"Storytelling with Data: How to humanize and visualize your numbers", Alana Range, Founder of Radish Lab Watch videos from Data Natives Berlin 2016 here: http://bit.ly/2fE1sEo Visit the conference website to learn more: www.datanatives.io Follow Data Natives: https://www.facebook.com/DataNatives https://twitter.com/DataNativesConf https://www.youtube.com/c/DataNatives Stay Connected to Data Natives by Email: Subscribe to our newsletter to get the news first about Data Natives 2017: http://bit.ly/1WMJAqS About the Author: Alana is the founder, Principal, and Creative Director at Radish Lab, an interactive agency focused exclusively on social impact projects. An award-winning journalist turned digital media producer, storyteller, and project manager of all things pixelated, Alana's been in the industry for over 13 years. She's worked across three continents but is a Brooklyn girl at heart, not to mention a born-and-raised Canadian, which makes her really nice. Her work has been recognized internationally in publications like Fast Company, the Guardian, CBC, NPR, Discover Magazine, and Mashable.

1. Humanizing Your Data
October 27, 2016
Data Natives 2016 | #raddatastories | @radishlab

3. Good design
for nice people.

4. We believe that good
storytelling, smart design,
and the right technology
will solve the world’s
toughest challenges.

6. What is a
datastory?

12. Everyone has data.

14. Big and
small data
both work.

15. + Organize and clean your data
+ Know your audience
+ Distill your story (what’s the point?)
+ Personalize it
Golden rules

19. + Narrow the data more than you think
+ If you have to explain it, it’s not intuitive
+ As why people will care
+ Squint and see if it make sense
What we learned.

22. + Sometimes you have to work for the story
+ Kill your darlings
+ Apply the rule of 6, 30, 60
+ What’s the ‘dinner party takeaway?’
More lessons.

26. + Simple can be beautiful
+ Timing is important
+ Personalization is king
+ Technological approach matters
More lessons.

27. + Make it easy for your user to understand
+ Identify your audience
+ Simplify and streamline
+ Know your takeaways
Don’t forget

28. Go get ‘em.
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