Telling Compelling Stories with Numbers: Data Visualization and Communication

Telling Compelling Stories with Numbers: Data Visualization and Communication

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Course Description

Important information cannot speak for itself. To tell its story, information relies on you to give it a clear voice. In government services, the challenge merely begins with collecting vital data, because you must then make sense of it and pass it on to others, accurately and clearly.

No information is more critical to your work than the numbers that reveal what’s happening, how you’re performing, and opportunities to do better. Quantitative information is usually presented in tables and graphs, but few are properly designed, resulting not only in poor communication, but at times even in miscommunication. This is a travesty, because the skills needed to communicate quantitative information effectively are simple to learn—simple, but not intuitive.

Stephen Few will introduce these simple skills and the common mistakes you should avoid through examples of both good and bad quantitative communication.

What You'll Learn

This webinar will demonstrate how to present and communicate quantitative information effectively.

Who Should Attend

This course is for government web managers, IT specialists, senior managers, and other government staff involved with citizen engagement initiatives and agency website operations at any level.

For additional information, please visit http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/wmu/fall2010/data_communication.shtml