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Author Knaflic, Cole Nussbaumer, author.

Title Storytelling with data : a data visualization guide for business professionals / Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
Published Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Contents Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Bad graphs are everywhere -- We aren't naturally good at storytelling with data -- Who this book is written for -- How I learned to tell stories with data -- How you'll learn to tell stories with data: 6 lessons -- Illustrative examples span many industries -- Lessons are not tool specific -- How this book is organized -- Chapter 1 the importance of context -- Exploratory vs. explanatory analysis -- Who, what, and how -- Who -- What -- How
Who, what, and how: illustrated by example -- Consulting for context: questions to ask -- The 3-minute story & Big Idea -- Storyboarding -- In closing -- Chapter 2 choosing an effective visual -- Simple text -- Tables -- Graphs -- Points -- Lines -- Bars -- Area -- Other types of graphs -- To be avoided -- In closing -- Chapter 3 clutter is your enemy! -- Cognitive load -- Clutter -- Gestalt principles of visual perception -- Lack of visual order -- Non-strategic use of contrast -- Decluttering: step-by-step -- In closing -- Chapter 4 focus your audience's attention -- You see with your brain
A brief lesson on memory -- Preattentive attributes signal where to look -- Size -- Color -- Position on page -- In closing -- Chapter 5 think like a designer -- Affordances -- Accessibility -- Aesthetics -- Acceptance -- In closing -- Chapter 6 dissecting model visuals -- Model visual #1: line graph -- Model visual #2: annotated line graph with forecast -- Model visual #3: 100% stacked bars -- Model visual #4: leveraging positive and negative stacked bars -- Model visual #5: horizontal stacked bars -- In closing -- Chapter 7 lessons in storytelling -- The magic of story -- Constructing the story
The narrative structure -- The power of repetition -- Tactics to help ensure that your story is clear -- In closing -- Chapter 8 pulling it all together -- Lesson 1: understand the context -- Lesson 2: choose an appropriate display -- Lesson 3: eliminate clutter -- Lesson 4: draw attention where you want your audience to focus -- Lesson 5: think like a designer -- Lesson 6: tell a story -- In closing -- Chapter 9 case studies -- CASE STUDY 1: Color considerations with a dark background -- CASE STUDY 2: Leveraging animation in the visuals you present -- CASE STUDY 3: Logic in order
CASE STUDY 4: Strategies for avoiding the spaghetti graph -- CASE STUDY 5: Alternatives to pies -- In closing -- Chapter 10 final thoughts -- Where to go from here -- Building storytelling with data competency in your team or organization -- Recap: a quick look at all we've learned -- In closing -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA
Summary Sometimes it is easy to generate charts and graphs look fine to you, but don't clearly communicate the information that they represent. Knaflic's own knack for clarity will help you sharpen your message when using data in your business presentations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 14, 2015)
Subject Information visualization.
Computer graphics
Business communication.
Computer Graphics
computer graphics.
REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
Business communication
Computer graphics
Information visualization
Statistik
Visualisierung
Neue Medien
Information visualization.
Business communication.
Computer graphics.
Business presentations.
Vertelkunst.
Data-analyse.
Gegevens.
Gegevensmodellering.
Visualisatie.
Datamining.
Information science.
Business language.
Computer graphics.
Form Electronic book
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