Learn how you can implement some of the best practices from Phil Simon's The Visual Organization in your company starting today. Whether you are new to dataviz or have been visualization data for years, there are tips here that can improve your big data, real time data, and business intelligence dashboards.

1. Applying Tips from
The Visual Organization
In Your Dataviz

2. The Visual
Organization:
Data visualization, big
data, and the quest for
better decisions
Phil Simon
John Wiley & Sons, 2014
Source: www.philsimon.com
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3. What is a Visual Organization?
A company-wide culture that encourages the use of data and dataviz
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4. Uses for dataviz
● Understand past events and why they happened
● Monitor current activities
● Generate insights
● Make more informed business decisions
● Discover nuanced issues
● Ask better questions about existing processes
Using CONVINCE Principles 4 for Effective Data Visualization

5. Getting Started
6 ways to start or improve the dataviz in your organization…
Starting today!
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6. Choose your viz wisely
What type of info do you have?
What relationships are you trying to analyze?
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Check out:
Chart suggestion
graphic
by Dr. Andrew Abela
Dataviz Catalogue
by Severino
Ribecca

7. Work smarter, not harder
Look for ways to automate your dataviz
Source: Metro.co.uk
Example: Can live data save time normally spent tweaking data sets?
See it in action at: http://zingchart-dataweek.herokuapp.com/#/data-is-changing
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8. Keep it simple, stupid
“Subtract when possible.”
Example:
Removing extra chart junk makes it easier for your users
to understand the point of a data visualization.
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9. Encourage interactivity
Use interactive charts.
Example: A chart with zooming is good.
A chart with a date picker to help users zoom in precisely is better.
Try it at: http://www.zingchart.com/shared/date-picker/
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10. Just because you can,
doesn’t mean you should
Technology gives us lots of options. Use them selectively.
Example: 3D effects and glossy looks may seem cool but do not
communicate as effectively as a basic bar graph.
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11. Embrace new tools
A periodic evaluation of your needs can help a lot!
Example: Charts break with more than 40,000 data points?
A JavaScript charting library can help without sacrificing interactivity or using a lot of dev time.
Try it live at: http://www.zingchart.com/#speedtest
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http://www.zingchart.com/blog/2014/09/29/
book-review-visual-organization/
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