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Shortlisted for the Business Book of the Year Awards in the Sales and Marketing categoryAs jobs become increasingly similar there are two skills that everyone needs if theyre going to thrive These are the ability to interrogate and make sense of data and the ability to use insights extracted from data to persuade others to act Analytics storytelling influenceHumans are hardwired to respond to stories and story structure Stories are how we make sense of and navigate the world We respond best to stories that are based on evidence But storytellers need to use data as the foundation of stories not as the actual stories themselves To be truly impactful rational facts need to be presented with a veneer of emotionThe Big Data revolution means more data is available than ever The trouble is most people arent very numerate or good at statistics Many find it hard to look at data and extract insights Meanwhile those for whom numbers hold no fear dont always make the best storytellers They mistakenly believe they need to prove their point by showing their workingsThere are some simple and effective rules of datadriven storytelling that help everyone tell more compelling evidencebased stories whoever they need to convince Narrative by Numbers shows you how. Is your company using big data to develop innovative products and services and to improve business operations As data volumes continue to grow they quickly consume the capacity of data warehouses and application databases Is your IT organization for Theory . & . Forrest Gump. Assumptions of the Theory. Humans are naturally storytellers. In the movie, Forrest Gump does not pass any opportunity to tell a story. With each conversation he has he finds away to relate that to an experience he has had and this gives him the opportunity to tell one of his many stories. and the Future. Patricia Riley, PhD. Director, USC Annenberg Scenario Lab. Annenberg School, University of Southern California. Narrative Arc of the Lab. Starts with a Story Ends . with a Story. perspective. Wendy Patterson. Propp’s. classic model of . narrative. 1. . mapped onto. . my . model of a trauma . narrative. 2. equilibrium. turbulence. disequilibrium. action. intervention. restoration of modified . Year levels: 3, 4, 5 & 6. Ziptales. Webinar Number . 3. . The Importance of Narrative. . Stories are central to people’s lives. .   . Children love narrative. .  . We need to teach children how to construct narratives. . y life. Doing narrative research . at NOVELLA, October 2013. There are countless varieties of narrative in the world. First of all, there is a prodigious variety of genres, each of which branches out into a variety of media, as if all substances could be relied on to accommodate man’s stories. Among the vehicles of narrative are articulated language, whether oral or written, pictures, still or moving, gestures, and an ordered mixture of all those substances; narrative is present in myth, legend, fables, tales, short stories, epics, history, tragedy, . Year levels: 3, 4, 5 & 6. Ziptales. Webinar Number . 3. . The Importance of Narrative. . Stories are central to people’s lives. .   . Children love narrative. .  . We need to teach children how to construct narratives. . The data is usually described as a certain type. This type determines what you can do with the data and how the data is stored. In Python basic types are integers (. int. ), floating point (float), strings and Booleans. Think about what you want to do/be when you get older.. Share that with your partner but FOCUS ON . WHY. you want to do it.. What are your reasons for wanting to do/be that?. BE PREPARED TO SHARE!. 9/6/16. post graduate research student . WELS . emily.dowdeswell@open.ac.uk.  . narrative. (1) a story or a description of an event. (2) a particular way of explaining or understanding events. cambridge dictionary. The Benefits of Reading Books English. What you need. A pen, paper, book or a device.. Learning intention. T. o understand the structures and features that define a short story..  . What you need to do. Continue to record ‘new vocabulary’ as you progress through the lessons..