Product Managers are constantly evaluating how to improve the customer experience. They use data in order to understand their product’s performance and make changes to improve it. While understanding the data as a product manager is fairly challenging,...
How to Craft an Engaging Data Story
Striking the right balance between data and narrative. Narrative + Visuals = Engage —Clear and concise communication along with impactful visualization draws the audience in and grabs their attention. This visual portrays the actions of staying nimble and...
Creating Tech Career Pathways in Rural Communities
A conversation with Jacob Martinez, Founder and Executive Director of Digital Nest Jacob Martinez, Founder and Director of Digital NEST. Digital NEST is a workforce development hub that helps young people in rural communities find well-paying jobs. Several months ago,...

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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!