Topic:"Leveraging Beauty and Brains with Actionable Data: From Concept to Reality"
Anyone can make a pretty bar graph, but can you make sound decisions based on that graph? Is it actionable, or is it only fluff? How do you turn flashy concepts into actionable visualizations? Can you see the end result of those concepts; will they ever become reality? Do you have the vision to combine beauty with brains, thereby driving decisions with data? Or do you settle for destroying direction with disaster? American mathematician John Tukey once said, "The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see." What value do you see in your data? And what ideas do you have when you see it? Learn how you can capitalize on your ideas by blending internal with external, leveraging them into a cohesive strategy for both the short term AND the long term. See the five "Stages of the Spectrum" in action while discovering the difference between impact and influence, and how that difference plays into making data actionable. Catch the right blend of art and science, or beauty and brains, as you go from concept to reality.
Learning Objective: The participant/attendee will…
· Identify and recognize the five stages of the visualization spectrum
· Determine how to leverage these steps into a cohesive visualization strategy
· Differentiate between impact/influence and how that plays into making data actionable
· Ascertain how the four-step iterative implementation cycle works: Deploy, Discover, Discern, Develop
Audience
Audience: Technical professionals (at any level) who are either decision-makers or who prepare data for decision-makers and wish to develop best practices in turning ideas into reality with their data.
Categories:
Data Analytics, Data Visualizations, Actionable Data, Data-driven Decision-makingou can define the layout of your email and give your content a place to live by adding, rearranging, and deleting content blocks.
Speaker - Joseph Perez ("Dr. Joe")
Dr. Joe, Having received advanced degrees in secondary education, Joe began a ten-year career as a high school teacher providing instruction in economics, Spanish, Bible, and computers. While in his teaching career, he furthered his graduate education, earning a doctorate in education with a double-minor in computers and theology. His career focus changed to IT in the early 1990’s when he started as a Computer Consultant at NC State University.