Data Storytelling: Inspiring Change with Dashboards

• Bring own laptop

INCLUSIONS

For onsite:

1. printed handout
2. printed certificate
3. fastfood lunch
4. AM and PM snacks
5. candies and coffee
6. WIFI access

For via Zoom:

1. PDF handout
2. PDF certificate

Where in Cubao:

Mpower Learning Manila

222 Vivaldi Residences, 628 EDSA cor Aurora Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City

TIME

All schedules are set at 8AM-5PM. However, if the headcount is low, the training may be set at 9AM-4PM or 9AM-5PM. Your certificate, still, will indicate 8 hours.The start time and end time will be finalized three days before the class. Please look for an email from aW5xdWlyZSB8IGluc2lnaHRzbWFuaWxhICEgY29t or chat with us to confirm.

OUTLINE

I. Introduction to Communicating with Data
• Understanding the Language of Data
• Stages to Data Storytelling
• Data Visualization vs Data Storytelling

II. Preparing to Tell Your Data Story
• Creating Your 3-Minute Story
• Identifying the Main Idea of Your Story
• Preparing the Story Stream / Storyboard
• Adapting Your Presentation to Your Audience (Clients vs Managers vs Colleagues)

III. Choosing the Right Visual to Convey Meaning (and Guidelines to Using Charts + How to Perform them in Excel)
• The Three Main Charts: Column/Bar, Line, and Pie Charts
• Showing Intersecting Aspects with Stacked Bars
• Showing Geographical Information with Map Charts

IV. Applying Psychological Principles in Data Storytelling
• Tufte’s Data-Ink Ratio: Measuring and Removing Clutter in Your Visuals
• Gestalt’s Principle: Controlling How Viewers See Your Message
• Principle of Good Order and Symmetry
• Principle of Similarity and Continuation
• Principle of Proximity and Closure
• Applying Pre-Attentive Attributes in Visuals
• Using Light-Dark Color Shading
• Using Attribute of Size and Contrast
• Using Attribute of Orientation

V. Thinking Like a Designer
• Applying Aesthetics to Visuals
• Good vs Bad Visuals
• Laying Out Elements

VI. Applying Context to Visuals
• Adding Context via Legends, Chart and Axis Titles
• Adding Annotations
• Adding Subtitles and Paragraph Texts

VII. Ethics and Deception in Data Storytelling
• Ethics in Data Storytelling
• Avoiding Data Deception
• Cherry Picking
• Data Hacking

VIII. Preparing Your Dashboard
• Laying Out Your Dashboard Elements
• Adding Objectives, Story Stream, and Dashboard Certainty

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