MYW S03 Episode 05 – Data Literacy Part 3: Communication and Storytelling with Data

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Mind Your Work

Jose Espinoza; Nicholas Bremner

35 episodes

9 months ago

Mind Your Work is a podcast about investigating and understanding the human aspects of work through science. Scientists have uncovered important and interesting insights about work that many of us don’t ever get to hear. Research on people at work is also advancing rapidly making it hard to keep up. The hosts, Nicholas Bremner and Jose Espinoza, are Industrial/Organizational Psychologists and they dive into the research aiming to inform, educate, and entertain. They sum up what scientists know, how it’s being applied, and how it could affect us in the future.

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MYW S03 Episode 05 – Data Literacy Part 3: Communication and Storytelling with Data

Mind Your Work

44 minutes 48 seconds

4 years ago

MYW S03 Episode 05 – Data Literacy Part 3: Communication and Storytelling with Data

Time to pull it all together! In this episode, we wrap up our mini-series on data literacy by discussing how to communicate effectively using data. We cover important things to consider when preparing your talk (or write-up), knowing your audience, and effectively structuring your message. We also briefly talk about data visualization as a tool that can be used to augment your delivery.

Timestamps:
0:50: Why is storytelling important?
2:30: Putting data and stories together
4:38: Preparation: Deciding on your purpose
6:30: Preparation: Knowing the context
9:45: Knowing your audience
22:25: Structuring your presentation or message
28:55: The structure of a story
31:30: Data visualization
34:27: Data viz “commandments” (aka basic tips)
36:15: Effective delivery in presentations
39:40: Effective delivery in documents or manuscripts
41:40: Wrap-up

Mentioned This Episode:
Cicero Public Speaking Cards
Examples of great storytelling:
The beauty of data visualization – David McCandless (chosen by Jose)
Start with why – Simon Sinek (chosen by Nicholas)
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Credits:
Our intro and outro music is “Ingenuity” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0). You can find more of Lee’s music at https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/. https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/. Our transition music for this episode is “Bike ride with you” by Ryan Anderson. Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Logo Artwork by Antonella Espinoza. Find her at @ellaspin on Twitter!