Podcasts by Data Viz Today

Data Viz Today

Helping you become a more effective information designer.

You want to create effective data visualizations. That’s hard work. There are so many decisions to make, like chart type, annotations, and color!

Will this podcast help?

Host and fellow data viz designer Alli Torban is in the trenches with you. She shares the latest tools and methods that she’s discovered while on the job and interviewing top designers.

If you’re an analyst, journalist, or designer who wants to hone your skills with specific tactics, then this show could be just what you need.

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90: How to Come Up with Creative Ideas from 2023-12-05T06:00

In this episode, I’ll share a concept and prompt from my NEW book CHART SPARK, and how I applied it to the library check-out receipt to develop a creative idea that uses datavi...

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89: How Great Visualization Designers Think — with Alberto Cairo from 2023-11-20T06:00

In this episode, Alberto Cairo shares some common threads he’s noticed among his dataviz students who go on to excel in this field and common traits he noticed while interviewing accomplished vi...

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BONUS: Wanna chat? ☕ I'm opening up my calendar! from 2023-10-31T19:50:41

Hey dataviz friend, my book is launching in early December (CHART SPARK), and after giving a workshop this morning that used the prompts from the book, I realized....chatting and brains...

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88: 3 Ways to Monetize Your Data and Dataviz — with Dr. Barbara Wixom from 2023-09-05T19:37:38

In this episode, we explore Dr. Barbara Wixom's insights on the three main ways companies (or even freelancers) can monetize data and dataviz, drawing from her ex...

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87: How to Navigate the Complexities of Neurodivergent Creativity — with Andy J. Pizza from 2023-05-30T08:00

As data people, we tend to be more logical and analytical, which makes navigating creativity’s ambiguity a little tricky. So I called on Andy J. Pizza to help us ...

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86: How to Find a Balance Between Clarity and Creativity from 2023-04-25T07:00

In this episode, I share the framework that helps me decide when to stick with “best practices” or try a new approach in my visualizations. We explore four key variables: the reader's time and p...

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85: How to transform science into clear and welcoming graphics — with Jen Christiansen from 2023-03-28T06:00

In this episode, we dive into the world of scientific visuals with Jen Christiansen, Senior Graphics Editor at Scientific American and author of the new book Building Science Graphi...

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84: How to use serendipity to fuel your experiments and innovation with Mike Brondbjerg from 2023-02-28T18:06:04

In this episode, we explore how to practice openness through a fun activity that combines serendipity and structure. London City Hall's Data Visualization and Information Design Lead, Mike Brond...

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83: Can you X-ray dataviz? from 2023-01-10T18:49:59

What’s it mean to X-ray a dataviz? This is my new method to make sure I learn from my dataviz inspiration and organize it in a way that helps me use it later. In this episode, I’ll shar...

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82: How to use your inspiration with Gabrielle Mérite (Creativity Mini-Series) from 2022-12-21T20:00:58

We know that we’re supposed to gather inspiration, but then what? Gabrielle Mérite, a senior data visualization designer at Pentagram, shares what to do with your inspiration to put it to work f...

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BONUS: How to build habits and rituals that support your creative practice from 2022-11-22T15:52:27

Why are habits/rituals important to your creative practice and what are some examples? Duncan Geere, Will Chase, and I share what's been most impactful to our dataviz practice!

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81: Going off the beaten path with Neil Richards (Creativity Mini-Series) from 2022-11-01T16:00

How do you approach creativity for personal projects vs business intelligence? That's our big creativity question today for Neil Richards.

Neil Richards is the author of the new book ...

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80: How to start a creative project with Manuel Canales (Creativity Mini-Series) from 2022-10-11T16:00

We’re exploring creativity in information design from the perspective of amazingly creative people in the field! Let’s hear how Manuel Canales, the graphics assignment editor at the Wash...

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79: Don't exceed your audience's patience with Marcelo Duhalde (Creativity Mini-Series) from 2022-09-06T16:00

We’re exploring creativity in information design from the perspective of amazingly creative people in the field! Let’s hear how Marcelo Duhalde, the Associate Cre...

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78: Creativity is a risky act with Duncan Geere (Creativity Mini-Series) from 2022-08-16T16:00

We’re exploring creativity in information design from the perspective of amazingly creative people in the field! Let’s hear how Duncan Geere approaches creativity. We dive into how he defines cr...

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77: What daily practice looks like with Mesa Schumacher (Creativity Mini-Series) from 2022-08-09T16:00

We’re exploring creativity in information design from the perspective of amazingly creative people in the field! If it’s not a magical process, then what is it? L...

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76: Creativity is a spectrum with Andy Kirk (Creativity Mini-Series) from 2022-08-02T16:00

We’re exploring creativity in information design from the perspective of amazingly creative people in the field! If it’s not a magical process, then what is it? L...

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75: Change your space to change your mind with Stefanie Posavec (Creativity Mini-Series) from 2022-07-26T16:00

Today, I’m launching a mini-series all about creativity in information design. If you’re like me and came from a data background, communicating information in creative ways can feel a b...

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74: What It's Like Being a Data Journalist — Featuring Danielle Alberti from 2022-06-30T13:23:56

Today, we have Danielle Alberti on the show to share a behind-the-scenes look at how to become and be a data journalist! She's the editor of the data visualization team at Axios and shares:

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73: 3 Ways to Analyze Time Series Data Without Losing Nuance — Featuring Zan Armstrong from 2022-05-24T10:00

Today, we have Zan Armstrong with us to share 3 simple alternatives to aggregating time series data in the usual ways so you don’t lose important nuance. It’s so ...

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72: How to Add Strategy Sessions to Your Data Viz Workflow — Featuring Liz Hatherley from 2022-03-15T10:00

When you’re kicking off a data viz project, do you have a series of questions that you ask to uncover the goals, audience, and data? Want to know how to kick it u...

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71: Demystifying the Freelance Dataviz Process from 2022-01-11T11:00

Join the Elevate Membership Program!

I invited a few of the best dataviz de...

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70: My 3 Biggest Lessons Learned in 2021 from 2021-12-28T11:00

Today I’m calling out the biggest things I learned in the past year. There’s just something about naming it that helps me remember to keep doing it in the new yea...

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69: 3 Tips for Solving Problems with Networks — Featuring Dr. Keita Broadwater from 2021-11-30T11:00

Have you ever reimagined your tabular data set as a network and discovered new insights? Networks are an obvious choice if you’re visualizing someone’s social network, for example, but ...

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68: How to Future-Proof Your Data Viz Career — Featuring Dr. Jonathan Schwabish from 2021-10-19T10:00

How do we future-proof our data viz careers? What skills are important now and 10 years from now as software companies come and go and $5 dashboards pop up on Fiverr?

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67: How to Use 3D in Innovative Ways — Featuring Dr. Tyler Morgan-Wall from 2021-09-28T10:00

Have you written off 3D as a big no-no?

Not yet!

In this episode, Dr. Tyler Morgan-Wall shares his latest innovations and impactfu...

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66: How to Make Music with Data — Featuring Duncan Geere and Miriam Quick from 2021-08-31T10:00

Have you heard of data sonification?

It’s the process of turning data into sound, and there's a novel podcast out now called Listen

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65: Why You Don’t Need to be a Data Viz Unicorn to Have a Fulfilling Career— Featuring Amanda Makulec from 2021-07-20T10:00

It’s easy to think you have to be the master at D3 and also have the design eye of an artist in order to have a fulfilling data viz career, but that has not been my experience, nor the experienc...

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64: 3 Common Reporting Mistakes + How to Overcome Them — Featuring Ann K. Emery from 2021-06-15T10:00

How can you take a dense, technical report and turn it into something people will actually read?

In this episode, Ann K. Emery shares the top tips that she recommends to...

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63: How to Integrate Accessibility into Your Data Viz Workflow — Featuring Frank Elavsky from 2021-05-25T10:00

What can we do to make our data visualizations more accessible to more people, especially those with disabilities?

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62: How Much Money Do Data Visualization Professionals Make? from 2021-03-30T10:00

Ah, money. The topic everyone wants to hear about but no one wants to talk about! It’s a complicated and nuanced subject because there are so many variables that factor into someone’s compensati...

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61: 3 Insights From a Personal Project That Blew Up — Featuring Nadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu from 2021-02-16T11:00

What are the ingredients of a successful personal project? How do you even know what topic to make your personal project about? What constraints make for a successful personal project?<...

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BONUS: 3 Steps to Feel More Confident in Your Data Visualization Process from 2021-01-25T20:38:55

Do you feel lost when you’re creating a chart? Are you feeling around in the dark with every new project? Confidence comes with practice, but you can also take a few smart steps, in the...

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60: The Best Data Visualizations of 2020 — Featuring Lea Pica from 2020-12-22T11:00

The last episode of the year!

In this episode, I have a little data viz tennis match with fellow podcaster Lea Pica.

We found the most inspiring visualizations in four categories: ...

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59: How Art Direction Can Make Your Work More Effective — Featuring Gabrielle Mérite from 2020-11-24T11:00

Have you ever created a successful graphic that really hit the mark and you felt like you were just spot on?

Do you know how you can consistently replicate that feeling? If not, I have an...

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58: How to Turn Data Into an Experience — Featuring Miriam Quick&Stefanie Posavec from 2020-10-13T10:00

Have you ever felt frustrated when you're trying to express important data to someone? Do the bars and pies just seem to fall flat?

Try turning the data into an experience! In this episod...

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57: A Big Lesson Learned From My 100-Day Project from 2020-09-29T23:54:56

I recently went on a journey to improve my design skills, and looking back, I learned a lot about how to build a skill and one big lesson about being a creator...

 

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56: [Mini] 3 Ways to Enhance Your Legend from 2020-08-25T10:00

Chart legends are so key (ha!) to make your chart understandable, but you need to give it some thought and care.

 

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BONUS: 3 Invisible Tools to Help You Create Faster from 2020-07-28T10:00

What are the invisible tools (i.e. processes or methods) that I use to help me create visualization more efficiently?

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55: How to Get Your First Data Viz Freelance Project — Featuring Dr. Stephanie Evergreen from 2020-06-09T10:00

Are you interested in freelancing or consulting in data visualization? Being your own boss as a full-time freelancer has its own set of unique challenges, and of ...

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54: How to Find New Collaborators and Execute a Complex Project — Featuring Shirley Wu from 2020-05-05T10:00

In this episode, Shirley Wu shares the specific things that she looks for in potential collaborators, the steps she took to execute her innovative People of the Pandemic game, and how s...

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53: How to Sidestep These 3 Common Sources of Frustration from 2020-03-31T10:00

You feel that mounting frustration in your body and you're about to lose your patience... what could have avoided this?!

In this episode, I talk about 3 common sources of frustration and ...

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52: How to Keep Your Reader Engaged with Thoughtful Annotations — Featuring Alyssa Fowers from 2020-02-18T11:00

I’ve noticed that many of the really engaging graphics have something in common: really thoughtful annotations. Usually, we think of annotations as a way to communicate...

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51: Our Advice to Data Viz Designers Just Starting Out from 2020-01-28T11:00

I started this show almost two years ago, and I’ve been asking everyone that I interview: what’s your advice to data viz designers just starting out.  Listen

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50: How to Fill Your Data Viz Toolbox — a New Years Resolution that won’t drive you crazy from 2019-12-31T11:00

Happy new year!

It's time for goal-setting, right? One small thing you can do throughout the year that will make you...

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BONUS: A technique to find the underlying emotions in your project from 2019-12-10T11:00

Why do we care about finding the underlying emotion in our project?

Because it can help guide us toward visualizing the data in a more meaningful way for our audience. It helps you hone i...

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49: How to Communicate the Value of Visualizing Data - Planetarians Show the Way from 2019-11-19T11:00

Have you ever been asked the explain the value of visualizing data? I always jump to “it reveals insights you couldn’t see before!” But while I was at the Data2Do...

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48: How Connecting Two Charts Can Lead to Extra Impact - Featuring Mohamad Waked from 2019-11-05T11:00

It's no secret that creating two charts to show different views on a data set can be very powerful. But can connecting them somehow make it even more impactful? Listen

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47: Charts Can Lie, But Here’s How You Remain Vigilant - Featuring Alberto Cairo from 2019-10-08T10:00

It’s no secret that some charts lie. You might be thinking that only a subset of people who maliciously create a chart to serve their interests are guilty of this, but the truth is, Listen

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46: 3 Smart Tips for Building Your Portfolio - Featuring Dillon Winspear from Designed Today from 2019-09-03T10:00

Are you struggling with putting together an effective portfolio? I find it hard to know if I'm using my time efficiently. What do I need to include? When is it enough?!?

Luckily, Dillon W...

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BONUS: The New Topic Sentence Formula That I'm Using for More Clarity from 2019-08-18T18:50:03

***BONUS EPISODE! WOOHOO!***

I've been using a new topic sentence formula to help me gain clarity around my data visualizations, and I wanted to share it with you! I hope it's helpful. Le...

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45: How to Use Data Viz to Bring People Together and Feel Connected - Featuring Amy Cesal and Zander Furnas from 2019-07-30T10:00

Visualization isn't always about revealing the patterns in our data. Sometimes it can be used to bring people together. Th...

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44: 3 Steps to Find&Strengthen Your Biggest Data Literacy Weakness - Featuring Ben Jones of Data Literacy LLC from 2019-07-02T10:00

Data Literacy is on everyone’s mind right now, but it always seemed like a nebulous topic to me. What is it exactly? How can you tell how literate you are? More importa...

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43: How to Visualize Paths Through Time with a Narrative Chart - Featuring Sahil Chinoy and Jessia Ma from 2019-04-30T10:00

Every day, events are happening and people are moving through time making decisions. How do we visualize that? How do we visualize that for hundreds of people in ...

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42: How to Use Audio to Enhance Your Data Storytelling - Featuring Duncan Clark from 2019-03-12T10:00

Can we combine explanatory and exploratory data viz? That's just what Duncan Clark and his team over at Flourish are trying to accomplish by giving everyone the ability to create a "Talkie."

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41: [Mini] How to Go on a Color Diet from 2019-03-05T11:00

Are you terrified of color? Me too! :) Sometimes there are just too many choices. So I’m going on a color diet! What's a color diet? Well, for me, it means to be more conscious about how...

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40: How to Add Small Multiples to Your Flow Charts - Featuring Chris DeMartini from 2019-02-26T11:00

How can you add more information to your flow charts? Incorporate small multiples! In this episode, we learn about Chris DeMartini's data visualization that brings together small multiples and a...

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39: [Mini] 3 Design Tweaks that Make a Big Difference from 2019-02-12T11:00

I’ve been on a mission to improve my design abilities, and there are three design tweaks that I’ve found to be really effective in making my visualizations look more profe...

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38: How to Use Writing to Improve Your Vizzing - Featuring Tiziana Alocci&Piero Zagami from 2019-02-05T11:00

Can you write your way to data viz success? It might be hard to see how writing could improve your visualizations but in this episode, I'll lay out 3 compelling reasons WH...

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BONUS: Setting Your 2019 Data Viz Goals + Data Stories 2018 Year in Review Rebroadcast from 2018-12-19T20:46:37

What a year… I was honored to join Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner on their Data Stories podc...

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37: How to Be Consistently Creative - A Journey to Find Info We Trust - Featuring RJ Andrews from 2018-11-13T11:00

I recently caught wind of a forthcoming data viz book all about the craft of being a data storyteller called ...

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36: How to Experiment With Visualization&Handle Critiques - Featured Data Visualization by Richie Lionell from 2018-11-06T11:00

Have you ever pushed the boundaries of visualization? Did you receive any push-back? Do you want to experiment more with new chart types, but you’re not sure where to star...

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35: [Mini] 3 Techniques to Handle Overplotting from 2018-10-30T10:00

What should you do when you plot your data points and realize they're all on top of each other?? I recently learned that this is called "overplotting" and in this episode, I'll offer 3 technique...

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34: How to Harness the Power&Beauty of a Box Plot - Featured Data Visualization by Eric William Lin from 2018-10-16T10:00

When's the last time you saw a box plot? How about the last time you created one?! It's been a long time for me, but this week's featured data visualization by Eric Willia...

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33: [Mini] How to Discover Relevant Stories in Your Data by Taking an Editor’s Perspective from 2018-10-09T10:00

How can you consistently generate interesting visual story ideas from your data set? I’ve been on a quest to find a process for this, and I recently found guidance in a bo...

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32: How to Add Impact&Inform Your Reader by Handing Over the Power - Featured Data Visualization by Ludovic Tavernier from 2018-10-02T10:00

How can you add interaction to make your story more impactful and memorable? In this episode, host Alli Torban explores specific interaction techniques that you can try in...

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31: How to Decide If Your Visualization Should Be 3D - Featured Data Visualization by Ryan Baumann from 2018-09-25T10:00

When is it beneficial to visualize your data in 3D? We know that people love the “cool” factor of 3D, but I think most people know to avoid it now. But in which cases coul...

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30: [Mini] How to Use Help Desk Tactics to Build More Useful Visualizations from 2018-09-18T10:00

Do you ever have a client that's not sure what they need, and you also feel at a loss on how to visualize their goal in the most useful way? In this episode, I talk about how I'm bringing back m...

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29: 3 Essential Steps To Finding Your Unique Style - Featured Data Visualization by Federica Fragapane from 2018-09-11T10:00

How can you find your unique data viz style? I've started my quest to find mine, which I hope will help me find my voice and create work that’s more representative of my p...

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28: How to Build a Connection With Your Data Through Original Visualization - Featured Data Visualization by Sonja Kuijpers from 2018-09-04T10:00

Is it ever beneficial to stray from the usual chart types and create your own original, novel data visualization? i.e. A viz where you decide what each free-form shape, line, and color represent...

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27: [Mini] 3 Things I’ll Try To Do Better After Reading Tufte’s Book from 2018-08-28T10:00

I loved reading Edward Tufte's “The Visual Display of Quantitative Information” for the first time as part of the Data Vis Book Club! He's known as a pioneer in the data viz field but has also r...

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26: How to Develop Your Design Eye&Transform Your Work - Featured Data Visualization by Jane Pong from 2018-08-21T10:00

Being able to see the difference between well-designed and poorly-designed data viz is half the battle! But when your work always looks amateurish to you, it can be really frustrating. In this e...

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25: How to Design a More Inviting Data Viz - Featured Data Visualization by Sarah Bartlett from 2018-08-14T10:00

How can you create a data viz that feels inviting to your reader? Host Alli Torban explores the specific design elements that can offer your reader an enjoyable experience. Featured data visuali...

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24: [Mini] 3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Viz for Free from 2018-08-07T10:00

Have you ever heard these words? "We don't have a budget for this work, but we can offer you exposure!" Whether you're more in the graphic design camp or the data journalism camp, you'll probabl...

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23: How to Visualize Streaks for Pattern Analysis and Perspective - Featured Data Visualization by Frank Elavsky from 2018-07-31T10:00

How can visualizing streaks in your data help you find patterns and gain perspective? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways you can see your data in a new way by highlighting the period of t...

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22: [Mini] How My Design Process Has Improved Since Episode #1 from 2018-07-24T10:00

How has my data viz design process changed over the past 5 months? Well, it was pretty non-existent to start with, but after interviewing 20 top data viz designers, I've learned a lot and now ha...

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21: How to Gain Insights by Identifying Intervals in Your Line Chart - Featured Data Visualization by Ben Jones from 2018-07-17T10:00

How can segmenting your line chart into intervals help you gain insights into your data? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways you can visually break up your line chart into intervals as a w...

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20: How to Use Isochrone Maps for Art or Advanced Analysis - Featured Data Visualization by Topi Tjukanov from 2018-07-10T10:00

What are isochrone maps and how can you use them for advanced analysis or data art? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways you can create and use isochrones for personal or work challenges. F...

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19: [Mini] How to See Your Data Viz With Fresh Eyes from 2018-07-03T10:00

How can you see your data viz with fresh eyes? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways you can view your work from a new perspective when you're short on time!

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18: How to Start a Passion Project That Hones Your Skills&Opens New Doors - Featured Data Visualization by Amy Cesal from 2018-06-26T10:00

How can you start your own data viz passion project that hones your skills and opens the door to new opportunities? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways you can find and execute a passion p...

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17: 3 Ways to Amp-Up Your Scatter Plot! Featured Data Visualization by Maarten Lambrechts from 2018-06-19T10:00

How can you take your scatter plot to the next level? Host Alli Torban dives into 3 ways you can layer onto a scatter plot to enhance your reader’s understanding of the data.

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16: How to Persuade&Set Goals Using Simulations - Featured Data Visualization by Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee from 2018-06-12T10:00

How can visualizations help people make decisions and set goals? Use a simulation/what-if analysis and visualize the results! Host Alli Torban dives into why simulations are so powerful in persu...

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15: 3 Things I Learned From The Economist Data Team - Featured Data Visualization by The Economist Data Team from 2018-06-05T10:00

What can we learn from the top-notch Data Team at the Economist? Host Alli Torban dives into the 3 things that she learned from their team as they put together their predictive model for the U.S...

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14: How to Use Visual Metaphor to Evoke Emotion - Featured Data Visualization by Valentina D'Efilippo from 2018-05-22T10:00

How can you use visual metaphor to evoke emotion? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to find a visual metaphor that's right for your data. Featured data viz by Valentina D'Efilippo models...

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13: How to Enhance Your Portfolio with Maps - Featured Data Visualization by Hyemi Song from 2018-05-15T10:00

How can you enhance your portfolio with maps? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to get started making your own maps! Featured data viz by Hyemi Son...

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12: How to Encourage Exploration Without Interactivity - Featured Data Visualization by Krisztina Szucs from 2018-05-08T10:00

How can you encourage a reader to explore your data visualization without adding any interactivity? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to make an ex...

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11: How to Make Your Sports Viz Appeal to a Wider Audience - Featured Data Visualization by Ben Matheson from 2018-05-01T10:00

How can you make your sports viz appeal to a wider audience to include those passively interested in your sport? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to pull out the strategy and nuance of ...

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10: How to Win Client Buy-In for Your Designs - Featured Data Visualizations by Pooja Gandhi&Adam Crahen from 2018-04-24T10:00

How can you secure client buy-in for your data viz designs? Host Alli Torban dives into specific ways to practice that will bring your data visualization from good to great. Featured vizzes by P...

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09: How to Humanize Your Data Viz - Featured Data Visualization by Rodrigo Menegat&Vinicius Sueiro from 2018-04-17T10:00

How can we approach a dataset that will make people feel connected to it? How can we humanize our data viz? Host Alli Torba...

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08: How to Dare to Use a Radar Chart - Featured Data Visualization by Zak Geis from 2018-04-10T10:00

This episode features Zak Geis' eye-catching data viz inspired by radar charts. This is a difficult chart type to work with! In this episode, host Alli Torban dives into its limitations and how ...

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07: How to Annotate Like a Boss! Featured Data Visualization by Susie Lu from 2018-04-03T10:00

Do you add annotations to your data viz? Susie Lu's data visualization presented Emmy nominations in a clear and concise way thanks to her smart annotation choices. Susie is the Queen of annotat...

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06: How to Create an Engaging Data Viz - Featured Data Visualization by Jim Vallandingham from 2018-03-27T10:00

How can you get people engaged in your data viz? Jim Vallandingham visualized how long it took people to draw over 50 million doodles for Google Quick Draw, which resulted in a fun and engaging ...

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05: How to Take Inspiration from Art - Featured Data Visualization by Guney Soykan from 2018-03-20T10:00

Have you ever been inspired by a piece of art and wanted to incorporate it into your work? Guney Soykan is an award-winning art director who visualized the tenure of world leaders through compos...

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04: How to Find Answers in Survey Results - Featured Data Visualization by Shirley Wu from 2018-03-13T10:00

Do you need to find answers in survey results? Shirley Wu visualized the results of a survey of 981 data viz creators' frustrations and found insights with her unique techniques. In this episode...

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03: How to Tell a Story Through Movement - Featured Data Visualization by Pierre Massat from 2018-03-08T11:00

Are you trying to tell a story with your data? Maybe you can find the story by focusing on where the movement is happening. Pierre Massat brought the familial relationships of Kenyan elephants t...

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02: How to Find & Represent Seasonality in Data - Featured Data Visualization by Nadieh Bremer & Zan Armstrong from 2018-03-06T11:00

Have you ever tried to visualize seasonality? It's a fascinating topic. Nadieh Bremer and Zan Armstrong visualized the seasonal patterns of U.S. births in their award-winning data viz. In this e...

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Data Viz Today
01: How to Achieve Your Data Viz Goals - Featured Data Visualization by Lisa Charlotte Rost from 2018-02-28T17:10:12

What should you do before you start a data visualization? Define your goal! Lisa Charlotte Rost created the perfect mental model to help you define and achieve your data viz goals. In this episo...

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Data Viz Today
00: Introduction to Data Viz Today! from 2018-02-26T00:33:02

What are data visualizations? How can you get better at creating them? Is this show for you? Find out with your host Alli Torban in this intro episode!

Show Notes: www.dataviztoday.com/sh...

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Data Viz Today
00: Introduction to Data Viz Today! from 2018-02-26T00:33:02

What are data visualizations? How can you get better at creating them? Is this show for you? Find out with your host Alli Torban in this intro episode!

Show Notes: www.dataviztoday.com/sh...

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