a data viz makeover: approaches for improving your visualizations
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2 MARCH 2015
A DATA VIZMAKEOVER
APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING DATA VISUALIZATION
GLOBAL HEALTH MINI UNIVERSITY
WHO WE ARE
Simon Hiltebeitel
URCErica Nybro
DHS Program
Libby Skolnik
CCP
Amanda Makulec
JSISid Deka
CCP
HOW WE CONSUME INFORMATIONHAS CHANGED
HOW WE CONSUME INFORMATION
1.When was the last
time you settled into a
chair in your office to
read through a long,
printed report?
2.When was the last
time you clicked through
a link to an infographic in
your email to find out
about results?
OUR ATTENTION SPAN IS SHRINKING
Humans8 seconds
Goldfish9 seconds<
THE VOLUME OF INFORMATION GROWS
“As a global community, we write and post some 3.6 trillion words to the internet every day—that’s roughly equal to the contents of the entire Library of Congress.”Clive Thompson, Wired
Clive Thompson
Wired Magazine
VISUALIZATION TO MAKE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE
TELL A STORY
AMPLIFY YOUR REACH
WHY
VISUALIZATION TO PROMOTE DATA USE
WHY
TELLING YOUR DATA STORY
THE VISUALIZATION PROCESS
IDENTIFY YOUR
AUDIENCE &
CONTEXT
FIND THE STORY
IN YOUR DATA
BUILD YOUR
VISUALIZATION
DISSEMINATE,
SHARE & USE
IDENTIFY YOUR AUDIENCE AND CONTEXT
AUDIENCEWHO ARE YOU TRYING
TO REACH?
FIND THE STORY IN YOUR DATA
DATAWHAT INFORMATION DO
YOU HAVE TO SHARE?
BUILD YOUR VISUALIZATION
CREATEHOW DO YOU WANT TO
ILLUSTRATE YOUR
DATA STORY?
TODAY’SACTIVITY
WHAT WE’VE GIVEN YOU
A fact sheet with
data & story points
1 2
YOUR CHOICE OF ACTIVITIES
Want to learn
about visual
best practices
for making
charts and
graphs?
Want to learn
about how to use
storyboarding
approaches to
design data viz
with a team?
GROUP 1
1Want to learn
about visual
best practices
for making
charts and
graphs?
GROUP 2
2Want to learn
about how to use
storyboarding
approaches to
design data viz
with a team?
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