Data is just as important for creatives and Jasmine RuKim as co-founder of Monicat Data knows all about it. Jasmine and her team help creative teams leverage data and technology to make a greater impact. Their motto is “creativity deserves a better track record!”
Read MoreData storytelling is extremely important to tell memorable and impactful data stories. All too often good data visualization is confused as data storytelling. In this episode Dave Mathias interviews Brent Dykes who recently authored Effective Data Storytelling that brings this point home and much more. It is a must have book and not just if you are a “data person.”
Read More“Data is everywhere and so it incorporates every facet of your life”
Allen Hillery went from engineer to digital marketer to now a data visualization specialist not only being a prolific writer in the data visualization space but also teaching at Columbia University. Now he is taking his passion around data literacy and trying to make a difference in underprivileged young persons in New York City.
Make sure to check out this episode of Data Able and then continue on to read some of his engaging articles. If in NYC then maybe you will see Allen and NY Open Data or one of the other great data and community events.
Website: https://medium.com/@alglobehopper
LinkedIn: Allen Hillery
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlDatavizguy
Publication: https://medium.com/nightingale
Highlighted articles: Three Reasons Why PowerPoint Gets a Bad Wrap & Three Reasons Why Storytelling is Important in Business
What is the difference between data visualization and data storytelling? This is a valid question. Industry-wide there has been a significant focus on perfecting and simplifying data visualization, yet much time hasn’t been spent on developing the storytelling process. It is presumptive to think that the presenter of the data visualization is wholly responsible for the story; in fact, the story starts building many steps before presentation.
Read MoreThe world is extremely complicated and most things are made up of many things that together work as a system whether it is the human body, your car, or even your city. Most things around us are really systems and have a lot of moving parts and processes that are interconnected. This also includes most things that you are going to encounter if whether you are a data scientist, product manager, customer experience architect, product designer, or leader to name a few. To help us understand, design and innovate these complex systems there is even a whole field of study called systems thinking.
Read MoreGreat products, insights, and experiences require a human-centered and data-informed approach. Let me, Dave Mathias, help you and your team through my fractional CPO, hands-on consulting, coaching/training, and speaking services.
Make sure to check out all the great thought leadership around product and analytics excellence shared at gobeyondthedata.com.
