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Building a Data Storytelling Mindset

Data analysts wrangle with data every day, but struggle to communicate their work to leadership. This course will teach you how to frame a compelling story around the data to get your leadership confidently agreeing with your data recommendations.

Beginner
47m

Created by Renganathan Padmanabhan

Last Updated Oct 14, 2026

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Building a Data Storytelling Mindset

Data analysts wrangle with data every day, but struggle to communicate their work to leadership. This course will teach you how to frame a compelling story around the data to get your leadership confidently agreeing with your data recommendations.

Beginner
47m

Created by Renganathan Padmanabhan

Last Updated Oct 14, 2026

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What you'll learn

As data practitioners, understanding how to effectively communicate the decisions you make everyday with data is key to finding the right support and funding from your leadership team.

In this course, Building a Data Storytelling Mindset, you will learn how to frame an effective story around your data. First, you will explore how to reframe your data insights by tying it to the context of your audience. Next, you will learn to provide the right storytelling cues to help your audience engage with your data. Finally, you will discover the right ways to ethically source and communicate your data insights through AI, which instills trust in your data narrative. When you are finished with this course, you will have the knowledge to rebuild your data narrative around these storytelling techniques needed to make your audience confidently back your data recommendations.

Building a Data Storytelling Mindset
Beginner
47m
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Renganathan Padmanabhan - Pluralsight course - Building a Data Storytelling Mindset
Renganathan Padmanabhan
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Renga is a product manager and a digital experience leader with deep expertise in strategy, research and design across multiple digital products for clients across the globe.

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