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Customers find the book informative, providing practical guidance and helpful examples. They appreciate its readability, with one customer noting how it simplifies complex concepts. The content receives positive feedback, with one customer describing it as a fundamental masterpiece.
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Customers find the book informative and practical, with helpful examples and guidance throughout. One customer notes it serves as an excellent guide, while another mentions it provides additional exercises for practice.
This book has lots of useful advice and helpful examples. I definitely found it contributed to my own subject matter knowledge....Read more
Amazing examples. Tool/technology agnostic. Apply good visualization and communication best practices in any tool.Read more
...Her writing style is accessible and straightforward yet always very informative. Are you debating between buying the first or second book?...Read more
It's an awesome book, with a lot of sensible tips and step by step exercises to develop meaningful charts and presentations. Great reading.Read more
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Customers love the content of the book, with one describing it as a fundamental masterpiece.
It's an awesome book, with a lot of sensible tips and step by step exercises to develop meaningful charts and presentations. Great reading.Read more
this book and the first book, storytelling with data, completely changed the way i approach presenting data....Read more
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Customers find the book readable and easy to follow, with one customer noting how it simplifies complex concepts and another mentioning its usefulness for team training.
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...Her ability to simplify the complex without 'dumbing down' the message is second to none. I am so glad this book is now available....Read more
...of what visuals to use for which kinds of data, and walks readers through the hows and whys of data viz decision making....Read more
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A Data Storytelling MUST HAVE for your data visualization library!
Cole's refreshing approach to communicating data clearly and quickly is incredibly powerful, making data analytics and data interpretation understandable for everyone. This book is pure gold, especially when combined with Cole's first book, "Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals." If you want to communicate data effectively or teach others how to do so, then you will find this book invaluable. It's a data storytelling workshop in a box that you can easily use with your own team!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2026
I read the first book when I was a graduate student in business analytics. Now I have done several analytics dashboards and decided to read her new book. Cole still revisits the advice from the first book and then goes beyond, especially in story telling. Much of my current interests are addressed in this new book, which is filled with examples to try along with Cole.
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2019
I *love* Storytelling With Data (the original book), and was so excited to see Let's Practice come out. I lead a team of survey researchers and data analysts, and I always recommend this book - and now this duo! In fact, they're both sitting prominently on my office shelf. This books gives very concrete examples of what visuals to use for which kinds of data, and walks readers through the hows and whys of data viz decision making. Definitely an invaluable resource to anyone using data in business.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2019
Given how much I loved the first book, I had high expectations for the second one. Cole somehow still exceeded them. Her writing style is accessible and straightforward yet always very informative. Are you debating between buying the first or second book? I recommend purchasing both as I learned so much from each. I still refer back to the first book and will add this second one to my desk. This latest one includes more tips, examples, and thoughtful questions to help take your learning to the next level.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2019
I'm a huge fan of the original book and was really happy to see that Cole has done it again! This book is straightforward and packed with applicable examples that are real world. I love the three sections of examples - where she provides her direction & solution, additional ones for you to practice and ones to do at your desk in the workplace. Whether you are a seasoned professional at creating graphs or someone who's being asked for the first time to create a chart, you will learn something from this book.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2019
Cole's refreshing approach to communicating data clearly and quickly is incredibly powerful, making data analytics and data interpretation understandable for everyone. This book is pure gold, especially when combined with Cole's first book, "Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals." If you want to communicate data effectively or teach others how to do so, then you will find this book invaluable. It's a data storytelling workshop in a box that you can easily use with your own team!
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A Data Storytelling MUST HAVE for your data visualization library!
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2019
Cole's refreshing approach to communicating data clearly and quickly is incredibly powerful, making data analytics and data interpretation understandable for everyone. This book is pure gold, especially when combined with Cole's first book, "Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals." If you want to communicate data effectively or teach others how to do so, then you will find this book invaluable. It's a data storytelling workshop in a box that you can easily use with your own team!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ótimo livro e paginas com qualidade superior
Reviewed in Brazil on January 10, 2020
Livro fantástico, assim como a primeira edição!
Escritora maravilhosa!
Indispensável para quem lida com apresentação de dados
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Ótimo livro e paginas com qualidade superior
Reviewed in Brazil on January 10, 2020
Livro fantástico, assim como a primeira edição!
Escritora maravilhosa!
Indispensável para quem lida com apresentação de dados
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for any professional who wants to communicate effectively with data
Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2019
Disclaimer: I have not yet read the entirety of this book yet. Why? Because unlike many other books on communication and data visualization, you should not just read this book: you have to use it as you would a school handbook! I could spend a whole semester working through the numerous exercises presented here (which I intend to do).
While Storytelling with data, Cole's first book, covered the theoretical side of communicating with data in an accessible way for beginning and seasoned professionals, this book invites you to put it all together and practice. Even better, it invites you to use it as both on your own and in groups, giving you a great excuse to spread the word on what goes on throughout the design process. It is a wonderful support to make your colleagues and bosses understand how much work goes into graphs and data visualization.
I definitely recommend it to anyone working with data! If you need an excuse to step out of your comfort zone at work, do yourself a favor and get your hands on this book.
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical book.
Reviewed in Germany on August 5, 2023
I would reccommend it who learn data analysis.
3.0 out of 5 stars Sesga a comprar la edición previa para comprender a fondo
Reviewed in Mexico on June 20, 2022
Espere una lectura que da prioridad a la entrega de mensajes con presentación práctica y austera, bajo la idea de que lo prioritario es la información transmitida antes que los colores o el formato.
A lo largo de la lectura, la presentación y los ejemplos hacen ver la necesidad de adquirir y consultar la primera versión del libro, que, por ahora, resulta mucho más cara.
Hay un sesgo presente y delarado por la autora en el estilo en cuanto a una la limitada paleta de colores, al producir gráficos. La autora lo justifica en términos de practicidad y diseño universal, pero llega a resultar soso.
5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth getting for data visualisation teaching strategy.
Reviewed in Australia on November 27, 2019
Brilliant publication.
Well set out.
Fantastic workflow structure and examples with worked solutions and further example options.