Coming Soon: "Chart Spark" by Alli Torban We're thrilled to announce that Alli Torban's debut book Chart Spark: Harness your creativity in data communication to stand out and innovate will be available on December 5th, 2023! Why write this book? I was tired of reading generic creativity advice that rehashes [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: What in the World is an Interval Scale? Welcome back to our comic series that explores a range of data literacy concepts. We follow Becky, who describes herself as a bit data-phobic, as she navigates tricky situations at her new job. She'll learn to create effective [...]
Webinar: Data Literacy — What I Wish My Leadership Had Known Earlier In this webinar recording, Ben Jones, author of the book Leading in the Age of Data, and Alli Torban break down the 7 factors that contribute to data-savvy leadership. They share personal stories, common challenges found in our Data Literacy [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Make a Goal Tree Welcome back to our comic series that explores a range of data literacy concepts. We follow Becky, who describes herself as a bit data-phobic, as she navigates tricky situations at her new job. She'll learn to create effective charts, grasp statistical concepts, [...]
NEW COURSE: "Working with Data Professionals (even if you aren't one!)" Are you a project manager, team leader, or decision-maker who wants to improve your skills managing data professionals? Join our NEW course Working with Data Professionals (Even if You Aren't One) created by Anna-Maria Steverson, Analytics Enablement Manager at Netflix. The [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Use Your Intuition Welcome back to our comic series that explores a range of data literacy concepts. We follow Becky, who describes herself as a bit data-phobic, as she navigates tricky situations at her new job. She'll learn to create effective charts, grasp statistical concepts, and [...]
How Making Data Physical Could Help Us Care for the Planet In celebration of World Earth Day, we have a special guest post by data journalist Miriam Quick. This story was originally published in Nightingale. The city of Sheffield, UK, has long had a reputation for appalling air quality. Dominated by [...]
Webinar Replay: Fireside ChatGPT Last week, half of the Data Literacy team — Ben Jones and Alli Torban — hopped on a livestream to chat about our concerns with ChatGPT along with some of the interesting applications we've discovered. Watch the replay below if you're interested! Here are the main highlights: Be [...]
Here's the ChatGPT prompt that reduced my meal-planning time by 90% “I enjoy cooking, and I love meal planning!” —me, 10 years ago In this season of life, I’m always surprised by how quickly another meal comes. Everyone’s hungry? Again?! I used to enjoy watching cooking shows and scrolling through recipe blogs [...]
Interview with an Expert: 5 Key Cybersecurity Insights for Businesses Alli Torban interviews Caleb Mattingly At Data Literacy, we take our customers' data security seriously and have worked with cybersecurity firm Secure Cloud Innovations for over a year. Their expertise impressed us so much that we had to interview co-founder Caleb Mattingly. [...]