Data Viz DC Monthly Meetup

Data Visualization DC Monthly Meetup -- Every 2nd Thursday

Join Data Viz DC for our monthly meetup to talk shop with data viz enthusiasts, meet other data visualization professionals, learn more about data visualization tools, tricks, and jobs, and share your own work in a Viz and Tell talk!

If you're interested in the intersection of Data Science, Visual Design, UI/UX, Art, Psychology, and Business Intelligence, this event is for you.

Register at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcOqsrzsvHdQSFHWMRLR8YKqvpsCB1zpT

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TALK 1:

Rediscovering your Creativity and Engagement During a Time of Uncertainty

The past year has shown us how resilient and passionate data visualization practitioners can be to sharing our work with the general public. At the same time, many of us are struggling to find our creativity when we are more tapped out than ever before between our work, family life, remote school, and doom scrolling through the 24/7 news cycle. I will be sharing strategies that have worked on my team to revisit our artistic tendencies and how to better focus your energy when it comes to managing expectations between work and life.

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Christina Gorga is a Lead Data Visualization Designer at Booz Allen Hamilton. She is based in the firm's Health account supporting senior health leadership access and understand data related to pipeline management and client relationships. She is a Certified Tableau Specialist with over 5 years of experience in Tableau Desktop and Server. Christina is passionate about elevating women and underserved minorities in their data careers. Outside of work, she is juggling a toddler, dachshund-beagle mix named Dolley Madison, and volunteering at Mount Vernon through a community partnership with the Junior League of Washington.

TALK 2:

You Want People to Engage With Your Data Viz, But How?

We create data visualizations because we want to have an impact — change someone's mind, change someone's actions. Before we can make an impact, we need the reader to engage with our graphics. But how? In this talk, I'll share the mental model that I use to guide my decision-making to make graphics more engaging in a wide variety of situations.

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Alli Torban is an Information Design Consultant at Torban Design Studio based in the Washington, D.C.-Metro area, and host of the podcast Data Viz Today. She specializes in designing data visualizations and infographics for industry experts to help get their work seen and understood by a wider audience. In her spare time, she enjoys designing patterns and spending time with her husband and two girls in Vienna.

Agenda:

6:00-6:15 - Introductions and networking
6:15-6:30 - Opening and Announcements
6:30-7:30 - Presentations
6:30-8:00 - Viz and Tell and closing

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Viz and Tell

Get up in front of your peers and talk about a viz project you're working on for 5 minutes. This is a great opportunity to display your work, practice your presentation skills in a safe space. If you are interested in presenting please fill our our brief form:

https://forms.gle/9a3ssbVbwQFjpWdY8

(or email us at will at datacommunitydc.org

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Data Viz DC is a member of Data Community DC, a nonprofit dedicated to data education in the nation's capital. Learn more at www.datacommunitydc.org