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: Before creating any visual, you must identify your audience (who they are), the mechanism (how you will communicate), and the action (what you want them to do).

: Condense your main point into a single, actionable sentence that conveys your unique point of view and what is at stake. Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Gu...

: Prioritize affordances (making it clear how to use the visual), accessibility (ensuring everyone can understand it), and aesthetics (making it visually pleasing without being distracting). : Before creating any visual, you must identify

: Use preattentive attributes like color, size, and position to direct the viewer's eye to the most important parts of the data first. : Use preattentive attributes like color, size, and

: Not every graph is suitable for every situation. The book suggests sticking mostly to simple bar and line charts for most business contexts and avoiding complex or misleading visuals like 3D pie charts.