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Storytelling With Data
Consulting for context: questions to ask
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Tables interact with our verbal system, which means that we read them.
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Figure 3.13 Summary of survey feedback
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic • Storytelling With Data
What exactly is story? At a fundamental level, a story expresses how and why life changes. Stories start with balance. Then something happens—an event that throws things out of balance. McKee describes this as “subjective expectation meets cruel reality.” This is that same tension we discussed in the context of plays. The resulting struggle, confli
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There are a few strategies you can leverage for gaining acceptance in the design of your data visualization: Articulate the benefits of the new or different approach. Sometimes simply giving people transparency into why things will look different going forward can help them feel more comfortable. Are there new or improved observations you can make
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chunks of visual information in their short-term memory at a given time.
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I do not recommend using blinking or flashing when communicating with data for explanatory purposes (it tends to be more annoying than helpful).
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Roughly 8% of men (including my husband and a former boss) and half a percent of women are colorblind. This most frequently manifests itself as difficulty in distinguishing between shades of red and shades of green.
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This is not about oversimplifying, but rather not making things more complicated than they need to be.
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic • Storytelling With Data
The power of repetition