Social Change with Data Visualization

Talk given to the Tech and Social change meetup group here in Baltimore.

Transcript

1. Social Change with Data Visualization @bryanconnor
2. DISCOVERY VS. COMMUNICATION
3. COMMUNICATING WITH DATA MESSAGE AUDIENCE DATA FORM
4. Data Visualization
5. What are Baltimore city employees paid? Who are the highest and lowest Baltimore city employees? How have the salaries of Baltimore city employees changed over time? How does the change in Baltimore city employee salaries compare to tax rates over time? EXPLORE AND ASK QUESTIONS
6. DATA TOOLS Many Eyes
7. FROM DATA TO FORM
8. Bars BAR CHART Compare discrete values Closed range of values, no gaps HISTOGRAM Compare two like datasets STACKED BAR CHARTS
9. Lines LINE GRAPH continuous values, connected AREA GRAPHS continuous values, stacked HORIZON GRAPH set threshold with negative values
10. Parts of a whole TREEMAP hierarchical data & volume ENCLOSURE DIAGRAM hierarchical data & volume PIE CHART percentages of a whole
11. QUALITATIVE MATRIX Two related qualitative scales SCATTER PLOT Correlated variables plotted BUBBLE CHART Correlated variables & scale variable NETWORK GRAPH Links between nodes and groups SANKEY DIAGRAM Flow quantities in a system GANT CHART Event duration ove time
12. “When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty… but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” – BUCKMINSTER FULLER
13. COMMUNICATING YOUR MESSAGE Careful reduction & minimalism Visual hierarchy Clearn and concise message Call to action
14. STATIC VISUALS SUPPORTING ARTICLES SOCIAL CONTEXT FROM FRIENDS VIDEO / AUDIO CONTEXT FULL EXPERIENCE OR GAME INTERACTIVE AND TIMELINES VISUALIZATIONS + VEHICLE OR
15. D3, Protoviz, Raphael Processing R Google Charts Flare - Flash TOOLS AND LIBRARIES
16. Fell In Love with Data The Why Axis JunkCharts Visualize This Designing Data Visualizations Designing with Data BLOGS + BOOKS