Anita Lillie: How to Craft a Data Story

We're excited and honored to have the amazing Anita Lillie give a presentation at USF. This is in partnership with USF's Data Visualization Speaker Series.

Anita Lillie

Crafting a data story: A step-by-step walk through the data visualization creation process

Anita’s talk will focus on techniques for crafting intuitive, empathetic data visualizations. Using real examples from her own experience, Anita will demonstrate strategies to make better data visualizations.

Anita Lillie is a data interface designer, developer, and visualization specialist. She has worked in a wide range of fields, including genetics (Stanford), music (MIT), mobile (Nokia Research), social networks (LinkedIn), and healthcare (Practice Fusion), and most recently as a consultant to some awesome data startups. Anita has a B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Science from Stanford and a Masters from the MIT Media Lab.

Anita currently works on the data science team at Practice Fusion (https://www.practicefusion.com/), a health technology company in San Francisco. When she isn't working, Anita is usually on a bike trail near Skyline, climbing rocks, or eating dessert.

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Schedule
6:30–7:00 Doors open, socializing, food, drinks
7:00–8:00 Speaker's presentation
8:00–9:00 More socializing, Q&A

Venue

We will be meeting at USF's McLaren Hall, which is accessible via the Muni 5 or 31 buses. Here's a map to guide you to the hall on campus:

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