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Data Visualization and Infographics: 12 Rad Resources

Data Visualization and Infographics: 12 Rad Resources. Alda Norris UAF CES. Context. What are we talking about?. Infographics. It ’ s not just art.

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Data Visualization and Infographics: 12 Rad Resources

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  1. Data Visualization and Infographics:12 Rad Resources Alda Norris UAF CES

  2. Context • What are we talking about?

  3. Infographics

  4. It’s not just art “If you make a fantastically interesting chart and some poor design decisions, the data will still come through. If you make a bad chart with a beautiful design, what have you done, really?” –Amanda Cox, NYT graphics editor

  5. So many choices! • How do you go about choosing which of these resources to pursue? • Stay true to the data • Do your audience analysis • Capitalize on your strengths

  6. #1: Alberto Cairo Journalist, author and currently a lecturer at University of Miami Periodically offers a MOOC on intro to infographics and data visualization His blog: www.thefunctionalart.com/ @albertocairo

  7. #2: Michael Sandberg’s blog http://datavizblog.com/ Comes from a business perspective. “Getting people excited about their data one visual at a time.” There is a nice summary of Alberto Cairo’s 2013 MOOC in one of the blog entries.

  8. #3: Darkhorse Analytics blog http://darkhorseanalytics.com/blog/ “Decision-makers who can interact with the analysis by adjusting parameters, comparing time periods, and testing assumptions move from curiosity, to trust, to ownership.”

  9. #4: AEA Topical Interest Group Data Visualization & Reporting TIG http://bit.ly/xf1riD Areas include: Illustrate the use of data visualization for evaluation planning and analysis Be a voice and resource for high quality visual displays of data Make evaluation more beautiful and useful

  10. #5: Visual.ly http://visual.ly/ A “community of more than 35,000 designers” 3 Useful Tools: “Explore” tab- see sample infographics “Share” tab- ask for feedback from others “Create” tab- free templates for fun reports

  11. #6: Wordle www.wordle.net

  12. #7: Adobe InDesign www.adobe.com/products/indesign.html One of many tools out there that can help you arrange visual elements. Alberto says: Start with Excel and sketching first

  13. #8: Tableau Allows you to “…create interactive graphs, dashboards, maps and tables from virtually any data and embed them on your website or blog…” Public version: www.tableausoftware.com/public

  14. #9: Harvard Extension School lectures “Visualization” http://cm.dce.harvard.edu/2013/02/22872/publicationListing.shtml Includes videos from folks mentioned today, such as Alberto Cairo and Amanda Cox Topics include using Tableau, an intro to Javascript, and visualization in biology

  15. #10: The Guardian’s data blog • www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog Sample headlines: Deficit, national debt and government borrowing- how has it changed since 1946? Every train station in Britain listed and mapped Every Doctor Who villain since 1963

  16. #11: Free data to play with! Google Public Data Explorer www.google.com/publicdata/directory Links to data from sources like the Census Bureau, World Bank and International Telecommunications Union

  17. #12: Pinterest • Curate visually based bookmarks • Create various themed “boards” • Collaborate with other “pinners” Pinterest Basics: http://bit.ly/ZL0QwI Alda’s board: http://bit.ly/12ofe2e

  18. Want more? http://dailytekk.com/2012/02/27/over-100-incredible-infographic-tools-and-resources/ 100+ categorized infographics resources

  19. Questions? Thanks for joining us! Please visit AKEN on Facebook and the web: www.alaskaeval.org www.facebook.com/Alaska.Evaluation.Network

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