Episode 15

How to Perform Storytelling with Data - w/ Sohan

Jul 11, 202400:47:05On YouTube too
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In this episode, featured not-expert is Sohan Sethi. Sohan is a data visualization aficionado and loves effective story-telling using data.

First moves to steal

  • Perform Storytelling with Data - w/ Sohan
  • What makes a good dashboard and how to effectively perform story-telling using data
  • Sohan’s 3-step framework anyone can use to build effective dashboards
  • How to become Top Voice on LinkedIn (and why it matters!)
  • An impromptu turn-the-tables moment with Sohan becoming host on my own show!
  • We discuss: General tips for job-seekers seeking employment as business analysts What makes a good dashboard and how to effectively perform story-telling using data Sohan’s 3-step framework anyone can use to build effective dashboards How to become Top Voice on LinkedIn (and why it matters!) Deep-dive on the role of Copilot and Generative AI as a whole on data visualizations An impromptu turn-the-tables moment with Sohan becoming host on my own show!
  • General tips or tricks that you share need to that's how your work experience in the US working as a business analist...
  • leverage to I always keep in mind the audience that I'm going to be like do not use now becom thing they have those six...

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General tips or tricks that you share need to that's how your work experience in the US working as a business analist you remember any resources that you leverage to I always keep in mind the

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leverage to I always keep in mind the audience that I'm going to be like do not use now becom thing they have those six months to potentially anal roles like should they be looking at that type

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should they be looking at that type stuff that you develop throughout that journey through this conversation that we having right now what are the skills that you theing from consumer to

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Creator Welcome to The Ready Set do podcast where we learn from journeys of not experts who are just two steps ahead of us I'm Naman Pand and in this episode of us I'm Naman Pand and in this episode my guest is Sohan Sati Sohan is a senior

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my guest is Sohan Sati Sohan is a senior business analyst working out of Chicago and has many years of experience in this field perhaps more importantly soan has been top data visualization voice on

Show notes

In this episode, featured not-expert is Sohan Sethi. Sohan is a data visualization aficionado and loves effective story-telling using data. He’s also been Top Data Visualization Voice on LinkedIn on numerous occasions, spreading the knowledge and empowering others to excel at business analytics and data visualization.

We discuss:

  1. General tips for job-seekers seeking employment as business analysts

  2. What makes a good dashboard and how to effectively perform story-telling using data

  3. Sohan’s 3-step framework anyone can use to build effective dashboards

  4. How to become Top Voice on LinkedIn (and why it matters!)

  5. Deep-dive on the role of Copilot and Generative AI as a whole on data visualizations 

  6. An impromptu turn-the-tables moment with Sohan becoming host on my own show!

This discussion is for anyone who is a current or aspiring business analyst, or anyone who wants to learn story-telling using data. The theme of the show being “Learn from not-experts”, this episode is only supposed to get you thinking about what exactly story-telling using data means and how to be a good business analyst.


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Resources:

Sohan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sohansethi/

Datacamp - datacamp.com



Timestamps: 

(00:00) Intro + Background 

(03:13) Tips for job applicants on landing Business Analyst roles 

(05:51) Benefits of tracking applications? 

(07:53) Why Business Analytics in the US? 

(09:48) Work experience in the US thus far 

(12:16) Key soft skills for Business Analysts working on Data Visualizations 

(18:34) What makes a good dashboard? 

(24:28) Is pie chart criticism legit? 

(26:04) Some underrated and underutilized data visuals? 

(27:56) How to become Top Voice on LinkedIn? 

(32:35) Should job-seekers start learning Copilot/Generative AI for Data Viz? 

(35:53) Application of PowerBI Copilot and the future 

(39:58) Sohan asks a Question to Naman! 

(46:16) Outro + Gratitude