Data Visualization and Storytelling
Overview
Delivery method
Classroom
Virtual Classroom
Duration
12 hours
Audience
Employees
Description
In this course, participants will learn how to communicate useful, evidence-based messages and ideas.
The course will focus on how to use dashboards, reports and and other visual tools to convey descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive insights to decision-makers.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- identify the key elements of a data story
- explain the importance of stories in the communication of data and information
- plan a data story based on the target audience
- identify best practices when building visualizations for storytelling
Notes: This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis.
For more information, please contact Learning-Apprentissage@international.gc.ca
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