Creating Impactful Infographics & Data Visuals: San Francisco in-person

LEARN DATA VISUALIZATION

How do you create effective, interesting, impactful and, above all, useful data-visualisations, charts and infographics?

What principles and practices give the best results?

How do you combine visual thinking, statistical rigour & organisational goals without compromise?
Use a concept-driven approach!

In this rare intimate workshop for just 30 guests, held in the heart of San Francisco city, David McCandless, best-selling author and founder of Information is Beautiful, shares his concept-driven process and method for creating successful impactful visualizations which go "beyond the bar chart"

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We can offer group discount for teams and organisation of 6 or more. Contact us for more details.

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Our approach to creating graphics inverts the common practice of starting with data. Instead it focuses on developing a distinct, useful, smart question or concept to frame and ask of the data and information.

This way of working yields different and often more impactful 'human-centric' rather than 'data-centric' visualisations - leading to more beautiful, memorable, impactful results.

It also helps with the critiquing and ‘debugging’ of charts, and is tool-agnostic, works alongside AI tools, and is useful for many outputs: presentations, interactives, data-stories, apps, marketing materials etc.

In this fun intensive, attendees will directly learn?

» concepting and the generation of solid, interesting ideas ripe for visualization

» creating, selecting and executing appropriate and effective charts and visualisations

» designing and beautifying charts and diagrams

» essential principles of data-storytelling

Be broadly introduced to:

» how to use dataviz as a new lens for communication of ideas and stories

» the many methods and approaches for visualising data

» a playful creative approach to data, based on exploration and discovery, for better results

» working AI and LLMs into a data-visualisatio workflow

What’s the style of the workshop?

Expect a fun, informative experience that is interactive and hands-on: pens, paper, sketching, sharing etc. All with a solid underpinning of theory and best practice.

This workshop would be useful for:

» Translating written reports, research & messaging into visual graphics
» Understanding data journalism and story-telling with data
» Words and ideas people looking to translate concepts into design language
» Visual / design thinkers wanting to expand approaches to include data
» Data / code practitioners looking to improve aesthetics & conceptual prowess

What will I come away with?

Everyone leaves with their own datavizzes created on the day, a unique limited-edition handout pamphlet, and a slide deck. David will also sign copies of his books and pose awkwardly on the end of selfie-sticks.

» Some testimonials from past attendees

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About the workshop

Workshops are hosted in a theatre-style venue with a capacity of up to 30 guests. There will be a large projector screen to show Information is Beautiful's work and processes. There will be many opportunities to ask questions.

Format

The workshop is given in a theatre-style format with plenty of interaction, questions and breakout exercises.

Equipment

You won't need a laptop, but feel free to bring one if that’s your preferred mode of expression. Please do bring paper / pens though and expect some fun collaboration with those around you. You may also want to bring data or problems you are currently working with, so you can see if applying the Information Is Beautiful lens can help you find a solution or expression of your data.

Timings and refreshments

The workshop will start at 10:00am; there will be two breaks of approximately 15 -20 minutes and a one-hour lunchbreak. Coffee tea, coffee and water and light snacks are served during the breaks, but lunch is not provided. There are numerous restaurants in the area.

Payment

Up to a maximum of six tickets may be purchased per transaction. For purchases above that number please contact us. You will be supplied with an automatic receipt. Payment can be made with all major credit cards through the Eventbrite system. If you need to pay via bank transfer; by credit card over the phone; or if you wish for us to raise an invoice please email us; we charge an additional US $30 to cover our time in these aspects of manual payment.

Discounts

At each event we offer a limited number of discount places. Students, educators, people who work for NGOs / charities / educational orgs, journalists, disabled, and military veterans may pay this discounted rate, while supplies last. You will need for your email address to match your employer and to show associated ID on the door, (eg business card/student card). Note: people who work for commercial organisations of any size above one employee will pay full price. Book early as stocks are limited.

Refunds and transfers

If you need to cancel your place we can offer a 100% refund up to seven days before the event start date. You can log into Eventbrite and claim your refund - it gets processed automatically by Eventbrite within 30 days after request, usually earlier. Cancellation seven or fewer days before the workshop results in 0% refund but we can arrange a transfer to a future event, in-person or virtual. Please contact us up to 24 hours before the event to arrange the transfer. Less than 24 hours before the event we cannot transfer your place.

Cancellations

In the event that we have to cancel the event we will give you as much notice as possible and offer you the choice of either a full refund or an alternative event date. Our liability is limited to the participant registration fee; we cannot reimburse you for any expenses incurred such as travel or accommodation.