Ten considerations when designing a graph

[@dinoscheidt]

Very well done and totally under valued and not present to many self told data scientists. If I may make a suggestion, to pull your skills in data Storytelling and public speaker better together with videography, you should consider investing into a dynamic microphone. It has the advantage to be very effective in normal / not sound treated rooms (reverb, echo) and gives voices with high dynamics way more presence. Your voice type would be benefitting most from the Shure MV7 or directly the SM7B, as well as the Electronic Voice RE320 or directly the RE27 - if that is too microphone in your videos - consider the Zoom F2-BT. It can connect direct to your phone as a bluetooth microphone. All the best and greetings from berlin

[@storytellingwithdata]

Great catch - our usual mic is indeed the Shure SM7B as well as the Shure SM58 but for this video we had used a different setup. Thanks for all of your suggestions!

[@olumidebode-thorpe1303]

I thoroughly enjoyed the entire session and learnt so much about proper visualization. I intend to try all the tips (not new, but better understood).

[@storytellingwithdata]

Thanks for watching and so glad you found the tips helpful! Cheers to more beautiful graphs :)

[@pimentel.eliezer]

Incredible redesign graph, for Data Viz and Storytelling in a business case!

[@storytellingwithdata]

Thanks, Eliezer! If you want to see more transformations, we've set up a makeover playlist. Hope you enjoy!

[@gianglearning2207]

This is such an amazing video, it contained a ton of useful advice for designing a graph, I watched this video over and over and apply them to my work. I finished reading your Storytelling with data, I am reading Let's practice, and looking forward to your next book. Thank Cole a lot.

[@storytellingwithdata]

This is such high praise! Thank you so much and glad you enjoyed the book. As a complement to your efforts, a handful of the Let's Practice! exercises are on our community site. Feel free to practice as you read, then you can share your creations online and explore how others approached the same exercises right within the community. community.storytellingwithdata.com/exercises?exerciseTags=f09bffd8-8951-4cf1-ad32-e98bcbdb6338

[@gianglearning2207]

​@@storytellingwithdata Yes, I will join this community now, it's a great place to practice and explore how others approached it, I love them. Again, thank Cole a lot, you're awesome 🤩 Wishing you all the best of health and success. Well, we are still waiting for your next book 😉

[@truthphilic7938]

you really gave thought to each single part of the whole

[@observer698]

I hit the like button before I watch your videos 😍

[@eloanaiara]

Explicação excelente. Adoro o conteúdo do seu canal. Parabéns pelo trabalho!!

[@karennguyen7083]

Love this video and your explaination was so great, easy to understand. Thank you a lot 😘

[@storytellingwithdata]

So glad you enjoyed it! Let us know what other topics you'd like to learn about. :)

[@Robbyheneghan]

Thanks for the wonderful lecture. These tips are great!

[@wenqianzhou9174]

Thank you so much for those awesome tutorials on data viz!! Could you pleassssse do a guide on dashboard design? pleasssse

[@storytellingwithdata]

Thanks for the suggestion, Wenqian. In the meantime, we did host a dashboard-themed challenge a few months back. Check out the submissions and resources in the community: community.storytellingwithdata.com/challenges/aug-2021-dashboard-stories

[@mshparber]

Awesome!!!

[@tnchannel8929]

Thank you so much

[@abhi124s]

Just Awesome ..became data literate

[@benjenkins2415]

How did you only bold one axis item - the Regional Avg - in little thing #9? I have not seen that before and cannot reproduce it.

[@storytellingwithdata]

Hi Ben - Thanks for watching! Often we will use brute force to achieve the desired look. In this case, we added a text box over the axis to customize the 'REGIONAL AVG' label and make it stand out. (The graphs were all created within Powerpoint.) Hope this helps!

[@benjenkins2415]

@@storytellingwithdata that helps. Thank you

[@observer698]

What do you use to make your graphs?

[@storytellingwithdata]

We use either Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint, depending on what we are creating. Fortunately, all of the tips in the video can be implemented in other visualization tools if you use something different than Microsoft Office.

[@storytellingwithdata]

The blog post I refer to near the end of the video by Mike on overcoming resistance can be found here: www.storytellingwithdata.com/blog/2020/6/17/the-old-way-is-better

[@storytellingwithdata]

If you'd like to tackle the related exercise in the online SWD community, you can find it here: community.storytellingwithdata.com/exercises/one-little-changeand-a-redesign