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Collection Close-up: Telling the Story with Data

"Data doesn't speak for itself; it needs a storyteller...When you use your data to provide timely and critical guidance to decision-makers, you change organizational outcomes." - Nancy Duarte

Most people have heard the terms “Big Data” and “Data Management”, but not everyone has studied programming languages such as Python, R, C++, or Java to create or extract data.  The good news is that you don’t have to!  Anyone can learn how to explore, interpret, and explain data. Facts and numbers can get lost over time, but an engaging story is remembered. 

Continuing with last month’s featured title, check out some of the resources that the library has to help you transform numbers into narratives, get value from data, create dynamic visuals, and make better decisions.

Data Storytelling:

• Data Story: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story
• Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals 
• Effective Data Storytelling: How to Drive Change with Data, Narrative and Visuals
• Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
• Making numbers count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers

Data visualization:

• Now you See It: An Introduction to Visual Data Sensemaking 
• Data Visualisation:  A Handbook for Data Driven Design
• slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations  
• Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences

General Interest:

• Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers 
• The Data Loom: Weaving Understanding by Thinking Critically and Scientifically with Data
  

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Transportation Research Record

TRB’s journal Transportation Research Record is now published in digital-only format. Full text is available to MnDOT employees. Check out new articles or sign up for an alert at Transportation Research Record.