Let's start with the importance of data storytelling and the elements you need to tell stories with data. You'll learn best practices to influence how decisions are made before learning how to translate technical results into stories for non-technical stakeholders.


Fundamentals of storytelling

The story begins

Options

True

False

Building a story

Translating technical results

Tech story

Non-tech story

A non-tech story

Best practice

Bad practice

Be aware

Impacting the decision-making process

Is it a true story?

Impacting decision with data

Structured to impact

Comparison

Correlation

Clustering

A story to compare

Storytelling with Data

Deepen your storytelling knowledge. Learn how to avoid common mistakes when telling stories with data by tailoring your presentations to your audience. Then learn best practices for including visualizations and choosing between oral or written formats to make sure your presentations pack a punch!


Selecting the right data

The truth about salaries

Earning interests

Showing relevant statistics

Salary variation

On a payroll

It's not significant

Visualizations for different audiences

Salary development

Salary on demand

Choosing the appropriate format

A communication problem

Should we meet?

When in doubt

Preparing to Communicate the Data

Now that you understand how to prepare for communicating findings, it’s time to learn how to structure your reports. You'll also learn the importance of reproducibility (work smarter, not harder) and how to get to the point when describing your findings. You’ll then get to apply all you’ve learned to a real-world use case as you create a compelling report on credit risk.


Types of reports

Something to report

In summary

Reproducibility and references

Replicate me

Same results

Write precise and clear reports

Half-empty glass

Strong words

Case study: report on credit risk

Credit me

Report my credit

Structuring Written Reports

You'll finish by learning simple techniques to structure a presentation, communicate insights, and inspire your audience to take action. Lastly, you'll learn how to improve your communication style and prepare to handle questions from your audience.


Planning an oral presentation

Is this the plan?

An effective plan!

Building presentation slides

A color building

Too much text

The right building

Delivering the presentation

Put it into practice

Avoiding common errors

The true mistake

Do's and don'ts

Congratulations!

Building Compelling Oral Presentations

You’ve analyzed your data, run your model, and made your predictions.  Now, it's time to bring your data to life! Presenting findings to stakeholders so they can make data-driven decisions is an essential skill for all data scientists. In this course, you’ll learn how to use storytelling to connect with your audience and help them understand the content of your presentation—so they can make the right decisions. Through hands-on exercises, you’ll learn the advantages and disadvantages of oral and written formats. You’ll also improve how you translate technical results into compelling stories, using the correct data, visualizations, and in-person presentation techniques. Start learning and improve your data storytelling today.

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<h2>Learn the Basics of Data Communication</h2> 
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You’ve analyzed your data, run your model, and made your predictions. Now, it's time to bring your data to life! Presenting findings to stakeholders so they can make data-driven decisions is an essential skill for all data scientists. In this course, you’ll learn how to use storytelling to connect with your audience and help them understand the content of your presentation—so they can make the right decisions. 
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<h2>Explore Formats of Data Communication</h2> 
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Through hands-on exercises, you’ll learn the advantages and disadvantages of oral and written formats. You’ll also improve how you translate technical results into compelling stories, using the correct data, visualizations, and in-person presentation techniques. Start learning and improve your data storytelling today.

Understanding Data Science

Understanding Data Visualization

No one enjoys looking at spreadsheets! Bring your data to life. Improve your presentation and learn how to translate technical data into actionable insights. 

Data Communication Concepts

Analista dati associato in SQL

Scienziato dei dati associato in R

Scienziato dei dati associato  in Python

At the end of the report, include a page with all the terminology definitions and the acronyms you could not avoid.

Explain that the predictions you made will help target specifically some customers. It will save money for the company in marketing campaigns.

When sending the report, anticipate any questions the business team will have. Answer them thoroughly so they know you are willing to help.

Adjust your content to include some explanation on why you choose your variables for analysis, from a business perspective.

Do not include analogies to explain a concept with simple terms as it could be confusing and disengaging.

Be aware

Data Communication Concepts

Esercizio pratico interattivo