Data Visualization & Storytelling

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 13 minIT & TechnologyLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: present a chart to a non-technical stakeholder — insight in the first ten seconds, trend language for the evidence, a hedged explanation and a clear ask.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Present a chart that lands

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What stakeholders are judging

    Read a 192-word text about What stakeholders are judging

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Data Visualization Vocabulary

    7 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: The Chart Walkthrough

    Insight – Evidence – Explain – Ask, 4 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model walkthroughs

    Read a 314-word text about Three model walkthroughs

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Visualization Terms

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Data Presentation Language

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Presenting Data to Stakeholders

    Role-play: You're presenting quarterly data findings to senior management (6 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Present your chart

    3 discussion questions

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