Everyone likes a good story, and data tells a very good one. When a story can be illustrated and supported by the actual results of your work, it makes it more powerful, engaging, and credible. Data storytelling is a powerful way to communicate your organization’s work — as well as impact, inspire, and drive action from your users.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a well-visualized data story is worth a million. From creative campaigns focused on data to rich interactive online reports, we help organizations’ ideas get the attention they deserve through strategic, interactive data-driven design. 

Developing a Narrative

Forum One works with nonprofits, foundations, associations, and government agencies to understand the meaning behind their data, develop data stories, and build interactive tools to communicate impact effectively. We work to align what the data is telling us to the work and initiatives their organizations have completed, and how it has impacted target audiences. 

Creating Tools to Tell a Story

We work with organizations to understand the type of stories they need to tell, which often incorporates several different types of content from compelling text to animated story-driven videos to data visualizations and interactions. Forum One builds flexible and easy-to-use tools that allow organizations to create compelling digital stories that evolve over time.

Driving Audiences to Action

Data storytelling is a powerful way to drive audiences to take action and support the causes they care about most. We work with our clients to identify those actions, and turn data stories into funnels that inspire audiences to get involved.

Our data storytelling services

• Data Communications Strategies
• Audience Research and Analysis
• Data Story Development
• Open Data Implementation
• Data Visualization Design
• Infographic Design