How can you take your scatter plot to the next level? Host Alli Torban dives into 3 ways you can layer onto a scatter plot to enhance your reader’s understanding of the data. Show Notes Maarten's Website Maarten's Twitter Data Viz Today's Twitter...
How can visualizations help people make decisions and set goals? Use a simulation/what-if analysis and visualize the results! Host Alli Torban dives into why simulations are so powerful in persuading people and how to know if your client could benefit from a what-if visualization! Show notes Gabrielle's Website Gabrielle's Twitter Data Viz Today Twitter...
What can we learn from the top-notch Data Team at the Economist? Host Alli Torban dives into the 3 things that she learned from their team as they put together their predictive model for the U.S. midterm elections. (Hint: the complexities of predictive model building, visualizing uncertainty, and annotations!) Shownotes The Economist's Midterm Election Predictive Model Follow The Economist's Data Team on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
How can you use visual metaphor to evoke emotion? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to find a visual metaphor that's right for your data. Featured data viz by Valentina D'Efilippo models how to use visual metaphor to create a beautiful, meaningful, and memorable data viz. Shownotes Valentina's Website Follow Valentina on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
How can you enhance your portfolio with maps? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to get started making your own maps! Featured data viz by Hyemi Song models how to use a beautifully styled map to show emerging spatial patterns. Course: “Make Your First Custom Map in Under 30 Minutes” Show Notes Hyemi's Website Follow Hyemi on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
How can you encourage a reader to explore your data visualization without adding any interactivity? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to make an exploratory static data viz - no coding necessary! Featured viz by Krisztina Szucs models how to encourage exploration by visualizing the rating and profit of past box office hits. Show Notes Krisztina's Website Follow Krisztina on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
How can you make your sports viz appeal to a wider audience to include those passively interested in your sport? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to pull out the strategy and nuance of your sports data. Featured viz by Ben Matheson models how to appeal to a wide audience by visualizing the strategy behind the run/rest decisions of Iditarod mushers. Show Notes Ben's Website Follow Ben on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
How can you secure client buy-in for your data viz designs? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to practice that will bring your data visualization from good to great. Featured vizzes by Pooja Gandhi and Adam Crahen are perfect examples of a collaborative process that will elevate your designs and ultimately help you gain client buy-in. Show Notes Data Duo Website Follow Pooja on Twitter Follow Adam on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
How can we approach a dataset that will make people feel connected to it? How can we humanize our data viz? Host Alli Torban dives into these questions by examining Rodrigo Menegat and Vinicius Sueiro's data visualization called "All the Government Barbecues," which won a Kantar Information is Beautiful Award in 2017. Show Notes Follow Rodrigo on Twitter Vinicius' Website Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
This episode features Zak Geis' eye-catching data viz inspired by radar charts. This is a difficult chart type to work with! In this episode, host Alli Torban dives into its limitations and how you can best implement it. Shownotes Follow Zak on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter
Do you add annotations to your data viz? Susie Lu's data visualization presented Emmy nominations in a clear and concise way thanks to her smart annotation choices. Susie is the Queen of annotations - she's the creator of the popular D3.js library that gives you the ability to customize annotations and labels. In this episode, host Alli Torban dives into the important aspects of an annotation, and how you can best implement them in your work. Show Notes Susie's Website Follow Susie on Twitter Fo...
How can you get people engaged in your data viz? Jim Vallandingham visualized how long it took people to draw over 50 million doodles for Google Quick Draw, which resulted in a fun and engaging data viz. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can create an engaging data viz too. Show Notes Jim's Website Follow Jim on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
Have you ever been inspired by a piece of art and wanted to incorporate it into your work? Guney Soykan is an award-winning art director who visualized the tenure of world leaders through composite portraits. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores what we can learn from artists like Guney and how we can take inspiration from art and apply it to our data viz. Show Notes Guney's Website Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
Do you need to find answers in survey results? Shirley Wu visualized the results of a survey of 981 data viz creators' frustrations and found insights with her unique techniques. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can find answers and visualize your survey results too! Show Notes Shirley's Website Shirley's Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
Are you trying to tell a story with your data? Maybe you can find the story by focusing on where the movement is happening. Pierre Massat brought the familial relationships of Kenyan elephants to life with his data viz. It's a compelling example of using movement to tell a story. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can do the same. Get the printable mentioned in the show - here . Show Notes Pierre's Website Follow Pierre on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
Have you ever tried to visualize seasonality? It's a fascinating topic. Nadieh Bremer and Zan Armstrong visualized the seasonal patterns of U.S. births in their award-winning data viz. In this episode, host Alli Torban explores how you can find and represent seasonality in data too. Show Notes Nadieh's Website Follow Nadieh on Twitter Zan's Website Follow Zan on Twitter Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter...
What should you do before you start a data visualization? Define your goal! Lisa Charlotte Rost created the perfect mental model to help you define and achieve your data viz goals. In this episode, host Alli Torban dives into how you can use this mental model to ensure your design decisions are well-guided and thought out. Show Notes Lisa on the Datawrapper Blog Lisa's Website Follow Lisa on Twitter! Follow Data Viz Today on Twitter!...
What are data visualizations? How can you get better at creating them? Is this show for you? Find out with your host Alli Torban in this intro episode! Show Notes: www.dataviztoday.com/shownotes/00
