Practice, practice, practice! Storytelling takes practice, especially Storytelling With Data (SWD). What are the fundamental principles for communicating effectively with data and using storytelling concepts to communicate that data?
Today’s guest is Cole Knaflic, author of Storytelling With Data and Storytelling With Data: Let’s Practice. She is super practical and realistic when teaching people who are struggling to tell stories. Are you ready to join Cole’s SWD community?
“I’m a strong believer that to get good at this stuff (data storytelling), like getting good at anything, it means practicing.” - [09:52]
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3 Knowledge Bombs
- Cole on the Big Idea: Be concise and clear, avoid details, and force word smithing.
- Cole on the Curse of Knowledge: Make sure your message is understood, not ignored and over complicated.
- Cole on Data Practitioner’s Biggest Obstacles: Consider audience, get feedback, and be thoughtful.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- [09:30] - Storytelling With Data and Let’s Practice: Read Cole’s books, then do the work.
- [09:58] - Why write the second book? Provide small and simple ways to practice and integrate SWD (Storytelling with Data) to make big changes and major impact over time.
- [11:35] - Key Quote: Having kids and a growing business simultaneously, it’s been hard, but it’s actually been fantastic. - Cole Knaflic
- [14:47] - Aha Moment: Data makes some people uncomfortable and intimidated. Teach little things they can do to be more effective when communicating with data.
- [16:45] - Storytelling with Data Book: Teaches fundamental principles for communicating effectively with data and using storytelling concepts to communicate that data.
- [22:45] - Top 3 Obstacles: Consider audience, get feedback, and be thoughtful with data design/visualization.
- [29:35] - Big Idea Worksheet: Be concise and clear, avoid details, and force word smithing.
- [36:05] - Let’s Practice chapters include three exercises: Practice with Cole, practice on your own, and practice at work.
- [44:45] - Dashboard and/or Report to Story Transition: When and how?
- [50:30] - Key Quote: Get an understanding that different people are driven by different things. - Cole Knaflic
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“Increasingly, pretty much everybody is being asked to do things with data as part of their day-to-day jobs.” - [15:08]
Links and Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Buy Cole’s new book (or join our FB group to win a FREE copy) - Let’s Practice
- Join Cole’s new community - SWD Community
- Cole Recommend Reading - Avoiding Data Pitfalls by Ben Jones
- Tweet using our new #askmico hastag to get your questions answered live!
- Register for our next BI Data Storytelling Mastery Accelerator Workshops!
- Email us to apply for our BIDF (BI Delivery Framework) BETA
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