The best stats you have ever seen: How to tell a compelling story with data and interactive visualizations

[maurolepore]

Who is the audience?

Anyone interested in how to tell a compelling story with data and interactive visualizations.

Why is this important?

Data does not speak for itself. The impact you make in the world depends not only on the data you have but on how you present it. Tell a compelling story with clear visualizations and you will have people's attention. This presentation was watched over 14.5 million times.

What should be covered?

Watch a 20' TED talk entitled The best stats you've ever seen. Then discuss what makes this presentation so good?

Think about the role and quality of these components:

• The data
• The story
• The plots

Suggested speakers or contributors

Anyone interested in telling scientific stories with data may want to lead this meetup.

Resources

• The best stats you have ever seen
• https://informationisbeautiful.net/ (thanks @jdhoffa)
• http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/ (tanks ixpantia)
• Don't Be Such a Scientist, Second Edition: Talking Substance in an Age of Style
• Books
  • https://serialmentor.com/dataviz/
  • http://albertocairo.com/