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How to tell a Story with

Charts and Graphs


Data and Stories

❖ Storytelling is how humankind has always made sense of the

world.

❖ Crafting stories around data are shown to interest and persuade

people more effectively

❖ Raw data is unappealing, story around data is fascinating


Essentials of Data-Storytelling
Requirements of a compelling presentation:

❖ Data

❖ Narrative

❖ Visualization
Essentials of Data-Storytelling
Narrative takes data and crafts it into three stages:

❖ Context of the Data


❖ Conflict in the Data
❖ Conclusion of the Data

Context: The variables and their value


Conflict: The main focal points in the data
Conclusion: What does the data say?
Essentials of Data-Storytelling

The Art of Narrating Technique

❖ Show, not tell


❖ Lay out the facts
❖ Let people draw the final
conclusion

❖ Be open to suggestions
Tricks of Data Visualization
Things to remember for a chart or graph ,

❖ Use various colours


❖ Use contrasting shapes, colours, sizes
❖ Avoid using same colours for different variables
❖ Have only one message in a single chart
❖ Avoid using too many variables in a single graph
❖ Use the graph/chart that best represents your data
❖ Use pre-learnt conventions to your benefit.

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