Data Therapy- Session 1: Creative Approaches and Techniques
Date:
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 8:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
MIT Building E14
Room 244
75 Amherst St.
Cambridge, MA
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Workshop Description:
*If you have taken ‘Creative Ways to Present Data last year this class will cover much of the same material. We recommend that you register for “Session 2: Self Help Tools Training”. *
Is your data getting you down? Clunking up your reports? Stressing you and your colleagues out? If so and you’d like some help, we’d love to help cure your data presentation woes at our “Data Therapy” training. In Session 1: Creative Approaches and Techniques, Rahul will walk you through some of the common issues with presenting data.
Some of these issues include:
• choosing data techniques
• developing criteria for evaluating data presentations
• implementing compelling methods that will grab your audience
There will also be a Group “therapy” session where you’ll work with fellow participants to brainstorm solutions to your data presentation problems. If you are interested in applying the ideas from this workshop with your own data we are offering a Session 2.
***Light Breakfast and lunch will be provided***
Trainers:
Researcher, MIT Center for Civic Media
Rahul Bhargava creates explanatory data visualizations, educational museum exhibits, and creative robotics workshops for youth and educators. He has held workshops on 3 continents, leading to a special interest in finding ways to meet the disparate needs of varying audiences. Rahul is currently a researcher at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media, where he works on technologies to help build community. You can find examples of his work online at www.rahulbotics.com
Cost:
FREE* See our Cancellation and No Show Policy
*We offer our trainings for free so they are accessible to everyone, however we do have a cancellation policy. If you need to cancel, please let us know 24 hours in advance of the training. There will be a $35 "no show" fee charged to registrants who do not show up to the training but have not canceled in advance. This is due to the high demand for our trainings that often results in a waiting list. If you have any questions or concerns about our cancellation and no show policy, please call us at 617.441.0700.
To register:
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