Government Statistics Service Induction talk

26/09/2013 - Holiday Inn, Wembley

## Open Data

Government policy

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/improving-the-transparency-and-accountability-of-government-and-its-services

Open Data Institute

http://theodi.org/

## Social Media

Government Communications Network Guidance

https://gcn.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/engaging-through-social-media/

Department of Health Digital team blog

http://digitalhealth.dh.gov.uk/

Department of Business digital blog

http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/bisdigital/

Blogpost about using different online forums to make an impact

http://postbureaucrat.com/2013/09/10/what-public-consultation-can-look-like/

## Government Digital Services

Design Principles

https://www.gov.uk/designprinciples

Content Principles (styleguide)

https://www.gov.uk/designprinciples/styleguide

(1.5 for list of 'banned' words)

Illustrations of the Principles

https://secure.flickr.com/photos/psd/

Example statistics page on GOV.UK

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change/about/statistics

GDS data visualisation

https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-centered-design/data-visualisation.html

## Infographics

GDS Infographics guide

https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/assets/documents/Infographics_Guide.pdf

Interesting infographic articles

http://insights.qunb.com/why-we-hate-infographics-and-why-you-should

http://columnfivemedia.com/usa-today-visual-language-development/

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673113/the-difference-between-infographics-and-their-simpler-cousins

http://www.codehesive.com/index.php/archive/redesigning-greenpeaces-fukushima-infographic/

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics#

http://www.simplyunderstand.com/2013/05/chance-understanding-infographic/

### Examples of infographics

Guardian Datastore on Flickr

https://secure.flickr.com/groups/1115946@N24/

Cool infographics

http://www.coolinfographics.com/

Junk Charts

http://junkcharts.typepad.com/

Coffee Spoons

http://coffeespoons.me/

Transcript

1. MATT JUKES OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS
2. [DIGITAL] DATA DISSEMINATION
3. Open Data
5. MUMSNET MONEYSAVINGEXPERT STUDENTROOM STATUSERNET
7. PRINCIPLES WWW.GOV.UK/DESIGNPRINCIPLES
10. GDS CONTENT DESIGN www.gov.uk/designprinciples/styleguide
11. GDS AND STATISTICS
12. “AT THE MOMENT (APRIL 2013), THERE'S NO SET STYLE FOR STATISTICS - WE ARE WORKING ON IT.” https://www.gov.uk/designprinciples/insidegovernment (6.5)
13. WRITING FOR THE WEB
14. GDS DATA VISUALISATION https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-centered-design/data-visualisation.html
15. ONS DATA VISUALISATION
16. INFOGRAPHICS www.gov.uk/service-manual/assets/documents/Infographics_Guide.pdf
17. INFOGRAPHICS ARE..
18. ..self contained visual stories that clearly represent data to present a meaningful & informative narrative.
19. INFOGRAPHICS ARE NOT..
20. ..visual lists, groups of large numbers with supporting graphics or a collection of stats.
21. WTFVIZ.NET