Using Data Visualization to Inform and InspireBen Jones | Director of Outreach ProgramsSeptember 26, 2017 | @DataRemixed | [email protected]
I traded the sunny beaches of Southern California…
I traded the sunny beaches of Southern California…
…for the lush forests of Western Washington
1. Visually informed in the Office
2. Visually inspired on the Trails
3. Tableau Public: Informed AND Inspired
By J.Olsufka & R.Zakovich
By Michael Mixon
By RJ Andrews
By Nisa Mara
By Anya A’Hearn
By Rody Zakovich
By Jewel Loree
4. Is Data Visualization Science or Art?
Write great headlines
Comparing Tech Employers
Race to Alaska
By Anthony Gould
Don’t mislead your audience
Use powerful images
Evoke visual metaphors
Viz: Christian Chabot, http://public.tableau.com/s/gallery/tale-100
Underwater Plant by George Hodan
Viz: Adam McCann, http://tabsoft.co/1IaNNOj
Photo: Steve Ringman, The Seattle Times http://tabsoft.co/1BJs0sp
Viz: John Schoen, CNBC http://tabsoft.co/1dKsRUH
Photo: Ray Jones, “Rock Strata on Cardigan Island”
Viz: Michael Carper, http://tabsoft.co/1Jj5Chf
Viz: Joe Mako, http://tabsoft.co/1MiFRMA Photo: Shutterstock, “The Great Smoky Mountains”
Combining images and metaphors
“Go big or go home.”
Eliza Dushku
Use Story Points
Inspire Inform&
THANK YOU!Ben Jones@DataRemixed