#Makeovermonday: Improving How We Visualize And Analyze Data, One Chart At A Time

Explore different perspectives and approaches to create more effective visualizations

#MakeoverMonday offers inspiration and a giant dose of perspective for those who communicate data. Originally a small project in the data visualization community, #MakeoverMonday features a weekly chart or graph and a dataset that community members reimagine in order to make it more effective. The results have been astounding; hundreds of people have contributed thousands of makeovers, perfectly illustrating the highly variable nature of data visualization. Different takes on the same data showed a wide variation of theme, focus, content, and design, with side-by-side comparisons throwing more- and less-effective techniques into sharp relief.

This book is an extension of that project, featuring a variety of makeovers that showcase various approaches to data communication and a focus on the analytical, design and storytelling skills that have been developed through #MakeoverMonday. Paging through the makeovers ignites immediate inspiration for your own work, provides insight into different perspectives, and highlights the techniques that truly make an impact.

• Explore the many approaches to visual data communication
• Think beyond the data and consider audience, stakeholders, and message
• Design your graphs to be intuitive and more communicative

• Assess the impact of layout, color, font, chart type, and other design choices

Creating visual representation of complex datasets is tricky. There’s the mandate to include all relevant data in a clean, readable format that best illustrates what the data is saying—but there is also the designer’s impetus to showcase a command of the complexity and create multidimensional visualizations that “look cool.” #MakeoverMonday shows you the many ways to walk the line between simple reporting and design artistry to create exactly the visualization the situation requires.

Andy Kriebel

Biography

Head Coach, The Information Lab Data School

Andy, a member of the Tableau Zen Master Hall of Fame, began using Tableau in April 2007. Since then, it’s been Andy’s mission to help as many people as possible see and understand their data with Tableau, which is the focus of his role as Head Coach at The Information Lab Data School. In August 2009, he launched vizwiz.com, which is credited as the first ever Tableau-related blog and provides examples of data visualization best practices, methods for improving existing work, and tips and tricks with Tableau. He writes three weekly series: Makeover Monday, Tableau Tip Tuesday and Workout Wednesday.

Andy also writes about great data visualizations he finds around the web on his other website DataVizDoneRight.com and he is ½ of Dear-Data-Two.com with Jeffrey Shaffer.

In addition to his recognized expertise in data visualization and Tableau, Andy is frequently invited to speak at conferences around the world. Prior to his role at The Information Lab, Andy ran the Tableau Center of Excellence at Facebook, providing data visualization and data analysis training at Facebook offices globally. Andy was also the first Tableau user at Coca-Cola before moving to Facebook.

Websites & Social Media

Websites: www.vizwiz.com | www.datavizdoneright.com | www.makeovermonday.co.uk | www.thedataschool.co.uk | www.dear-data-two.com | https://www.brighttalk.com/channel/15837/makeover-monday

Twitter: @VizWizBI

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vizwiz/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kriebela/

Tableau: https://public.tableau.com/profile/andy.kriebel#!/

Eva Murray

Biography

Head of Business Intelligence and Tableau Zen Master, Exasol

Eva joined the field of Business Intelligence and Data Visualisation in 2013 while living and working in Australia. After moving to Germany in 2016, she is now part of Exasol’s management team, responsible for executing the company’s data-driven strategy and developing an Analytics Center of Excellence. Eva is passionate about bringing data to more people and creating educational content and collaboration opportunities for data analysts across the world to build a community of like-minded professionals who drive action and change.

Eva is a Tableau Zen Master, Tableau Ambassador, has co-hosted the popular social data project Makeover Monday since January 2017, and blogs at trimydata.com, where she writes about her three passions: Tableau, Travel and Triathlon.

Eva has successfully built her profile in the data visualization and Tableau community, starting in Australia where she worked as a Tableau trainer and consultant, helping large organisations improve their analytics environments. Since moving to Europe, Eva has spoken at a number of international conferences and analytics events and was a judge for Tableau’s inaugural Iron Viz Europe contest.

Websites & Social Media

Websites: www.trimydata.com | www.makeovermonday.co.uk | https://www.brighttalk.com/channel/15837/makeover-monday

Twitter: @TriMyData

Tableau Public: https://public.tableau.com/profile/eva.murray#!/