Exercise: Visualization
Lesson 25 from: Data Storytelling: Deliver Insights via Compelling StoriesBill Shander
Exercise: Visualization
Lesson 25 from: Data Storytelling: Deliver Insights via Compelling StoriesBill Shander
Lessons
Introduction
1Class Introduction
03:29 2Do The Exercises
00:37 3Communication Challenges and Solutions
05:20 4Exercise: 4X4 Model
04:31 5Exercise Solution: 4X4 Model
03:25 6Introduction - Quiz
Thinking Like a Communicator
The Power of Story
06:48 8Six Ways to Tap Into Your Inner Storyteller
12:32 9The Importance of Understanding Your Audience
03:42 10How to Understand Your Audience
04:35 11How to Embrace Emotion (to review)
04:38 12How to Tap Into Your Inherent Creativity
05:55 13Exercise: An Emotional Story
01:29 14Exercise Solution: An Emotional Story
01:12 15Thinking Like a Communicator - Quiz
Telling Data Stories
16Basic Data Analytics Tactics
08:54 17Basic Journalism Tactics
04:56 18Defining Your Story
05:37 19Sketching and Storyboarding
07:05 20Use Your Words
04:20 21Telling Data Stories - Quiz
Essential Design Principles
22The Power of Visuals
07:44 23How to Pick the Right Chart for Your Data
05:19 24Exercise: Chart Selection
06:27 25Exercise: Visualization
02:59 26Basic Chart Designs Principles
08:21 27Research Driven Design Principles
06:27 28Exercise: A Data Story
03:50 29Essential Design Principles - Quiz
And Now What?
30Great Data Stories for Your Inspiration
05:53 31Tips and Tricks
03:53 32How to Sell Data Storytelling Services
03:56 33A Conversation Guide for Talking to Prospects About Data Storytelling Projects
05:30 34Course Summary
02:48Final Quiz
35Final Quiz
Lesson Info
Exercise: Visualization
Okay now it's your turn to play around with some of the flying etiquette data that we've been using throughout the course. So here's what I want you to do. If you haven't already done it, download the data. Get to get it from Fivethirtyeight Git hub repository with the link on the screen And I want you to come up as many visuals as you can possibly think of with this data set in 20 minutes time. You don't need to actually create charts in Excel or Tableau. In fact, I strongly recommend that you don't use software to do this exercise. Just break out a pen and paper or a whiteboard or a tablet with basic sketching software. And just try sketching ideas. Try to really challenge yourself to come up with ideas for data stories that would be interesting. For instance, maybe you want to visualize some trends over time Or investigate why 18-29 year olds are so cranky or just show whether there's a correlation between how much money you make and how cranky certain things make you feel when flyi...
ng or some other large and complex or small and simple data story. Really think about questions you have about the data and then think of a visual that might help solve that question. So Try to come up with at least 10 different visuals looking at different aspects of the data and from different angles. Don't bother doing real data analysis. Ok, don't use software. Don't open Excel. Don't analyze the data set. These charts will not be shared with anyone. Okay. Focus on a visualization that communicates what you want to communicate, not whether the numbers are accurate or the actual data. Obviously real analysis is critical in the real world application of what you're learning here. But your focus for today is on getting creative with visualization and practicing and stretching those muscles. Now. I also challenge you to not cross out bad ideas. In fact, I strongly encourage you to come up with real failures. Try weird things, not just standard charts. Okay, try using metaphors and weird ways to visualize your ideas. Don't just use rectangles and circles and lines. Feel free to use those two but try to come up with at least a couple of really off the wall concepts that may not work at all. But there were thinking about in an exercise like this. If you come up with something really, really weird and even something awful, I'd actually love to see it and hear about your thinking when you came up with it, you can email it to me at the address on the screen. Of course. Feel free to send me your good ideas too. I may not be able to respond to everyone but I love seeing people's work really try hard to come up with a lot of options and make sure some of them are really weird. Like I said that process of getting weird will help you get somewhere creative and productive if you repeat it frequently
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