You Are an Artist

Mike Cisneros

Tableau Zen Master

Head of Data Visualization

Evince Analytics, Inc.#TC18

How and Why to Get Started Making Public Visualizations

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You are

already

capable

From

competence to

confidence

Tools and

direction for

getting started

Finding your voice and

having an audience

Our responsibility

to work in public

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You are

already

capable

From

competence to

confidence

Tools and

direction for

getting started

Finding your voice and

having an audience

Our responsibility

to work in public

Committed to Tableau

Interested in dataviz

Want to learn and improve

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You are

already

capable

From

competence to

confidence

Tools and

direction for

getting started

Finding your voice and

having an audience

Our responsibility

to work in public

Makeover Mondayhttp://makeovermonday.co.uk

Workout Wednesday http://www.workout-wednesday.com/

Your School/Company http://www.i.dont.know.where.you.work.you.silly.goo.se

Set personal goals

Practice and publish

Habituate success

Specific

Measurable

Achievable

Relevant

Time-Bound

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already

capable

From

competence to

confidence

Tools and

direction for

getting started

Finding your voice and

having an audience

Our responsibility

to work in public

Practice and Repetition

Intentional Efforts

• Critically Assess Your Approach

• Push Your Boundaries

Analysis

Design

Storytelling

Analysis: What you find

Design: How you make it clear

Storytelling: Why it matters

Understanding your data

The human factor

Representatives of different social

strata were asked the same

question: "What are the main reason

of success?" Poor need to change

their life approach primarily, as it is

evident from their responses.

https://visual.ly/community/infographic/other/secret-success

Social Strata Reason Rate

Rich people good education, high qualification 28%

Middle class good education, high qualification 33%

Poor good education, high qualification 18%

Rich people cunning, cheating 11%

Middle class cunning, cheating 21%

Poor cunning, cheating 32%

Rich people abilities, talents 13%

Middle class abilities, talents 8%

Poor abilities, talents 7%

Rich people connections to the right people 9%

Middle class connections to the right people 32%

Poor connections to the right people 39%

Rich people fortune, good luck 13%

Middle class fortune, good luck 15%

Poor fortune, good luck 12%

Rich people hard work 38%

Middle class hard work 27%

Poor hard work 16%

Rich people entreprenurial spirit, courage 27%

Middle class entreprenurial spirit, courage 16%

Poor entreprenurial spirit, courage 16%

Rich people presence of initial capital 15%

Middle class presence of initial capital 23%

Poor presence of initial capital 27%

• Who asked for this?

When? Why?

• What defines social

strata?

• Who was surveyed?

How many?

• How were they

distributed?

• How many choices?

• Russian market

research company,

2011? 2012?

• Self-reported social

strata

• 1500 Russian people

• Only 1% identified as

rich

• You could say “Yes” to

two (or maybe three)

questions

Understanding your data

The human factor

Knowing when you need more

Outliers and patterns

http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

Emphasis and tone

Comprehension and accessibility

Means of consumption

Interactivity: help or hurt?

Emphasis and tone

Comprehension and accessibility

Means of consumption

Interactivity: help or hurt?

Clarity

Tone

Understanding

Media

Interaction

Provide context

Be the guide

Provide context

Be the guide

Smart, uninformed, impatient

Or, just build a mirror

Analysis: What did you find?

Design: How do you make it clear?

Storytelling: Why does it matter?

Push Your Boundaries

data.world

Kaggle

Google Dataset Search

Google Public Data explorer

Enigma Public

Data.Gov

US Census Bureau

IPUMS

Data is Plural (newsletter)

Your own life

https://data.world

https://www.kaggle.com/dataset

https://toolbox.google.com/datasetsearch

https://www.google.com/publicdata/directory

https://public.enigma.com/

https://data.gov

http://www.census.gov/data.html

https://www.ipums.org/

https://tinyletter.com/data-is-plural

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You are

already

capable

From

competence to

confidence

Tools and

direction for

getting started

Finding your voice and

having an audience

Our responsibility

to work in public

I’d rather be nine people’s favorite thing than 100 people’s ninth-favorite thing.

“Nine People’s Favorite Thing,” [title of show]

Bread & Salt | Nai Louza https://public.tableau.com/profile/nai.louza#!/vizhome/BreadandSalt/BreadandSalt

SYN•EC•DO•CHE

Own up to it

“Well, actually….”

Apologize

Resolve to continue

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From

competence to

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Tools and

direction for

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Finding your voice and

having an audience

Our responsibility

to work in public

EVERYONE

I’m interested in building the biggest choir

possible. Anybody who’s ever been in the

church choir knows that it’s a whole lot of work.

It’s not a passive experience.

And I know there’s so many people out there

who are just waiting for an invitation to join the

choir. They have a voice, they just don’t

believe they can sing yet.

What the best organizers do is say,

“Come sing with me, let’s learn new music.

Teach me new music.”

What the best teachers do is say,

“You already had the gift. I’m here to make

you realize you can access the gift long after

I’m gone.”

Deray McKesson

What the best teachers

do is say,

You already

had the gift.

I’m here to make you

realize you can access the

gift long after I’m gone.

Teach me

new music.

What the best organizers

do is say, Come sing

with me, let’s learn

new music.

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