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Data is Everywhere Podcast

Data is Everywhere Podcast

Episode Summary Data is everywhere and so it incorporates every facet of your life Allen Hillery went from engineer to digital marketer to now a data visualization specialist not only being a prolific writer in the data visualization space but also teaching at...

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DATA LITERACY IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL

DATA LITERACY IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL

“You don’t have to be a data scientist to be data literate.” In fact, fewer technical colleagues are welcome to help narrow the data literacy gap! As I mentioned in my last post, there are 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created daily. I love Chartio’s view of the...

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Allen’s Articles

 Browse stories that share the importance of data narratives

and learn how they impact our world.

Data Storytelling

People will never forget how you make them feel. Those are the wise words of Maya Angelou. Data Storytelling is a balancing act of data, emotions and credibility. Learn how to craft an engaging story for work presentations or passion projects. You can also read how data can be used to support the humanities by taking journeys through history.

Data Literacy

You don’t have to be a data scientist to be data literate. Data literacy describes how familiar we are with data. This includes the contextual as well as the technical. Read why I believe data literacy will play a major part in the workforce. Also catch the conversations I’ve had with Ben Jones, Nick Caldwell, Mico Yuk and other experts in the space.

Data Community

Data communities provide a space for everyone to collaborate on complex challenges. Read why collaboration is the key to increased data literacy by showing empathy. Also learn how our data visualization challenge brought many circles together at the intersection of history, sociology and data!