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DATA-LITERACY5 MIN READ

Turn the Data Dump Into a Decision Slide

Identify the changes that turn a metric dump into a decision-oriented data story.

Same committee update, before and after. What changed in the story design? Before: evidence overload. After: one decision, enough evidence. Cut the chart count from many panels to one main pattern, because extra metrics create attention debt unless they change the recommendation. Added one segment callout, because the committee needs to know where the risk is concentrated before approving action. Reserved space for the decision request, because data storytelling ends in a choice, not just a tour of analysis. The better slide asks for a decision and shows just enough evidence to make that decision responsibly. Decision storytelling Sharpened data-literacy…

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