Telling Stories with Data Visualization

Presented by: Mandy Dube

INTRODUCTION

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• Why (I think) Data Visualization Counts

• The Story

• Credits

• The Next Production

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WHY (I THINK) DATA

VISUALIZATION COUNTS

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Data analysis is not core business?

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Looks familiar?

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Data analysis is not core business?

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THE STORY

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Once upon a time there was

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And every month

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But one day

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Because of that

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Because of that

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Until finally

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And ever since that day

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CREDITS

A good story makes the health worker the hero

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• Create conflict by acknowledging the current way and highlighting

the better way

• Accept challenges, nothing is ever a waste

• What is the value of success? What is the cost of loss?

– Transcendence over transaction: what do the numbers represent

• Walking the road again

– The ‘accident effect’

– Focus on the lesson

– Inducing the ‘do-good’ hormone oxytocin

NEXT PRODUCTION

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Harrison Monarth on Storytelling as a Strategic Business

Tool

“A story can go where quantitative analysis is denied admission: our hearts.

Data can persuade but it doesn’t inspire them to act; to do that, you need to

wrap your vision in a story that fires the imagination and stirs the soul.”

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How many lives can usable data visualizations save?

Are you ready to take on the challenge?

Paint a picture, tell a story, save a life!

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Thank You!

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