Using Data Visualization to Inform and InspireBen Jones | Director of Outreach ProgramsSeptember 26, 2017 | @DataRemixed | bjones@tableau.com

I traded the sunny beaches of Southern California…

I traded the sunny beaches of Southern California…

…for the lush forests of Western Washington

1. Visually informed in the Office

2. Visually inspired on the Trails

3. Tableau Public: Informed AND Inspired

By J.Olsufka & R.Zakovich

By Michael Mixon

By RJ Andrews

By Nisa Mara

By Anya A’Hearn

By Rody Zakovich

By Jewel Loree

4. Is Data Visualization Science or Art?

Write great headlines

Comparing Tech Employers

Race to Alaska

By Anthony Gould

Don’t mislead your audience

Use powerful images

Evoke visual metaphors

Viz: Christian Chabot, http://public.tableau.com/s/gallery/tale-100

Underwater Plant by George Hodan

Viz: Adam McCann, http://tabsoft.co/1IaNNOj

Photo: Steve Ringman, The Seattle Times http://tabsoft.co/1BJs0sp

Viz: John Schoen, CNBC http://tabsoft.co/1dKsRUH

Photo: Ray Jones, “Rock Strata on Cardigan Island”

Viz: Michael Carper, http://tabsoft.co/1Jj5Chf

Viz: Joe Mako, http://tabsoft.co/1MiFRMA Photo: Shutterstock, “The Great Smoky Mountains”

Combining images and metaphors

“Go big or go home.”

Eliza Dushku

Use Story Points

Inspire Inform&

THANK YOU!Ben Jones@DataRemixed