About Ben Jones

Ben Jones is the founder and CEO of Data Literacy, LLC, a training and education company that's on a mission to help people learn the language of data. Ben also teaches data visualization at the University of Washington, he's the author of Avoiding Data Pitfalls (Wiley, 2019) and Communicating Data With Tableau (O'Reilly 2014) and he writes about data topics at his blog DataRemixed.com.

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 2: Determining Winners and the Electoral College

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters Part 2: Determining Winners & the Electoral College This is the second part of our blog post series, Data Literacy for U.S. Voters. In the first part, we touched on the timing of U.S. elections, from the White House all the way down to your local [...]

By |2024-09-13T07:46:16-07:00September 12th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 2: Determining Winners and the Electoral College

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 1: Timing of U.S. Elections

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters Part 1: Timing of U.S. Elections Here at Data Literacy, we're big believers that we'll all be better off if every one of us grasps some basic yet critical concepts about the way data is used in our world. We often learn data skills on the [...]

By |2024-09-12T11:19:57-07:00September 7th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 1: Timing of U.S. Elections

AI Training Navigator: What to Ask When Choosing the Right AI Training
for Your Team

Free eBook — AI Training Navigator: What to Ask When Choosing the Right AI Training
for Your Team Are you spearheading the search for the right AI training for your team? It’s tough to get up-to-speed on this tech yourself, and evaluate training resources. To make this task easier, we’ve compiled a list of questions [...]

By |2024-04-09T09:27:55-07:00April 9th, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on AI Training Navigator: What to Ask When Choosing the Right AI Training
for Your Team

AI Literacy Fundamentals Hits the Shelves!

AI Literacy Fundamentals Hits the Shelves! My latest book, AI Literacy Fundamentals, is now available to purchase in paperback or digital forms! You can buy the paperback on Amazon, a digital copy for your Kindle, or an interactive PDF right here on our own online store. This is the 11th book in the [...]

By |2024-04-01T15:36:58-07:00April 1st, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on AI Literacy Fundamentals Hits the Shelves!

What is AI Literacy?

What Is AI Literacy? Artificial intelligence, or AI, involves giving computers the ability to solve problems and perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. AI technologies are in use where we work, where we live, and where we interact and transact online. Discussion of AI has skyrocketed in recent months. [...]

By |2025-02-19T08:41:17-07:00March 7th, 2024|Announcements, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on What is AI Literacy?

Unveiling Our Revamped Data Literacy Fundamentals Course!

Unveiling Our Revamped Data Literacy Fundamentals Course! Today we're announcing the launch of our newly revamped Data Literacy Fundamentals course – a comprehensive learning experience designed to help you lay a firm foundation of data knowledge and skills. With interactive content, engaging delivery, and an eye on practical application, this [...]

By |2023-11-29T23:58:07-07:00November 29th, 2023|Announcements|Comments Off on Unveiling Our Revamped Data Literacy Fundamentals Course!

A Brand Refresh for our 5th Birthday!

A Brand Refresh for our 5th Birthday! Happy Birthday, Data Literacy! Five years ago, I left Tableau Software to start this company, calling it simply Data Literacy. The goal was simple but incredibly lofty: "to help people speak the language of data." As of today, we've trained tens of thousands [...]

By |2023-11-28T09:21:31-07:00November 28th, 2023|Announcements|Comments Off on A Brand Refresh for our 5th Birthday!

NOW OFFERING: Data Literacy Solutions

NOW OFFERING: Data Literacy Solutions Here at Data Literacy, we're proud about our growing list of client organizations that have benefited from our world-class training and assessment offerings to date. From on-demand courses to live, instructor-led sessions, we have both taught and learned from people in dozens of industries and disciplines all [...]

By |2023-10-24T15:16:43-07:00October 24th, 2023|Announcements|Comments Off on NOW OFFERING: Data Literacy Solutions

Bing Chat’s Powerful but Flawed Chart Reading Capabilities

Bing Chat's Powerful but Flawed Chart Reading Capabilities Due to the ubiquity of data visualizations in our world, the ability to read and interpret charts and graphs has become a critical skill for everyone. It's so important, we created our Level 1 training course around it, along with my book Learning to [...]

By |2023-09-30T11:09:51-07:00September 30th, 2023|Helpful Explainers, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Bing Chat’s Powerful but Flawed Chart Reading Capabilities