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Episode Synopsis
Andy Cotgreave is an author, content host and Technical Evangelist at Tableau, a data visualisation software company. Embarking on a career as an illustrator before switching to a Geography degree last minute, Andy then discovered Computer Science and has since worked in the multi-faceted field of data insights.Now a renowned expert in ‘helping people to see and understand data’, representing Tableau at global conferences and in the press, Andy teaches people across the world how to present data in a consumable, effective way.Can data ever really contain a ‘story’? What’s the difference between a data ‘story’ and a narrative? Breaking down the popularised term ‘data storytelling’, Andy prefers ‘data communication’, arguing that data on the dashboard is one thing, but the story actually comes from the person presenting the data.Plus, we discuss how the design world uses principles of cognitive science to craft influential messages, explore whether data visualisations can be used as weapons of misinformation, and look to the future of [email protected]/in/acotgreavegravyanecdote.com bigbookofdashboards.comamazon.com/Big-Book-Dashboards-Visualizing-Real-Worldtableau.com/community/if-data-could-talk gravyanecdote.com/sweet-spot-newsletter Chart Chat: youtu.be/Kz_EFINGXXY dataiq.global/dataiq100-2021/profile/andy-cotgreave-technical-evangelist-tableau Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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