Data Storytelling
Course Index
28 Lessons · 3 Sections
Master Data Storytelling — combining data, narrative & visuals to influence decisions, not just produce reports nobody reads. Covers chart selection, pre-attentive attributes, , annotation & presenting to executive audiences. Includes 4 builds: sales dataset story, chart redesign, executive data presentation & Flourish scrollytelling story.
28Lessons
3Sections
4Projects
FreeAccess
Section 1Storytelling FundamentalsLessons 1–10
Lesson 1
What is Data Storytelling? Numbers That Move People
Lesson 2
The Three Pillars: Data, Narrative & Visuals
Lesson 3
Finding the Insight: From Data to Story
Lesson 4
Structuring Your Data Story: Beginning, Middle & End
Lesson 5
Choosing the Right Chart for Your Story
Lesson 6
Colour, Contrast & Pre-Attentive Attributes
Lesson 7
Decluttering: Removing Chart Junk
Lesson 8
Annotations & Highlights: Guiding the Reader's Eye
Lesson 9
Writing Titles & Captions That Tell the Story
Lesson 10
Presenting Data to Executives & Non-Technical Audiences
Section 2Advanced Storytelling & ToolsLessons 11–22
Lesson 11
Slide Design for Data Presentations
Lesson 12
Data Stories with Power BI & Tableau
Lesson 13
Interactive Data Stories: Scrollytelling
Lesson 14
Data Journalism: Stories with Public Data
Lesson 15
Storytelling with Geospatial Data & Maps
Lesson 16
Misleading Charts: How to Spot & Avoid Them
Lesson 17
Emotional Data Stories: Humanising the Numbers
Lesson 18
Data Stories for Sales & Marketing
Lesson 19
Storytelling Frameworks: Minto Pyramid & SCR
Lesson 20
Tools for Data Storytelling: Flourish & Datawrapper
Lesson 21
AI-Assisted Data Storytelling 2026
Lesson 22
Data Storytelling Best Practices & Common Mistakes
Section 3Anti-Patterns, Portfolio & ProjectsLessons 23–28
Lesson 23
Data Storytelling Anti-Patterns
Lesson 24
Building Your Data Storytelling Portfolio 2026
Lesson 25
Tell a Story from a Sales Dataset
Lesson 26
Redesign a Bad Chart into a Compelling Story
Lesson 27
Build an Executive Data Presentation
Lesson 28
Create an Interactive Scrollytelling Story with Flourish