Narrative Storytelling in Sales, Presentation Skills, Narrative Medicine

25 Oct

This is blog 2 of my practical tips on data storytelling blog series. In the first blog we focused on the point you are trying to make via data storytelling. In this blog I give a few tips on building credibility with the audience. So, lets get started, Data Storytelling Tip #2 Who am I speaking to and why should they listen …

02 Oct

Our education system works against our ability to data story tell. We teach two main subjects in school, language and maths. With language, we learn to tell stories. With maths, we learn to use numbers. But we don’t ever learn how to tell a story with numbers. That is the reason why data storytelling can be a difficult for many of us.…

25 Sep

This blog is for you if you as a subject matter expert are asked to give your views on a certain question, topic or an area. As a subject matter expert we are well versed in our fields and that is precisely why we are asked for a view. So, a natural tendency is to start sharing what we know and there…

15 Sep

Data Storytelling: Enough from me, lets talk to Data dealers! Part 5 of 5 Data Storytelling

This blog is the fifth blog of my Blog Series on Data Storytelling from Data Dealers. Who are data dealers? People whose job, day-in and day-out is to work with data. I have coined a term for these people, Data Dealers, because no one really knows better than them what it is like to deal with overwhelming data and how best to…

04 Sep

Data Storytelling : Enough from me, lets talk to Data dealers! Part 4 of 5

This blog is the fourth blog of my Blog Series on Data Storytelling from Data Dealers. Who are data dealers? People whose job day in and out is to work with data. I have coined a term for these people, Data Dealers because no one really knows better then them what it is to deal with overwhelming data and how best to…

28 Aug

Sales Storytelling is not a before and after washing powder commercial

This blog is for you if you are in sales. To be specific, solutions sales. Here is how a sales person who works for a technology company and is responsible for selling Wi Fi infrastructure told a story in a sales storytelling session I recently conducted. We worked with XYZ which is a large events venue. The problem statement we got…

21 Aug

Data Storytelling : Enough from me, lets talk to Data dealers! Part 3 of 5

This blog is the third blog of my Blog series on Data Storytelling from Data Dealers. Who are data dealers? People whose job day in and out is to work with data. I have coined a term for these people, Data Dealers because no one really knows better then them what it is to deal with overwhelming data and how best to…

14 Aug

Data Storytelling: Enough from me, Let’s talk to Data Dealers Part 2 of 5

This is part 2 of of my Data Storytelling with Data Dealers blog series. In this series I cover real stories from 5 professionals from 5 different countries who work with data as a part of their role. Since they deal with data every day,I have coined a term for them Data Dealers. In my previous blog I shared a real story…

04 Aug

Data Storytelling : Enough from me. Let’s talk to Data dealers ! Part 1 of 5

This blog is the first of my blog series on Data Storytelling from Data Dealers. Who are Data Dealers? People whose job day in and out is to work with data. I have coined a term for these people, Data Dealers because no one really knows better then them what it is to deal with overwhelming data and how best to make…

26 Jul

Data Storytelling: Shall I hear, read or see ? Response to a tweet

This blog is written as a response to a question I received in twitter. Thank you Stefan Norrvall for asking the question. The reason why I decided to blog instead of respond with a tweet was – I am not sure if I can get my point across in 140 characters. So, here is a bit of context for anyone else who…

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Data Storytelling: Shall I hear, read or see ? Response to a tweet