Go Visual! - Communicating data Matt Haworth Reason Digital We are Reason Digital www.reasondigital.com Ed Cox Reason Digital
Dec 26, 2014
Go Visual! - Communicating dataMatt HaworthReason Digital
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Ed CoxReason Digital
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John Snow - Cholera map (1854)
Florence Nightingale - Coxcomb diagram (1858)
Charles Minard - Cattle Consumed in Paris (1858)
Charles Minard - Napoleon’s Russian Invasion (1861)
Why data matters
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Charities are in the business of data
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How charities are using data
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www.gatesfoundation.org/infographics
Some tools to explore
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www.google.com/fusiontables
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code.google.com/p/google-refine/
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www.gapminder.org
A plan for perfect infographics
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Plan
1. Have a point, and a purpose
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Plan
2. Make it interesting & relevant to a large audience
Plan
3. Infographic or data visualisation?
Plan
4. Deconstruct your point into a series of facts or statements
Plan
6. Choose & order your facts
7. Work this into a cohesive narrative
8. Edit this down, refine it, make it flow
Produce
10. Apply an interesting visual style
Recap
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