Effective data storytelling is a powerful way to share your organization’s impact. Funding sources, non-profit boards, current and potential employees, service recipients, and small donors all want to see that your organization is fulfilling its mission, staying true to its values, and using resources responsibly. Data can help you tell this story, but sometimes you might need help to ensure that story you are telling is truly supported by the data you are using, and that your target audience will interpret the data in the way you expect.

What I provide

• Review of current data storytelling products and processes

• Detailed edits of in-progress data storytelling products for maximum effectiveness

• Summary of findings with strategic recommendations

What you provide

• Access to data products and current data storytelling capacities and strategies

Key Components

Using the right data and analysis to tell your story

Ensuring the data you use supports the story you are telling

Crafting compelling data visualizations

Interpreting data with rigor and critical thinking

Including metadata to build credibility

Previous Data Storytelling Experience

• 2020-2022 Strategy Intelligence & Learning Team at Kamehameha Schools; Managed a system used to create and refine over 700 data visualizations in R for publication in Ka Huakaʻi: Native Hawaiian Educational Assessment 2021
• 2020 COVID-19 Response: Rapid Analytics & Visualization Team at Kamehameha Schools; Collaboratively developed dashboards, data reports, and research summaries for executive-level decision-making
• 2018-2020 Hoʻolaukoa Educational Research & Development Team at Kamehameha Schools; Provided high quality data collection, cleaning, analysis, and storytelling for three K-12 campuses and 29 preschools across the state; Shared findings through reports and presentations to campus-level executive staff
• 2013-2015 Copy Editor for academic journal Language Documentation & Conservation; Edited manuscripts and data visualizations for clarity, organization, and consistency with style guidelines; Established new editorial policies to accommodate changes in disciplinary standards of writing and data transparency; Reported annual performance metrics for internal and external review.