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TELLING STORIES WITH DATA
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This Google sheet contains all the information you'll need for the exercises.
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EXERCISE #1
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In groups, agree on a real-world example of data that needs to be communicated to somebody. Discuss and agree:
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Audience Who are you communicating with?
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Story What specific message do you need to communicate?
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Action What do they need to do next?
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Try to sketch out what the visualisation would look like using Padlet:
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https://padlet.com/alanrutter/dataviz
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Here are a few potential starting points…
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Data being presented to ministers or senior leaders to show progress versus targets.
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Data being presented internally to show changing spending figures for the department.
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Data being presented to members of the public to raise awareness of a specific problem.
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Data being presented to to managers to demonstrate productivity levels across the department.
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