Present the Data

To Tell a Good Narrative

Narrative/Story: The narrative of a data presentation that makes it meaningful and interesting.

Data storytelling: Communicating the meaning of a dataset with visuals and a narrative that are customized for an audience.

Mental model: A data analyst’s thought process and approach to a problem.

Relativity: The process of considering observations in relation or proportion to something else.

Engagement: Capturing and holding someone’s interest and attention during a data presentation.

Spotlighting: Scanning through data to quickly identify the most important insights.

Live data: Data that is automatically updated.

Static data: Data that doesn’t change once it has been recorded.

Create Slideshows

McCandless Method: A method for presenting data visualizations that moves from general to specific information.

Business metric: A standard of measurement used to solve a business task.

Framework: The context a presentation needs to create logical connections that tie back to the business task and metrics.

Hypothesis: A theory that one might try to prove or disprove with data.

Dashboard filter: A tool for showing only the data that meets a specific criteria while hiding the rest.

Professional relationship building/Networking: Building relationships by meeting people both in person and online.