Why data stories are like comics...
When I was a kid, my brother and I liked to read comic books a lot. I guess, back then, Asterix was our favorite and we loved the running...
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Friederike Oehlerking
Sep 12, 20221 min
Our brain is wired to constantly making up stories...
I am sure many of you know the Heider & Simmel experiment from 1944. A small group of people was shown the below trickfilm and asked to...
Friederike Oehlerking
Sep 9, 20221 min
Why you should become a cognitive psychologist when telling data stories... 👨🏼🎓
As we have established your data story's success depends on whether or not you have designed it to match your audience's agenda. Why is...
Friederike Oehlerking
Sep 6, 20221 min
#makeitlookpretty
Does this remind you of some of the PowerPoint slides you see in your daily work? If so, you need to see a Data Storytelling expert. 🤓...
Friederike Oehlerking
Sep 5, 20221 min
How to make your slide look pretty
"You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away."...
Friederike Oehlerking
Aug 31, 20221 min
Pimp my chart - again!
Another before and after for our chart makeover week. This is a great example from the book "The Harvard Business Review Good Charts...
Friederike Oehlerking
Aug 29, 20221 min
Week of makeovers has started
Send us your craziest graphs and we will bring them to a new "after"! A quick "before and after" to kick-off the week. What do you think...
Friederike Oehlerking
Aug 25, 20221 min
Why is an effortless data visualization so important? 🧐
As we all know, if one is trying to win their audience for their idea, data can help to convince the listeners. 🤩 But facts and data can...
Friederike Oehlerking
Aug 15, 20221 min
Persuasion and the power of story
A fantastic summary of why storytelling just works! #memorable #impactful #personal! Thanks Jennifer Aaker and Future of StoryTelling for...
Friederike Oehlerking
Aug 15, 20221 min
Must read: Brent Dykes‘ „effective data storytelling“, of course!
Fantastic read!! Great summary on how we react to facts versus stories: Facts 🗒 1. we mainly scrutinize facts we don‘t like😠 2. we may...
Friederike Oehlerking
Aug 15, 20221 min
Our initiative against micro-managing….! 🤘🏻😄
I guess, sometimes you just have to accept that everyone completes their task a little bit differently. Result is the same. In this case:...
Friederike Oehlerking
Aug 9, 20221 min
How many slides has your average presentation?
Don't count your slides. Reduce the number of key messages per slide and focus only on few key messages! So your audience will not fall...
Friederike Oehlerking
Aug 9, 20221 min
So, as it's monday, you are likely to work on a presentation today...
Edward R. Tufte estimated that worldwide 100 billion slides are created each day. In average users need 2 hours to prepare a...
Friederike Oehlerking
Jul 21, 20221 min
Avoid these mistakes in data graphs
What common mistakes do you see in poor data presentations? #datastorytelling #lueckenkrach #poorgraphs #improveyourdatavisualizationskil...
Friederike Oehlerking
Jul 20, 20222 min
The flood
Today marks the one-year anniversary of one of the greatest natural disasters in the history of Germany. The flood in the Ahrtal, West of...
Friederike Oehlerking
Jul 12, 20221 min
Case study: Who is your audience?
Time for a quick case study on "who is your audience?". Has that question ever changed your strategy of presenting your insights?...
Friederike Oehlerking
Jun 23, 20223 min
Can we please address the elephant in the room?
And talk about data quality? It seems we are circling around it, talking about the right tools, the right structures of data bases and...
Friederike Oehlerking
Jun 1, 20221 min
How to build a graph that tells a story
Just a little heatmap on Tuesday afternoon. A graph says more than thousand words! #Datastorytelling #Lueckenkrach #Heatmapsarehot...
Friederike Oehlerking
May 24, 20221 min
Tell a story with suspense
...and we're back! Let's get some structure and suspense in your data story! #datastorytelling #lueckenkrach #nailbiter
Friederike Oehlerking
May 24, 20221 min
How to build a story around your aha-moment
...and what post-its have to do with our fight against poor presentations? Find out more... #datastorytelling #lueckenkrach #ahamoment...
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