Analytics and Data Visualization

Transform your technical information for non-technical audiences through better data visualizations, reports, slideshows, and dashboards. Depict Data Studio provides workshops, webinars, conference keynotes, coaching sessions, and custom design projects.

Tom Davenport is a world-renowned thought leader and author, is the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, a Fellow of the MIT Center for Digital Business, and an independent senior advisor to Deloitte Analytics.

The latest Tweets from Nate Silver (@NateSilver538). Editor-in-Chief, @FiveThirtyEight. Author, The Signal and the Noise (https://t.co/EYTxvN6BLY). Sports/politics/food geek. New York

The latest Tweets from The Upshot (@UpshotNYT). Analytical journalism in words and graphics from The New York Times. Our newsletter: https://t.co/DclvAjp9cj. New York, NY

The latest Tweets from Guardian Data (@GuardianData). Data-driven journalism by the @Guardian. London, UK

The latest Tweets from NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics). The New York Times Graphics Department. New York, NY

The Times’s newly named data editor spends her time thinking about how best to leverage data for journalism and present it with reader-friendly tools like charts, graphs and interactives.

Data visualization made easy. A javascript library that extends the popular D3.js to enable fast and beautiful visualizations.

The most comprehensive visualization of U.S. public data. Data USA provides an open, easy-to-use platform that turns data into knowledge.

Unlock the power of your data with interactive dashboards and beautiful reports that inspire smarter business decisions.

I’ve created an animated GIF using Data Gif Maker by Google News Labs. Create your own at datagifmaker.withgoogle.com

A reading list.

Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems

A Treatise on Data Businesses: Why 1st party data isn't enough, 3 pillars of data companies, and horizontal vs. vertical Data-As-A-Service (DaaS).

Auto fatalities have been falling for decades, but in a very interesting plateau-drop pattern.

Edward Tufte home page for books, posters, sculpture, fine art and one-day course: Presenting Data and Information

Nancy L. Ertle Professor of Marketing; Faculty Director, Program on Data Analytics at Kellogg; Chair of Marketing Department

Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Design, McCormick School of Engineering (Courtesy); Director, Northwestern Cognitive Science Program; Professor of Marketing…

Data visualization techniques are integral to memorable and persuasive messaging.

The latest Tweets from Nathan Yau (@flowingdata). FlowingData. Statistician, maker of charts. California

This is an update to the guide I wrote in 2009, which as it turns out, is now mostly outdated. So, 2016. Here we go.

Tell a clear story with your numbers.