Designing Change: Data Stories

Note: Brian Kahn is substituting for Alyson Kenward, who was previously scheduled to speak but had a last minute conflict.

Everyone’s got data.

It’s hidden in your Google Analytics, gathered in your databases and software, logged at your events, or generated by your programming or staff.

Putting that data to work is the latest trend in visual storytelling. Data visualizations can take complicated spreadsheets and turn them into compelling, interactive and engaging content.

On Wednesday February 18th, #DesigningChange will discuss how to transform your data into a compelling narrative and powerful resource - from sifting through the data, to crafting the perfect narrative, to design. We’ll take a look at some examples that work, and some that don’t for a conversation about just where data stories are going for non-profits, businesses, designers, storytellers, and audiences.

Come and join us at the Radish Lab offices in East Williamsburg for great drinks, delicious food, and awesome conversation!

Designing Change: Data Stories

When: Wednesday February 18, 2015

6:30 PM- 8:30 PM

We will begin promptly at 7!

Please remember that late comers cause a disruption for everyone attending.

Where: The Radish Lab Office

304 Boerum Street, #42 (Fourth Floor)

Brooklyn, NY 11206

Ring the buzzer, then head on up!

It's going to be a great night, and we can’t wait to see you!

• The #DesigningChange Team

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Brian Kahn is a Senior Science Writer at Climate Central. He previously worked at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and partnered with climate.gov (http://climate.gov/) to produce multimedia stories, manage social media campaigns and develop version 2.0 of climate.gov (http://climate.gov/). His writing has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Grist, the Daily Kos, Justmeans and the Yale Forum on Climate Change in the Media. In previous lives, he led sleigh ride tours through a herd of 7,000 elk and guided tourists around the deepest lake in the U.S. He holds an M.A. in Climate and Society from Columbia University.

Mike Ernst is a Senior Project Manager in Policy & Planning at MAS (http://www.mas.org/). Mike’s work has focused on participatory planning, design and education. Before moving to New York, Mike worked in the San Francisco Bay Area as a planning and design consultant on a wide variety of projects, and was the 2007 Piero N. Patri Fellow in Urban Design at the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association. He has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses on urban planning with IHP’s “Cities in the 21st Century” semester abroad and at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. He holds a degree in interdisciplinary studies from Miami University of Ohio and a Master’s in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

Note: Brian Kahn is substituting for Alyson Kenward, who was previously scheduled to speak but had a last minute conflict.