Digital transformation demands that business be data-driven. Being data literate is a key to your personal future and an imperative for organisation's to be competitive. This course powered by content from Stanford | Online and delivered by the Cahoot Academy will equip you with the knowledge and skills to not only speak the language of data but tell powerful stories with it. 

With enormous growth in the art and science of data analytics and significant time and capital being invested into AI projects, there is a growing need for individuals across all areas of an organisation to develop their data literacy skills as data explorers and storytellers. Through this approach we build a data driven culture that champions data equity and celebrates data storytelling. 

Course outcomes 

As a budding data explorer you will learn where and how to find accurate and suitable data, then how to clean and maintain the integrity of your data. As an emerging data storyteller you will gain an understanding of great data story telling (historic and contemporary) through business cases and iconic examples. The course will cover the fundamentals of storytelling and how it can be applied to data to garner insight and to deliver your intended outcome, whether it be to entertain, educate, influence or update. Your story telling skills will help you find the story in your data learning and applying the skills to create powerful data visualisations. 

Learning objectives/key themes 

• Developing the skills to tell stories with data 
• Exploring what makes an effective/powerful data story  
• Understanding the principles of visual data storytelling 
• Practicing data exploration through data collecting 
• Practicing techniques of data cleaning and investigation
• Understanding how valuable the skills of data exploring and storytelling are today
• Evaluating your role as a data explorer and storyteller in your organisation 

Getting Started: Countdown 

• Introduction and welcome
• Contemporary case study of data story telling
• Group discussion
• Capability assessment 

Module 1: The power of data driven storytelling 

• Live online meet and greet. Getting to know your course mates and facilitation team lead by Xavier Ho and the Cahoot team 
• The power of data storytelling in history and today 
• The business case for data exploring 
• Exploring a storytelling framework 
• What good and bad looks like 

 Module 2: Click and Collect: Collecting and Cleaning data 

• Collecting Data 
• Finding Data 
• Cleaning data 
• Analysing Data 
• Reporting the Data 

Module 3: Data Discovery and Exploration: Patterns, visuals and the power of storytelling 

• Data visualisation 
• The Principles of visual design 
• Your data visualisation 
• Team Presentations 

This course is short (8 to 10 hours over 3 weeks), sharp (very focused) and impacting (will change behaviour and grow your capability for the future). Building a community of practice and trust, learners work collaboratively with colleagues and coaches who will become a tight, trusted community over the 3 weeks … and hopefully much longer. 

Course information: 

Duration: 3 weeks 

Cost: From $649 

Who should attend: 

This course is suitable for all business professionals

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