05:30 PM – 06:30 PM
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Speaker: Geoff McGhee
Location: Los Angeles Ballroom
Session Type: Keynote Session
Infovis, dashboards and data apps are red-hot these days. But when you strip away the pretty pictures and the swooshing animations, what are you left with? We'll look at ways that researchers, artists and journalists are using storytelling techniques borrowed from film, comics and video games to travel the last mile from information to understanding. From the martini glass to the drill-down story, a survey of the best techniques for getting your audience to understand your data. We'll look at viral sensations that are sweeping the Internet, sophisticated interactive graphics from major news organizations like The New York Times and the Guardian, and buzzworthy data visualizations done for firms like GE, MTV and others. Lastly, how to stimulate conversations around data that help your own organization make better decisions.