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Storytelling with data : let's practice! /
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 ma...
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- 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 & reframeSolution 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 tableExercise 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 visualExercise 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