000 01934nam a22002057a 4500
020 _a9781787634220
082 _a001.4226
_bHEA/M
100 _aHeath,Chip
245 _aMaking Numbers Count:
_bThe Art and Science of Communicating Numbers/
_cby Chip Heath and Karla Starr
260 _a UK :
_bBantam Press,
_c2022.
300 _axvii,172p.
505 _a1.Translate everything, favor user-friendly numbers. -- Translate everything ; -Avoid numbers : perfect translations don't need numbers ; -Try focusing on 1 at a time ; - Favor user-friendly numbers --
505 _a2.To help people grasp your numbers, ground them in the familiar, concrete, and human scale. -- -Find your fathom : help people understand through simple, familiar comparisons ; -Convert abstract numbers into concrete objects ; - Recast your number into different dimensions : try time, space, distance, money, and Pringles ; -Human scale : use the Goldilocks principle to make your numbers just right --
505 _a3.Use emotional numbers (surprising and meaningful) to move people to think and act differently. -Florence Nightingale avoids dry statistics by using transferred emotion ; -Comparatives, superlatives, and category jumpers ; - Emotional amplitude : selecting combos that hit the right notes together ; - Make it personal : "This is about you" ; -Bring your number into the room with a demonstration ; -Avoid numbing by converting your number to a process that unfolds over time ; -Offer an encore ; -Make people pay attention by crystalizing a pattern, then breaking it --
505 _a4.Build a scale model. -Map the landscape by finding the landmarks ; -Build a scale model you can work with ; - Epilogue: The value of numbers -- Appendix: Making your numbers user-friendly.-
650 _aVisual communication
650 _aInformation visualization
700 _aStarr,Karla
942 _cBK
999 _c633990
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