Join us for DataConnect Conference Oct 2-3 in Columbus, OH!
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Today, AI tools promise to answer questions and spin up charts at the click of a prompt. But impactful data visualizations, which connect people with a message and add context to raw numbers, still require a human leading the design decisions. During this breakout session, we’ll dive into how we create effective data visualizations that make data meaningful.
Today, AI tools promise to answer questions and spin up charts at the click of a prompt. But impactful data visualizations, which connect people with a message and add context to raw numbers, still require a human leading the design decisions.
During this breakout session, we’ll dive into how we create effective data visualizations that make data meaningful by exploring:
- Who are we communicating with and who is represented in our data?
- How trustworthy are the underlying data and the visualizations that reveal patterns in our data tables?
- What design techniques can we use to clearly communicate a data story without venturing into misleading graphics too focused on a specific message?
We’ll work through a design brief that helps us center our design decisions on what our audience needs as we explore these big questions. You’ll leave with a framework for being a more effective, responsible chart consumer and creator, including considerations when exploring how to use new technology, including data visualization software and genAI tools, for communicating data.
Amanda Makulec is a data visualization leader on a mission to help people make data meaningful.
Over the past 15 years, she’s helped teams across more than a dozen countries visualize data responsibly, particularly when communicating health information and designing analytical tools that inform decisions about access, delivery, and quality of health care services. She is a sought after writer and speaker on health data visualization, including how to design effective health data graphics and how to build cross-functional data teams to support the analytical and dashboarding needs of a variety of different organizations.
When she's not working with clients or teaching, you can find her hosting Chart Chat with her co-authors of the upcoming book Dashboards that Deliver and writing about data visualization in publications including Nightingale, the New York Times, Fast Company, and her Viz Responsibly newsletter. Amanda serves on the Advisory Council for the global Data Visualization Society, where she is a founding board member and served as Executive Director (2021-2024) and Operations Director (2019-2020).
