Truth, beauty, and data revisited

Example for Monday, December 8, 2025–Tuesday, December 9, 2025

If you’re interested in learning more about data storytelling and science communication, check out these resources:

BUSM 491R: Telling Stories with Data (BYU, Fall 2017)
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals (Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015).
Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating (New York: Random House, 2017).
Nancy Duarte, Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences (Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010).
“Understanding the way scientists speak,” MSNBC Morning Joe, 2013-04-24
“Improvisation for Scientists: Workshops by Alan Alda and the Center for Communicating Science,” Stony Brook Journalism, 2010-03-23

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title: "Truth, beauty, and data revisited"
date: "2025-12-08"
date_end: "2025-12-09"
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If you're interested in learning more about data storytelling and science communication, check out these resources:

- {{< fa university >}} [BUSM 491R: Telling Stories with Data](https://storiesf17.classes.andrewheiss.com/) (BYU, Fall 2017)
- {{< fa book >}} Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, [*Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals*](https://www.amazon.com/Storytelling-Data-Visualization-Business-Professionals/dp/1119002257) (Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015).
- {{< fa book >}} Alan Alda, [*If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating*](https://www.amazon.com/Understood-Would-Have-This-Look/dp/0812989147) (New York: Random House, 2017). 
- {{< fa book >}} Nancy Duarte, [*Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences*](https://www.amazon.com/Resonate-Present-Stories-Transform-Audiences/dp/0470632011) (Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010).
- {{< fa brands youtube >}} ["Understanding the way scientists speak,"](http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/understanding-the-way-scientists-speak-27745859874) MSNBC Morning Joe, 2013-04-24
- {{< fa brands youtube >}} ["Improvisation for Scientists: Workshops by Alan Alda and the Center for Communicating Science,"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtdyA7SibG8) Stony Brook Journalism, 2010-03-23