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When it comes to effective presentations and engaging an audience, what questions should you ask to tell your story about data? It's time to take action and learn!

Nancy Duarte joins me as today's guest to discuss her new book, DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story. Some of you may already know Nancy from her 2012 TED Talk titled, The Secret Structure of Great Talks.

In this episode, you'll learn: [08:10] Inspiration behind DataStory: Normal people need help with data, too. [09:10] Key Quote: Data had been slowing us down, instead of speeding us up. We didn't have a mechanism to communicate data - Nancy Duarte [09:27] Key Quote: Data is becoming a very common communication language that didn't have a real clear wrapper around it about how to frame it.- Nancy Duarte For full show notes, his book give away, and the links mentioned visit: https://bibrainz.com/podcast/39 Sponsor The next BI Data Storytelling Mastery Accelerator 3-Day Live workshop will be held in January 2020. Many BI teams are still struggling to deliver consistent, high-engaging analytics their users love. At the end of three days, you'll leave with a clear BI delivery action plan. Register today!

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