26 Books like DataStory

Effective Data Storytelling

by Brent Dykes • 2019

Your data is sound and nobody acts. What the spreadsheet is missing.

4.20

305

🎯 Data Storytelling 📊 Data Visualization 📖 Narrative Design

Effective Data Storytelling 98%

Your data is sound and nobody acts. What the spreadsheet is missing.

by Brent Dykes 2019

4.20

305 ratings

🎯 Data Storytelling 📊 Data Visualization 📖 Narrative Design

Storytelling with Data

by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic • 2015

A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.

4.38

8k+

🖥️ Data Visualization 💼 Business Communication 📊 Data Storytelling

Storytelling with Data 98%

A repeatable process for turning messy spreadsheets into clear charts that drive action.

by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 2015

4.38

8k+ ratings

🖥️ Data Visualization 💼 Business Communication 📊 Data Storytelling

The Perfect Story

by Karen Eber • 2023

Tell better stories by designing them for your audience's brain, not your own memories.

3.78

316

📈 Business Storytelling 🏢 Corporate Communication 🎯 Audience Design

The Perfect Story 97%

Tell better stories by designing them for your audience's brain, not your own memories.

by Karen Eber 2023

3.78

316 ratings

📈 Business Storytelling 🏢 Corporate Communication 🎯 Audience Design

Strategic Storytelling

by Dave McKinsey • 2014

The three-act story behind persuasive business slides, and the chart rules that make data prove it.

3.63

579

🖥️ Business Presentations 📊 Data Visualization 🎨 Slide Design

Strategic Storytelling 97%

The three-act story behind persuasive business slides, and the chart rules that make data prove it.

by Dave McKinsey 2014

3.63

579 ratings

🖥️ Business Presentations 📊 Data Visualization 🎨 Slide Design

Making Numbers Count

by Chip Heath • 2022

Most numbers die the moment they're spoken. A handful of translation moves make them unforgettable.

3.87

3k+

📊 Business Communication 📈 Data Storytelling 🔬 Science Communication

Making Numbers Count 96%

Most numbers die the moment they're spoken. A handful of translation moves make them unforgettable.

by Chip Heath 2022

3.87

3k+ ratings

📊 Business Communication 📈 Data Storytelling 🔬 Science Communication

Everyday Business Storytelling

by Janine Kurnoff • 2021

Business presentations fail because they lack story. A simple framework that fixes this.

4.31

268

🎬 Business Storytelling 📊 Presentation Skills 📖 Narrative Structure

Everyday Business Storytelling 96%

Business presentations fail because they lack story. A simple framework that fixes this.

by Janine Kurnoff 2021

4.31

268 ratings

🎬 Business Storytelling 📊 Presentation Skills 📖 Narrative Structure

slide

by Nancy Duarte • 2008

When your slides work, nobody notices them. The design principles that earn that invisibility.

4.07

7k+

🎬 Presentation Design 📐 Design Fundamentals 📊 Data Visualization

slide 96%

When your slides work, nobody notices them. The design principles that earn that invisibility.

by Nancy Duarte 2008

4.07

7k+ ratings

🎬 Presentation Design 📐 Design Fundamentals 📊 Data Visualization

Presenting to Win

by Jerry Weissman • 2003

The framework for moving any audience from indifference to action, one slide at a time.

3.93

2k+

🎤 Presentation Skills 📖 Business Storytelling 🗣️ Public Speaking

Presenting to Win 95%

The framework for moving any audience from indifference to action, one slide at a time.

by Jerry Weissman 2003

3.93

2k+ ratings

🎤 Presentation Skills 📖 Business Storytelling 🗣️ Public Speaking

Beyond Bullet Points

by Cliff Atkinson • 2005

Why bullet slides fail: a story framework that works with how the brain learns.

3.70

682

📽️ Presentation Design 💼 Business Communication 📖 Storytelling

Beyond Bullet Points 95%

Why bullet slides fail: a story framework that works with how the brain learns.

by Cliff Atkinson 2005

3.70

682 ratings

📽️ Presentation Design 💼 Business Communication 📖 Storytelling

Presentation Zen

by Garr Reynolds • 2007

A presentation is a documentary, not a document. Strip it down to story, image, and space.

4.05

15k+

🎨 Presentation Design 🎤 Public Speaking 📖 Storytelling In Business

Presentation Zen 95%

A presentation is a documentary, not a document. Strip it down to story, image, and space.

by Garr Reynolds 2007

4.05

15k+ ratings

🎨 Presentation Design 🎤 Public Speaking 📖 Storytelling In Business

The Art of Explanation - Making Your Ideas, Products and Services Easier to Understand

by Lee LeFever • 2012

Most explanations fail at the opening sentence. The fix is a scale, not a script.

3.89

1k+

💬 Business Communication 🧩 Simplifying Complexity ✏️ Visual Thinking

The Art of Explanation - Making Your Ideas, Products and Services Easier to Understand Summary

The Art of Explanation - Making Your Ideas, Products and Services Easier to Understand 95%

Most explanations fail at the opening sentence. The fix is a scale, not a script.

by Lee LeFever 2012

3.89

1k+ ratings

💬 Business Communication 🧩 Simplifying Complexity ✏️ Visual Thinking

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations

by Nancy Duarte • 2010

Your slides get three seconds to earn attention: the craft rules for making each one count.

3.95

1k+

🎤 Presentation Skills 📖 Business Storytelling 🎨 Slide Design

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations Summary

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations 95%

Your slides get three seconds to earn attention: the craft rules for making each one count.

by Nancy Duarte 2010

3.95

1k+ ratings

🎤 Presentation Skills 📖 Business Storytelling 🎨 Slide Design

Presentations in Action

by Jerry Weissman • 2011

Eighty lessons from master presenters: why you, not your slides, should own the room.

3.71

171

🎤 Presentation Skills 💼 Business Communication 📖 Story Structure

Presentations in Action 95%

Eighty lessons from master presenters: why you, not your slides, should own the room.

by Jerry Weissman 2011

3.71

171 ratings

🎤 Presentation Skills 💼 Business Communication 📖 Story Structure

Resonate

by Nancy Duarte • 2010

Make your audience the hero of a mythic journey, and a talk becomes a movement.

4.11

6k+

🎤 Public Speaking 🎨 Visual Storytelling 📈 Storytelling In Business

Resonate 94%

Make your audience the hero of a mythic journey, and a talk becomes a movement.

by Nancy Duarte 2010

4.11

6k+ ratings

🎤 Public Speaking 🎨 Visual Storytelling 📈 Storytelling In Business

Made to Stick

by Chip Heath • 2007

The gap between a forgotten memo and an urban legend is six teachable traits.

3.98

101k+

🏢 Business Communication 💡 Idea Transmission ✂️ Message Design

Made to Stick 94%

The gap between a forgotten memo and an urban legend is six teachable traits.

by Chip Heath 2007

3.98

101k+ ratings

🏢 Business Communication 💡 Idea Transmission ✂️ Message Design

The Story Factor

by Annette Simmons • 2000

Six story types that earn trust and move people when facts and data can't.

3.82

3k+

📊 Business Storytelling 🗣️ Narrative Persuasion 🎤 Public Speaking

The Story Factor 94%

Six story types that earn trust and move people when facts and data can't.

by Annette Simmons 2000

3.82

3k+ ratings

📊 Business Storytelling 🗣️ Narrative Persuasion 🎤 Public Speaking

Unleash the Power of Storytelling

by Rob Biesenbach • 2018

Bullet points put people to sleep. One simple story structure makes them feel and act instead.

3.74

1k+

📊 Business Storytelling 🎤 Presentation Skills 🏷️ Personal Branding

Unleash the Power of Storytelling Summary

Unleash the Power of Storytelling 94%

Bullet points put people to sleep. One simple story structure makes them feel and act instead.

by Rob Biesenbach 2018

3.74

1k+ ratings

📊 Business Storytelling 🎤 Presentation Skills 🏷️ Personal Branding

Am I Making Myself Clear?

by Terry Felber • 2002

Ten clarity techniques from the world's best communicators, for making complex ideas stick.

4.16

488

💼 Business Communication 🔬 Science Communication ✍️ Clear Writing

Am I Making Myself Clear? 94%

Ten clarity techniques from the world's best communicators, for making complex ideas stick.

by Terry Felber 2002

4.16

488 ratings

💼 Business Communication 🔬 Science Communication ✍️ Clear Writing

HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers

by Harvard Business Review • 2018

The manager's checklist: what to verify before any number shapes your next decision.

3.86

383

🧱 Data-Driven Management 📖 Data Literacy 🎯 Metric Selection

HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers Summary

HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers 94%

The manager's checklist: what to verify before any number shapes your next decision.

by Harvard Business Review 2018

3.86

383 ratings

🧱 Data-Driven Management 📖 Data Literacy 🎯 Metric Selection

The Storytelling Edge

by Shane Snow • 2018

Oxytocin is the reason stories sell. The craft and system for using it deliberately.

3.42

346

🎯 Strategic Storytelling 📣 Content Marketing 🧠 Neuromarketing

The Storytelling Edge 94%

Oxytocin is the reason stories sell. The craft and system for using it deliberately.

by Shane Snow 2018

3.42

346 ratings

🎯 Strategic Storytelling 📣 Content Marketing 🧠 Neuromarketing

Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins

by Annette Simmons • 2007

Facts don't persuade. Personal stories do: how to find yours and make them impossible to ignore.

3.60

632

🏢 Business Storytelling 📖 Personal Narrative 🎯 Narrative Persuasion

Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins Summary

Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins 94%

Facts don't persuade. Personal stories do: how to find yours and make them impossible to ignore.

by Annette Simmons 2007

3.60

632 ratings

🏢 Business Storytelling 📖 Personal Narrative 🎯 Narrative Persuasion

Supercommunicator

by Frank J. Pietrucha • 2014

Your audience's brain has changed. Here's how to adapt your explanations so they actually land.

3.35

🧩 Simplifying Complexity 📱 Digital Communication 🎨 Visual Storytelling

Supercommunicator 94%

Your audience's brain has changed. Here's how to adapt your explanations so they actually land.

by Frank J. Pietrucha 2014

3.35

82 ratings

🧩 Simplifying Complexity 📱 Digital Communication 🎨 Visual Storytelling

HTML5 for Web Designers

by Jeremy Keith • 2010

Ditch plugins and browser hacks: native audio, video, and responsive images arrive with HTML5.

3.98

3k+

🌐 Html5 💻 Front-End Development 🧱 Html And Css

HTML5 for Web Designers 94%

Ditch plugins and browser hacks: native audio, video, and responsive images arrive with HTML5.

by Jeremy Keith 2010

3.98

3k+ ratings

🌐 Html5 💻 Front-End Development 🧱 Html And Css

The Back of the Napkin

by Dan Roam • 2008

Turn stick figures into solved problems and sold ideas: the visual thinking system anyone can use.

3.96

16k+

🧠 Visual Thinking 💬 Visual Communication ✏️ Diagramming

The Back of the Napkin 94%

Turn stick figures into solved problems and sold ideas: the visual thinking system anyone can use.

by Dan Roam 2008

3.96

16k+ ratings

🧠 Visual Thinking 💬 Visual Communication ✏️ Diagramming

The Best Story Wins

by Matthew Luhn • 2018

Forget data dumps: three-act structure, flawed heroes, and moments of change win business.

4.10

389

📊 Business Storytelling 📖 Story Structure 👥 Audience Engagement

The Best Story Wins 94%

Forget data dumps: three-act structure, flawed heroes, and moments of change win business.

by Matthew Luhn 2018

4.10

389 ratings

📊 Business Storytelling 📖 Story Structure 👥 Audience Engagement

Story or Die

by Lisa Cron • 2021

Facts don't change minds. Story does, because your brain treats narrative as survival intel.

4.09

334

🎯 Persuasive Storytelling 📢 Brand Storytelling 🧠 Neuroscience Of Story

Story or Die 94%

Facts don't change minds. Story does, because your brain treats narrative as survival intel.

by Lisa Cron 2021

4.09

334 ratings

🎯 Persuasive Storytelling 📢 Brand Storytelling 🧠 Neuroscience Of Story

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