04: Create Better Data Stories by Testing Early and Often (The Data Literacy Show)

In this episode of The Data Literacy Show, hosts Ben Jones (CEO of Data Literacy) and Alli Torban (Senior Data Literacy Advocate) introduce a smarter, iterative way to build data stories. They share how using small tests at every step of the process—based on the IMPACT framework—can save you time, reduce frustration, and dramatically increase your chances of success. Topics covered: - Why data storytelling should be iterative, not linear - An overview of the IMPACT framework: Insight, Message, Plan, Align, Clarify, Test - Lightweight testing techniques you can use after each step! Episode show notes: ⁠⁠⁠http://dataliteracy.com/episode-04 Subscribe to our channel: 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo3bzxEm0FSFZsMkAFilY8A?sub_confirmation=1 About Data Literacy: 🔗 https://dataliteracy.com 🌀 Co-founders Ben and Becky Jones, started Data Literacy, LLC in 2018 with a mission to help people learn the language of data. To help our customers become more data literate, we design, implement and continuously improve cost-effective training and certification programs that we deliver online, on-site and on-demand. We aim to demystify data, and to make the learning experience fun and enjoyable. A main tenet of our offerings is that data simply provides a lens into our world and our humanity. Learn more about our online courses (contact directly for group rates): 🔗https://dataliteracy.com/training Subscribe to the Data Literacy newsletter for special discounts & offers: 🔗 https://share.hsforms.com/1ubvVCV85T2acOINZ0qWqKQ34aq6 50% off all our courses & books for students and educators: 🔗 https://dataliteracy.com/education Find us on Social: 🔵Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/dataliteracycom 🔵 Instagram ~ https://www.instagram.com/dataliteracycom 🔵 LinkedIn ~ https://www.linkedin.com/company/data-literacy 🔵 Facebook ~ https://www.facebook.com/dataliteracycom #DataLiteracy #Data #DataVisualization #Education