Good Charts Workbook: Tips, Tools, and Exercises for Making Better Data Visualizations

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Are you ready to create your own 'good charts' data visualizations that more effectively communicate your ideas and research and that advance your career The original Good Charts has changed the dataviz and management landscape by helping readers understand how to think visually, and by laying out a process for creating powerful data visualizations.

Since its publication, the market has consistently demanded more practical content and tools to help people in all kinds of enterprises gain the skills they need to get started.The Good Charts Workbookextends the usefulness of Good Charts by putting theory into practice and helping readers to apply its principles.

Reviews

"Berinato writes . . . from a grounded peer-to-peer perspective that feels genuinely encouraging and empowering . . . may just be the design book of the year." CO.DESIGN (Fast Company)

"This is an elegant volume . . . an antidote for 'death by PowerPoint' . . . a comprehensive and attractive introduction to the subject." Choice

"Berinato's book is peppered with examples of the good, the bad, and the downright ugly . . . with lots of practical tips on how to improve presentations." Irish Times

"It isn't often that I say 'I wish I'd written that book.' But if I could have double-clicked on the data section of slide:ology and had a book pop out, Good Charts would be the book!" Nancy Duarte, CEO, Duarte, Inc.; bestselling author, slide:ology

Author Bio

Scott Berinato, self-professed dataviz geek, is the author of Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations, of which Fast Company said "It may just be the design manual of the year." He speaks frequently on the power and necessity of good data visualization--his most recent talk being his third consecutive year presenting on dataviz at SXSW in Austin, Texas--and has worked with many companies and individuals to up their dataviz game. He is a senior editor at Harvard Business Review where he writes and edits about visualization, and also technology and business.

Author social media/website info: linkedin.com/in/scott-berinato-6330ba54, twitter.com/scottberinatolang=en