Short Courses
Impactful Data Visualization: Transform Your Data into Insights!
Introduction
In today's data-driven world, the ability to transform raw data into compelling visualizations is a crucial skill for uncovering profound insights. This course will guide you through the essentials of creating impactful data visualizations, enabling your data to tell its own story.
As the saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words." In today's fast-paced world, capturing and maintaining audience attention is vital. Whether communicating with funders, the public, or service users, NGO staff face the challenge of presenting social needs and project impacts clearly, simply, and compellingly. Data visualization can transform complex data and information into accessible, engaging, and easy-to-understand visuals. These visuals can effectively persuade and facilitate clear understanding of critical issues among various stakeholders.
This hands-on workshop will equip participants with essential skills to create impactful data visualizations that capture attention and simplify understanding. There will be opportunities to practise creating visualization in class and learn how to tailor messages for effective storytelling through visualization.
Objective
- Understand the principles of effective data visualization
- Identify different types of data visualizations and their appropriate use cases
- Utilize tools and software to create impactful visualizations
- Apply best practices to design clear and compelling visualizations
- Interpret and communicate data insights effectively through visualizations
Content
1. Why Data Visualization Matters
- Introduction to the importance of starting with “Why”
- Formulating precise questions. Identifying relevant data source
2. Principles of Effective Data Visualization
- Clarity, simplicity, accuracy
- Visual perception and cognitive load
3. Types of Data Visualizations
- Charts (bar, line, pie, scatter plots)
- Advanced visualizations (heatmaps, treemaps, network diagrams)
- Choosing the right visualization for your data
4. Creating Basic Visualizations
- Guided practice using a selected tool
5. Best Practices for Design and Presentation
- Color theory and use of space
- Labeling and annotations
- Avoiding common pitfalls
6. Advanced Visualization Techniques
- Interactive dashboards
- Storytelling with data
- Incorporating interactivity and user feedback
7. Interpreting and Communicating Insights
- Techniques for presenting data to different audience
- Tailoring your message for impact
Details
| Course Code | : | 24B-03 |
| Date(s) | : | 21 October 2024 (Mon) |
| Time | : | 0930 - 1700 (6 Hours) |
| Venue | : | Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong |
| Target Participants | : | NGO staff involves in or with experience to communicate social needs and project impacts to different stakeholders |
| Class Size | : | 30 |
| Language | : | Cantonese (supplemented with English) |
| Fee | : | HKD 1,580.00 |
| HKD 1,420.00 (For HKCSS Agency Member Staff Only) | ||
| HKD 504.00 ("Small NGO Talent Development Subsidy Programme"- the highest subsidy amount is 60% of the course fee. Please refer to “Financial Assistance”.) | ||
| Early Bird Fee | : | HKD 1,260.00 (Payment on or before 23/09/2024 for HKCSS Agency Member Staff Only) |
| Enquiries | : | 2876 2416 or institute@hkcss.org.hk |
| Speaker(s) | : |
Dr. CHAN Dominic 陳志邦博士
Founder and Chief Consultant
Decisive Consulting Limited
Dr. Chan founded Decisive Consulting Limited, a management consulting firm, and co-founded Dark Horse Investment, an angel investment company. A former consultant with McKinsey & Company, the former co-CEO of A-connect (China), and China General Manager of englishtown.com, an EF Group company. A serial entrepreneur in technology startups in Digital Signal Processing application, integrated communication, mobile / e-commerce solutions and e-learning.
Dr. Chan is a frequent speaker at conferences and business seminars, a corporate trainer and executive coach, recipient of the Queen's Gold Medal for mathematics presented by Queen Elizabeth II. Dr. Chan studied engineering at the University of Cambridge, awarded BA, MA and PhD. Author of “My Cambridge Days” and “Dream Journey For Two”. Fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, and speaks basic French and Japanese. |
Remarks
Quota is set for each course in "Small NGO Talent Development Subsidy Programme". All applications are subject to approval. For details, please click HERE .
Staff from HKCSS Agency Members will not automatically become members of the HKCSS Institute. The membership is not equivalent to the membership status of HKCSS Agency Member.
