise 1.11: let's reframe -- Exercise 1.12: what's the Big Idea? -- Exercise 1.13: what's the Big Idea (this time)? -- Exercise 1.14: how could we arrange this? -- Exercise 1.15: storyboard! -- Exercise 1.16: storyboard (again!) -- Exercise 1.17: get to know your audience -- Exercise 1.18: narrow your audience -- Exercise 1.19: identify the action -- Exercise 1.20: complete the Big Idea worksheet -- Exercise 1.21: solicit feedback on your Big Idea -- Exercise 1.22: create the Big Idea as a team -- Exercise 1.23: get the ideas out of your head! -- Exercise 1.24: organize your ideas in a storyboard -- Exercise 1.25: solicit feedback on your storyboard -- Exercise 1.26: let's discuss; chapter two choose an effective visual -- Exercise 2.1: improve this table Solution 2.1: improve this table -- Exercise 2.2: visualize! -- Solution 2.2: visualize! -- Exercise 2.3: let's draw -- Solution 2.3: let's draw! -- Exercise 2.4: practice in your tool -- Solution 2.4: practice in your tool -- Exercise 2.5: how would you show this data? -- Solution 2.5: how would you show this data? -- Exercise 2.6: let's visualize the weather -- Solution 2.6: visualize the weather -- Exercise 2.7: critique -- Solution 2.7: critique! -- Exercise 2.8: what's wrong with this graph? -- Solution 2.8: what's wrong with this graph? -- Exercise 2.9: let's draw -- Exercise 2.10: practice in your tool -- Exercise 2.11: improve this visual -- Exercise 2.12: which graph would you choose? -- Exercise 2.13: what's wrong with this graph? -- Exercise 2.14: visualize & iterate -- Exercise 2.15: learn from examples -- Exercise 2.16: participate in #SWDchallenge -- Exercise 2.17: draw it! -- Exercise 2.18: iterate in your tool -- Exercise 2.19: consider these questions -- Exercise 2.20: say it out loud -- Exercise 2.21: solicit feedback -- Exercise 2.22: build a data viz library -- Exercise 2.23: explore additional resources -- Exercise 2.24: let's discuss. chapter three identify & eliminate clutter.

Influence action through data! This is not a book. It is a one-of-a-kind immersive learning experience through which you can become, or teach others to be, a powerful data storyteller. Let's practice! helps you build confidence and credibility to create graphs and visualizations that make sense and weave them into action-inspiring stories. Expanding upon best seller storytelling with data's foundational lessons, Let's practice! delivers fresh content, a plethora of new examples, and over 100 hands-on exercises. Author and data storytelling maven Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic guides you along the path to hone core skills and become a well-practiced data communicator.