This session combines theory with practical application of data visualization best practices. Concepts will be made concrete through the use of a number real world examples and hands-on learning.
When: Monday, May 7, 2012
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Overview of data visualization theory and best practices
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Hands-on learning workshop
Where: Engineer's Club of St. Louis,
4359 Lindell Blvd
Open to: Member Grantmakers (free), NonMember Grantmakers ($35), Nonprofits ($35)
At the end of this interactive session, participants should be able to:
- Comprehend difference between a poor visual and an effective one and identify examples of each.
- Employ preattentive attributes to direct attention and provide a visual hierarchy of information.
- Recognize flair that doesn't add informative value and be comfortable cutting it from visual displays.
- Know what type of visual to use given the information that is to be displayed.
- Understand affordances, accesibility, and aesthetics and how to apply these design principles to data visualizations.
- Synthesize lessons learned to transform a poor visual into an effective one.
Call for examples: Do you have an infographic you would like feedback on? Send an electronic version of your data visualization (table, graph, slide - any sort of data representation) to cole.nussbaumer@gmail.com by April 9th for possible inclusion in the storytelling with data hands-on workshop.
About Cole
Cole Nussbaumer works at Google as an analytics manager on the People Analytics team, which uses a data-driven approach to ensure that Google attracts and retains great people and that the organization is best aligned to meet business needs. Cole specializes in the effective display of quantitative information and has travelled to Google offices around the work to teach her course on data visualization.
Analyzing data in order to provide insight and drive action has been a common thread throughout Cole's varied career. Prior to joining Google, she worked on several credit and repurchase risk projects with Cerberus Capital Management, coaching executive management on interpretation of projections and analyses. Before that, Cole managed operational risk and fraud management at Washington Mutual in Seattle.
Cole has a BS in Applied Math and an MBA with a focus in quantitative methods, both from the University of Washington. When she isn't working hard as a Googler or on her consulting work with Storytelling with Data (
www.storytellingwithdata.com), Cole enjoys travelling and spending time in her kitchen, creating and blogging about her culinary adventures.