Presentation & Data Visualization Overview Using Power Point Seminar 4 - March 21, 2017
Sample Outline Slide #1: TITLE SLIDE Slide #2: SAY WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO Overview of Problem Examples of City Responses to Problem Recommendations Slide #3-7: DO IT Supplemental, evidence, summary words No complete sentences Slide #8: SAY WHAT YOU DID Slide #9: SOURCES Slide #10: Q&A SLIDE
POWER POINT INGREDIENTS Text Images Data Visualization
USING TEXT WISELY 7x7 Rule Maximum 2 fonts Font Size 18-48 Maximum 3 colors Key questions Key evidence & surprises Key take-aways This is 30 point font Disruption / counterpoint / attention-grabber / framing – representative (evidence)
USING IMAGES JPEGS 1024 x 768 pixels and 16 bit colors Pertinent, illustrative, a hint, a placeholder
IMAGE MUST-HAVES A title Labels and a legend The source of your data A direct connection to your larger argument
VISUALIZE DATA Relationships, Comparisons, Change Charts and Graphics Spatial Analysis Time line
VISUALIZE DATA: BAR CHART Contrast between cases
VISUALIZE DATA: BAR CHART Info Graphic Source: Colorlines.com
VISUALIZE DATA: INFO GRAPHICS TOOLS (1) http://www.easel.ly/ (2) http://infogr.am/ (3) http://piktochart.com/
VISUALIZE DATA: LINE CHARTS Trends over time Trends over a period of time. Comparing variables.
VISUALIZE DATA: PIE CHARTS Part to the whole Compare one segment in relation to the whole Maximum 4 segments, minimum 2. 4 segments to make readable Or, if you wanted to show that no one country of origin dominates among NYC immigrant population, you could use a much larger parts to the whole. Often used to Show drastic difference in size.
VISUALIZE DATA: GOOGLE MAPS Mark your own data Right to the City: Rise of the Renter Nation Webinar Call, November 12, 2014 https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zABGaUUpjnRY.krXgaZ- jZJfM
VISUALIZE DATA: SOCIAL EXPLORER Spatial Comparison Census Data Rental Affordability Crisis, South Central Los Angeles, 2012 (1) JUSTIFY and CRITIQUE: What does the data measure? What are the limitations of this data (e.g.,what can’t the data explain? What is the unit of spatial analysis (e.g., block, tract, city, county)? How does the selected unit of analysis change the display and interpretation of the data? How did you choose to display the data (e.g., parameters, small dot clusters, large dots, etc), and why did you choose to present the data with this option? (2) INTERPRET: Offer explanations of patterns and trends.
VISUALIZE DATA: TIMELINES Web embed, multi-user
Data Sources: New York City New York Department of City Planning Population Division Website with publications, especially The Newest New Yorkers (2013) New York City Census FactFinder Census Bureau Website New York Department of Education data Bytes of the Big Apple, “software, data and geographic base map files for the City of New York.” Social Explorer and Infoshare NYC Open Data and presentation about what’s available in and how to use NYC Open Data. Criminal Court Summonses in New York City, a 2014 guide InvestigateNYC, a website that combines some of the resources put out by New York City and explains how to use these resources.
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