DATA MADE SIMPLEChicago Write-A-Thon, February 2014

#DataMadeSimple

WHAT IS IT?

• A handbook for preparing and visualizing information

• Important data concepts in simple language

• Free, Creative Commons, collaborative

• For graphic designers, content producers, and less-technical folks who want help understanding data

87 volunteercontributors

17 countries

Emile Cambry, Jr. is an American business professor, filmmaker, and social entrepreneur in Chicago. Cambry received his Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Chicago and his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

Andrew Means is the founder of Data Analysts for Social Good and host of the Do Good Data Conference. He loves numbers, nonprofits, and really good food. He currently lives in the West Loop with his wife, Tovah, and their pup, Laney.

Iteration vs Evolution: How Data is Changing Nonprofits

Infographics 101Vanessa Shen is a data visualization designer/developer based in Chicago. Her first chart was drawn in a childhood diary one Halloween night - a bar chart depicting how many of each type of candy she collected - and she's been obsessed with revealing patterns and relationships hidden in data ever since. She is thrilled that making charts is a real job.

Intro to BLUE1647

Time Summariesof Crime Incident Data

David Eads is a news applications developer at the Chicago Tribune and the founder of FreeGeek, a not-for-profit organization that recycles used computers and parts to provide functional computers, education and job skills training in exchange for community service.

LIGHTNING TALKS

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