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 |2024-03-30T12:27:29-07:00March 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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The Data Leadership Maturity Model

By |2023-09-17T10:30:23-07:00September 17th, 2023|Thought Leadership, Videos|

The Data Leadership Maturity Model In this 3rd video in the "Crucial Concepts" series, Data Literacy CEO Ben Jones shares his "5 Stages of Maturity of the Data Literate Executive." How do some leaders evolve and ascend higher and higher to become wiser in their application of data, and how [...]

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Webinar: Data Literacy — What I Wish My Leadership Had Known Earlier

By |2023-09-11T15:20:03-07:00September 5th, 2023|Announcements, Thought Leadership|

Webinar: Data Literacy — What I Wish My Leadership Had Known Earlier Join us for an energetic webinar about effective leadership in today's data-rich world! Ben Jones, author of the new book Leading in the Age of Data, and Alli Torban will break down the 7 factors that contribute to data-savvy leadership. [...]

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February 2023

A Chat with the Creator of the Information Graphic Visionaries Series

By |2023-02-23T17:42:16-07:00February 23rd, 2023|Thought Leadership, Videos|

A Chat with the Creator of the Information Graphic Visionaries Series Listen along as Data Literacy CEO Ben Jones chats with expert data storyteller RJ Andrews of Info We Trust about Information Graphic Visionaries, RJ's brand new 3-book series showcasing the work of spectacular pioneers in data visualization. Get your copy of [...]

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