Channel Title: storytelling with data Channel Description: At storytelling with data, we help people and organizations create graphs that make sense and weave them into compelling, action-inspiring stories. Watch, learn, and become a better data storyteller through our videos and webinars. 📊 Practice & receive feedback at community.storytellingwithdata.com 🖥 Check out our numerous free resources: www.storytellingwithdata.com 🎧 Listen to our podcast: www.storytellingwithdata.com/podcast 🍎 Attend a workshop: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/public-workshops 📚 Order our newest book: storytelling with YOU: https://amzn.to/3yksTOS 📚 Order the best selling book: storytelling with data: https://amzn.to/32rU8Xr 📚 Check out the practice book: storytelling with data: let's practice https://amzn.to/2KNSea4 Subscribe to start honing your data visualization and storytelling skills. https://www.youtube.com/c/storytellingwithdata?sub_confirmation=1 <video> Choosing how to label your graphs #excel #exceltips Description: You don't have to completely overhaul your graphs to make improvements. In this short series, learn simple changes to make better graphs, like the options you have when it comes to labeling your graphs. </video> <video> Storytelling with Data for Kids: Cole Knaflic on "Daphne Draws Data" Description: Turn your videos into live streams with Restream https://restre.am/ANIm Join us for a fun interview with Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, bestselling author of "Storytelling with Data" and creator of the new children's book "Daphne Draws Data". You'll get to hear about her experience in adapting complex data concepts for young minds and how she brought this to life in her latest book with Daphne, the data-drawing dragon 🐉 📊. You won't want to miss out on getting her unique perspectives on making data accessible to all ages and her thoughts on nurturing the next generation of data storytellers. </video> <video> Exploring stacked area charts | data viz makeover Description: When communicating data, especially in a business setting, starting with simple visuals like bar charts is a great place to begin. The more we add to these charts, however, the more difficult the key insights are to discover. This video takes a look at a stacked bar graph which is failing to articulate its call to action clearly, and through the exploration of different visuals, discovers how a stacked area chart can continue to display an appropriate level of detail and crucially provide our intended message in a clear and compelling way. JUMP TO THE SECTION THAT INTERESTS YOU 00:00 Intro 00:10 Stacked bar chart example 00:39 Introducing the scenario 01:52 Exploring different visual - grouped bar chart 02:16 Exploring different visual - line chart 02:25 Exploring different visual - area chart 03:14 Exploring different visual - stacked area chart 03:43 Outro IMPROVE YOUR DATA VISUALIZATION & STORYTELLING SKILLS 📚 Order Cole’s latest book! http://storytellingwithyou.com 📚 Read the other SWD books: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/books 🖥 Follow the blog: http://storytellingwithdata.com/blog 📊 Practice in the SWD community: http://community.storytellingwithdata.com 🎧 Listen to the podcast: http://storytellingwithdata.com/podcast 🍎 Attend a workshop: http://storytellingwithdata.com/workshops STAY CONNECTED 👉 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/storytelling-with-data-llc 👉 Twitter: http://twitter.com/storywithdata 👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/storywithdata 💡 Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos! http://youtube.com/c/storytellingwithdata?sub_confirmation=1 </video> <video> Daphne Draws Data Read-Aloud with Cole Description: In this recorded livestream, Cole debuts "Daphne Draws Data" viewers around the world. Watch to meet Daphne, the data-drawing dragon, and follow her thrilling journey through numbers and graphs. 📚 Order Daphne Draws Data: https://www.daphnedrawsdata.com/order 🖥 Learn more: https://www.daphnedrawsdata.com/ 🤗 Plush Daphne: https://www.daphnedrawsdata.com/dragonhugs 👉 Subscribe to Daphne's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DaphneDrawsData </video> <video> Make waffle charts! (Excel & PowerPoint) Description: Do you want to learn how to create waffle charts (also known as matrix charts or square area charts)? This video tutorial goes step-by-step through the process and creates versions in both Excel and PowerPoint. As waffle charts aren't part of the standard set of graphing options in Excel a little creativity is required. In this video, the following techniques are covered: - creating a waffle chart in Excel by adjusting the width and height of rows and columns and formatting appropriately. - adding a formatted table to a PowerPoint slide, resizing and formatting to achieve the waffle chart look. - Copying and pasting the slides and making small changes to each version of the waffle chart to build up the story as you walk your audience through it A waffle chart is a square display. They often consist of a 10x10 grid containing 100 individual squares. The squares are then coloured based on the data that's being visualised. The chart gets its food-based name from its resemblance to a tasty waffle. (Sometimes this type of chart is referred to as a “unit chart,” although that term applies more appropriately to a broader category of visualisations, which tend to use discrete icons, rather than squares, to represent the values.) JUMP TO THE SECTION THAT INTERESTS YOU 00:00 Intro 00:42 Making the waffle chart in Excel 03:14 Making the waffle chart in PowerPoint 04:20 Outro MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO! ● Our immersive, 8-week online course will build your skills and confidence to make great graphs and slides, weave them into compelling narratives, and communicate in any situation with prowess. Check out the details, here. https://ti.to/storytellingwithdata/course-summer2024?source=yt BROWSE RELATED RESOURCES ● SWD chart guide: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/chart-guide ● Excel tutorials playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwEff2aXpeWuz9fJrQLxmr5pnyoaESIka ● How to turn data into stories: a mini workshop | https://youtube.com/live/Hfx1X9WSGYQ IMPROVE YOUR DATA VISUALIZATION & STORYTELLING SKILLS 📚 Order Cole’s new book! http://storytellingwithyou.com 📚 Read the books: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/books 🖥 Follow the blog: http://storytellingwithdata.com/blog 📊 Practice in the SWD community: http://community.storytellingwithdata.com 🎧 Listen to the podcast: http://storytellingwithdata.com/podcast 🍎 Attend a workshop: http://storytellingwithdata.com/workshops STAY CONNECTED 👉 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/storytelling-with-data-llc 👉 Twitter: http://twitter.com/storywithdata 👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/storywithdata 💡 Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos! http://youtube.com/c/storytellingwithdata?sub_confirmation=1 </video> <video> Daphne Draws Data - It's publication day! Description: Exciting news: our new book Daphne Draws Data: a storytelling with data adventure has been published! Order today and access related resources at https://www.daphnedrawsdata.com/ BROWSE RELATED RESOURCES ● More for adults in the SWD chart guide: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/chart-guide ● More for kids, parents & educators at https://www.daphnedrawsdata.com/ IMPROVE YOUR DATA VISUALIZATION & STORYTELLING SKILLS 📚 Read the books: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/books 🖥 Follow the blog: http://storytellingwithdata.com/blog 📊 Practice in the SWD community: http://community.storytellingwithdata.com 🎧 Listen to the podcast: http://storytellingwithdata.com/podcast 🍎 Attend a workshop: http://storytellingwithdata.com/workshops STAY CONNECTED 👉 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/storytelling-with-data-llc 👉 Twitter: http://twitter.com/storywithdata 👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/storywithdata or http://instagram.com/daphnedrawsdata 💡 Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos! http://youtube.com/c/storytellingwithdata?sub_confirmation=1 </video> <video> The art of exploring and explaining data Description: In this mini-workshop, data storyteller and two-time Tableau Visionary Mike Cisneros tackles a case study where you’ll play the role of an analyst who has been tasked to plumb a complex data set, to find out if your company has the potential to be more efficient, profitable, and aligned with the executive team’s overall goals. Mike walks you through the entire analytic process step-by-step, from investigating your data in a live dashboard, through using graphs of various levels of complexity to find and refine your insights, to ultimately delivering your findings and recommendations via an engaging and compelling presentation. JUMP TO THE SECTION THAT INTERESTS YOU: 00:00 Introduction 02:38 Case study: Heliotrope 05:13 Explore in a dashboard 12:27 Use a complex graph 17:15 Switch to simple charts 28:20 More SWD resources 32:30 Persuade with story 43:46 Live Q&A IMPROVE YOUR DATA VISUALIZATION & STORYTELLING SKILLS 🍎 Organize a custom workshop: http://storytellingwithdata.com/custom-workshops 🍎 Attend a public workshop or course: http://storytellingwithdata.com/workshops 📚 Preorder Cole’s new children's book! http://daphnedrawsdata.com 📚 Read SWD books: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/books 🖥 Follow the blog: http://storytellingwithdata.com/blog 📊 Practice in the SWD community: http://community.storytellingwithdata.com 🎧 Listen to the podcast: http://storytellingwithdata.com/podcast STAY CONNECTED 👉 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/storytelling-with-data-llc 👉 Twitter: http://twitter.com/storywithdata 👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/storywithdata 💡 Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos! http://youtube.com/c/storytellingwithdata?sub_confirmation=1 </video> <video> Graphing tip: use an empty fill Description: You don't have to completely overhaul your graphs to make improvements. In this short series, learn simple changes to make better graphs, like how to visualize opportunity using an empty fill color. (Aglebazoba is a fake disease; this example was anonymized to protect confidentiality.) Want to learn more about the thought process of this makeover? Check out the full article on the #SWDblog: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/blog/2017/10/30/a-story-about-opportunity </video> <video> Add a vertical line to separate actuals and forecast #excel Description: You don't have to completely overhaul your graphs to make improvements. In this short series, learn simple changes to make better graphs, like how to differentiate actual and forecasted data in Excel by adding a vertical line. Check out the other short videos for additional ways to display a forecast: ● Differentiate actual and forecasted data: https://youtube.com/shorts/lwXL4jE70QI ● Show a forecast with a shaded area data: https://youtube.com/shorts/qSObZipoiPg </video> <video> Don't lie with your data! Truncated bars Description: When our eyes interpret bar charts, we are comparing the relative heights of the bars. When we cut the height off at something greater than zero, it skews this visual comparison, over-emphasizing the difference between the bars in a way that simply isn't honest. This quick video clearly demonstrates this using a simple example bar chart. </video> <video> Solve your combo chart challenges! Description: In this video, we’re taking a critical look at combo charts (also known as dual axis or secondary y-axis charts)—what are they, why they’re commonly used, and the challenges they present. We’ll discuss ways to make them clearer, highlight their limitations, and explore alternative approaches to visualize data more effectively. By the end, you’ll have a deeper understanding of how to use—or avoid—combo charts to communicate your insights more accurately. JUMP TO THE SECTION THAT INTERESTS YOU 00:00 Intro 00:43 Possible reasons for using a combo chart 01:03 Challenge one - they are slower to read 02:47 Challenge two - they can be misleading 03:53 Challenge three - we can make meaningless comparisons 07:21 Outro BROWSE RELATED RESOURCES ● SWD blog article: be gone, dual y-axis! - https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/blog/2016/2/1/be-gone-dual-y-axis ● SWD blog article: declutter a dual y-axis chart - https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/blog/declutter-a-dual-y-axis-chart IMPROVE YOUR DATA VISUALIZATION & STORYTELLING SKILLS 📚 Preorder Cole’s new book! http://storytellingwithyou.com 📚 Read the books: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/books 🖥 Follow the blog: http://storytellingwithdata.com/blog 📊 Practice in the SWD community: http://community.storytellingwithdata.com 🎧 Listen to the podcast: http://storytellingwithdata.com/podcast 🍎 Attend a workshop: http://storytellingwithdata.com/workshops STAY CONNECTED 👉 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/storytelling-with-data-llc 👉 Twitter: http://twitter.com/storywithdata 👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/storywithdata 💡 Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos! http://youtube.com/c/storytellingwithdata?sub_confirmation=1 </video> <video> Show a forecast with a shaded area #excel Description: You don't have to completely overhaul your graphs to make improvements. In this short series, learn simple changes to make better graphs, like how to differentiate actual and forecasted data in Excel by adding a shaded forecast area. Check out the other video short that shares additional ways to display a forecast: ● Differentiate actual and forecasted data: https://youtube.com/shorts/lwXL4jE70QI </video> <video> What is a bar chart? Description: Exciting news: our new book is coming in September! Preorder, win fun prizes, and access related resources at https://www.daphnedrawsdata.com/ | Join the August 18th virtual live world-wide read aloud, simply register at https://daphnedrawsdata.com/read Bar charts are great for visualizing data—for adults and kids alike! In this short video, bestselling author Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic explains how to read a bar chart, illustrates use case with a business example, and shares a sneak peek at bar-chart content from her new children's book. BROWSE RELATED RESOURCES ● More for adults in the SWD chart guide: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/chart-guide ● More for kids, parents & educators at https://www.daphnedrawsdata.com/ IMPROVE YOUR DATA VISUALIZATION & STORYTELLING SKILLS 📚 Read the books: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/books 🖥 Follow the blog: http://storytellingwithdata.com/blog 📊 Practice in the SWD community: http://community.storytellingwithdata.com 🎧 Listen to the podcast: http://storytellingwithdata.com/podcast 🍎 Attend a workshop: http://storytellingwithdata.com/workshops STAY CONNECTED 👉 LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/storytelling-with-data-llc 👉 Twitter: http://twitter.com/storywithdata 👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/storywithdata or http://instagram.com/daphnedrawsdata 💡 Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos! http://youtube.com/c/storytellingwithdata?sub_confirmation=1 </video> <video> How to add sparing data markers to your graphs #excel Description: You don't have to completely overhaul your graphs to make improvements. In this short series, learn simple changes to make better graphs. This quick video teaches you how to add sparing data markers to a line graph, which can then be formatted to emphasize the change over time. </video> <video> Adding totals to stacked bars #excel Description: You don't have to completely overhaul your graphs to make improvements. In this short series, learn simple changes to make better graphs, like how to add totals to a stacked bar chart with a method that works for both horizontal and vertical orientations. Looking for more on stacked bars? Check out the detailed review in our chart guide: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/blog/stacked-bars </video>

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At storytelling with data, we help people and organizations create graphs that make sense and weave them into compelling, action-inspiring stories. Watch, learn, and become a better data storyteller through our videos and webinars.

📊 Practice & receive feedback at community.storytellingwithdata.com
🖥 Check out our numerous free resources: www.storytellingwithdata.com
🎧 Listen to our podcast: www.storytellingwithdata.com/podcast
🍎 Attend a workshop: https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/public-workshops
📚 Order our newest book: storytelling with YOU: https://amzn.to/3yksTOS
📚 Order the best selling book: storytelling with data: https://amzn.to/32rU8Xr
📚 Check out the practice book: storytelling with data: let's practice https://amzn.to/2KNSea4

Subscribe to start honing your data visualization and storytelling skills. https://www.youtube.com/c/storytellingwithdata?sub_confirmation=1

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