March 2025

Data Literacy and AI Literacy: Two Sides of the Same Coin

By |2025-03-17T07:31:56-07:00March 17th, 2025|Thought Leadership|

Data Literacy and AI Literacy: Two Sides of the Same Coin By Ben Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of Data Literacy Recently, I initiated a discussion on LinkedIn about the relationship between data literacy and AI literacy. The conversation generated some very thoughtful responses from a handful of the most influential and experienced [...]

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February 2025

How Organizations Can Measure Their Data & AI Literacy

By |2025-03-03T13:16:53-07:00February 28th, 2025|Best Practices, Thought Leadership|

How Organizations Can Measure Their Data & AI Literacy Note: a version of this article was first published for Forbes Business Council on Jan 27, 2025. By Ben Jones, Co-founder and CEO of Data Literacy In today’s data-fueled economies, organizations of all types and sizes need to successfully channel data and [...]

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6 Must-Have Skills to Thrive as a Data Analyst in 2025

By |2025-02-07T09:09:10-07:00February 7th, 2025|Thought Leadership|

6 Must-Have Skills to Thrive as a Data Analyst in 2025 The following article first appeared in Forbes Business Council on December 27, 2024. In a world increasingly focused on data and AI, the role of the data analyst has become essential. Organizations of all types and sizes desperately need employees [...]

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November 2024

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 5: All Eyes on the Swing States

By |2024-11-04T21:34:41-07:00November 4th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters Part 3: All Eyes on the Swing States This is the fifth 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 [...]

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October 2024

Beyond the Map: How Marimekko Charts Offer a New Perspective on Election Results

By |2024-10-23T19:56:45-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|

Beyond the Map: How Marimekko Charts Offer a New Perspective on Election Results Written by Jon Schwabish for The PolicyViz Newsletter Note: this blog post serves as the fourth in our Data Literacy for U.S. Voters series. Maybe the most common data visualizations to show election results are maps. Maps, maps, maps. [...]

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Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 3: Understanding Election Polls

By |2024-10-15T09:07:54-07:00October 14th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters Part 3: Understanding Election Polls This is the third 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 school board. In [...]

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September 2024

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

By |2024-09-13T07:46:16-07:00September 12th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|

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 [...]

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

By |2024-09-12T11:19:57-07:00September 7th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|

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 [...]

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March 2024

What is AI Literacy?

By |2025-02-19T08:41:17-07:00March 7th, 2024|Announcements, Thought Leadership|

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. [...]

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September 2023

Bing Chat’s Powerful but Flawed Chart Reading Capabilities

By |2023-09-30T11:09:51-07:00September 30th, 2023|Helpful Explainers, Thought Leadership|

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 [...]

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