Data storytelling

Communicating Data Insights

Joe Franklin

Senior Curriculum Manager, DataCamp

A picture tells a thousand words?

 

Two 3d pie charts showing pre-treatment and post-treatment results

Communicating Data Insights

A story tells a single insight

Bar chart with two variables

Communicating Data Insights

Spot the difference

 

Bar chart with two variables

Two 3d pie charts showing pre-treatment and post-treatment results

Communicating Data Insights

Why?

     

Data story distinctions

  • Easier to understand
  • Inspire action
  • Retain information

     

Pair visualizations with written communication

Why Sign

Communicating Data Insights

Engagement

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Stories increase engagement over raw data.

 

Method Donation amount
Data only             $1.14
Data story            $2.38
1 Small, D. A., Loewenstein, G., & Slovic, P. (2007). Sympathy and callousness: The impact of deliberative thought on donations to identifiable and statistical victims.
Communicating Data Insights

Sticky situation

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Remembering individual numbers is hard

   

Retaining the impact of stories is much easier

1 Heath, C., & Heath, D. (2010). Made to stick: Why some ideas survive and others die.
Communicating Data Insights

Let's practice!

Communicating Data Insights

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