Manuel Frias

Changing the data visualization culture in HELCOM

2015 · 42 slides · Data viz & presentation

How Plan Bothnia opened my eyes to data visualization, and the challenge of changing visualization culture at HELCOM.

Slide 1 of 42: Changing the data visualization culture in HELCOM Manuel Frias Nordic Open Data Week Visualization day Helsinki 4 June 2015
Slide 2 of 42: What is HELCOM?
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Slide 5 of 42: I have been working 6 years at the HELCOM Secretariat
Slide 6 of 42: The project thatopened my (dataviz) eyes
Slide 7 of 42: Plan Bothnia Plan Bothnia KoneCranes
Slide 8 of 42: Hermanni Backer We were the lead partners and this guy was the project manager
Slide 9 of 42: One day I saw this book in his room. It opened my eyes...
Slide 10 of 42: My modest library I started to get interested in data visualization.
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Slide 12 of 42: These books opened my eyes even more
Slide 13 of 42: After reading those books I realized there is ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT regarding data visualization.
Slide 14 of 42: In 15 seconds, how many ship incidents are in the Baltic Sea?
Slide 15 of 42: Which station has the highest value in 2005?
Slide 16 of 42: If you could do it you have superpowers JD Hancock
Slide 17 of 42: I decided I have a... MISSION
Slide 18 of 42: MISSION
Slide 19 of 42: It is a road full of obstacles Mooi Hsieh
Slide 20 of 42: Traditionally, they haven’t paid special attention to visualization Scientists Policy-makers
Slide 21 of 42: ...and they have several ideas I’d like to challenge...
Slide 22 of 42: Idea
Slide 23 of 42: Content is king
Slide 24 of 42: Content is king
Slide 25 of 42: Content and design are kings
Slide 26 of 42: Idea
Slide 27 of 42: We don’t know how to draw! Dan Roam ”Blah, blah, blah”
Slide 28 of 42: Idea
Slide 29 of 42: Simplify = dumbing down
Slide 30 of 42: Obstacle 4 Simplify = dumbing down ”Simplicity is about substracting the obvious and adding the meaningful” John Maeda
Slide 31 of 42: Simplify = dumbing down
Slide 32 of 42: Subtle strategies to change the visualization culture in HELCOM
Slide 33 of 42: Strategy
Slide 34 of 42: I whiteboards
Slide 35 of 42: My colleague Florent and me use it almost daily
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Slide 37 of 42: Strategy
Slide 38 of 42: Year 2013: Report with lots of numbers screaming for graphs
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Slide 40 of 42: Strategy
Slide 41 of 42: Sometimes I put visualization and design books on the kitchen table.
Slide 42 of 42: More ideas? Please share them!!!! @manolofrias https://fi.linkedin.com/in/manuelfrias
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