Art of Data Visualisation Online 2 x 1/2 Days
Learn six simple steps in the visualisation cycle and why some visuals are more pleasing to the eye than others and how this can be incorporated into your data results to transform your interactions with decision makers.
Description
This course will teach attendees how to leverage art and design principles to create great data visualisations. It will help to demonstrate why data visualisations matter and how they can be used to present results in more compelling ways and influence the audience more effectively.
2023 Topics
The four parts of this course are:
Part I – Beauty vs Utility
Good Intentions
Art is Important
Dataviz Exercises: How much Art is enough?
Part II – The Skills can be Learned
Composition and Frameworks
Data journalism Strategy
Dataviz Exercises: Fusing art and science into visualisation
Part III - The Visualisation Process
Insight is the Key
Visual Challenges
Dataviz Exercises: Understanding how to tell the story
Part IV - Putting it into Practice
Freedom and Discipline
Style and Emotion
Whiteboard: Opportunities and challenges
2023 Employer benefits
Senior Operational Research Analyst
Mechanical Design Group Lead
Senior Engineer
Analyst / Operational Researcher
2023 Online Platform and Software Requirements
Computer with video camera, speakers and microphone
Stable internet connection
Mains power
To attend you will need to ensure access to:
Zoom - This course can only be accessed via the desktop version of Zoom, so if necessary please submit a request with your IT team to download Zoom in advance. Alternatively, use a personal computer to attend this course
A PDF reader
MS Excel
2023 Other related courses to continue your development...
The Science of Data Visualisation
Influential Analysis Online
Data Visualisation with Tableau
2023 Prior knowledge
There are no pre-requisites for this course.
2023 Learning objectives
Data visualisations can be used to present results in more compelling ways and influence the audience more effectively.
2023 Course goals and outcomes
Those that take this training course will learn how art is an essential part of the science practice. It will help to explain why some visuals delight the eye and others disturb it and teach the six simple steps in the visualisation cycle. It will help attendees understand how to transform their interactions with decision-makers for the better and why incorporating beauty into visualisation benefits everyone.
2023 Audience
OR practitioners, analysts and those who want to understand why and how “art” is meaningful in a scientific context.