Short slide deck from #DataMadeSimple write-a-thon in Chicago, February 2014.

1. DATA MADE SIMPLE
Chicago Write-A-Thon, February 2014
#DataMadeSimple

2. 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 lesstechnical folks who want help understanding data

3. 87
volunteer
contributors
17
countries

4. LIGHTNING TALKS
Intro to BLUE1647
Infographics 101
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.
Vanessa 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.
Time Summaries
Iteration vs Evolution:
of Crime Incident Data
How Data is Changing Nonprofits
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.
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.

5. YEAH!