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IFSM 330 Week 6 Discussion
Week 6: The Power of Visualizations
Group 1 is on initial post/discussion leader duty this week. Groups 2, 3 are on reply duty.
For all groups, be sure you have read this week's readings and viewed the PowerPoint presentation before embarking on this discussion.
Watch the following video from BBC Four, Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 minutes, on global health data.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo
This week's question is a bit more open-ended than previous weeks. Prof. Rosling (BBC, 2010) states "Having the data is not enough. I have to show it in ways that people both enjoy and understand."
A multi-part question follows:
Part 1 of Initial Post Duty, possible questions (you do not need to respond to ALL of these):
Did you find the visualization 'enjoyable and easy to understand'? Why or why not? What features of the visualization made it enjoyable or easy to understand? Was the visualization powerful and/or persuasive? If you found the visualization lacking in some way, how was it lacking?
Other criteria, from the Watson (2017) reading this week, for the value in storytelling in visualizations suggest that this approach
These echo Rosling's desire to make the visualization 'enjoyable and easy to understand'. Do any 'ring true'?
What about the Planning and the Art of Storytelling article by Jay Walljasper (2018). He mentions 6 strategies for telling memorable, inspiring stories...are any relevant here? (Yes, go back to review the article, mention the specific strategy/strategies here (and cite the source).
Part 2 of the initial post duty: Either at the same time as your initial post, or by Friday this week at the latest:
Find a visualization that you DO find powerful and/or persuasive (or that satisfy any of the 'good visualization and storytelling' criteria we've covered this week.)
Post either a 'snip' of the image/visualization or a link to the image/visualization. Provide a short description of what the visualization represents AND a few lines on WHY you find the visualization either powerful, persuasive or both.
Reply Group: Any or all of the above is appropriate. If you know of a visualization you'd like to share, by all means do so. Otherwise you may react to the BBC Four video or a visualization shared by an initial post group member.
References
BBC. (2010, Nov 26). Hans Rosling's 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo
Walljasper, J. (2018, June). Planning and the art of storytelling. Planning, 84(6), 28-31.
Watson, H.J. (2017). Data visualization, data interpreters and storytelling. Business Intelligence Journal, 21(1), 5-10.
I found Mr. Rosling video to be remarkably interesting, informative, and easy to understand. This video was noteworthy, and it was very educational by showing us how different life is now compared to 200 years ago. The world has advanced in terms of wealth and health since the year 1810, our life expectancy has also rapidly increased in the past 200 years. The Western countries were way healthier and richer than South American and Asian countries and Africa was stuck in civil war. After these tragedies, the colonies gained independence and started to get healthier and Latin America and Asian started to follow up the Western countries. There is a big difference between the best and the worst countries, but every country now is following the line and trying to be rich and healthy. Mr. Rosling video was both powerful and persuasive. It accurately explains the progress of mankind over the years leading up to present. Hans Rosling visualization was a unique way to educate his audience by giving an overview of the facts and keeping his audience attention, by ensuring his presentation was futuristic and enjoyable (Watson, 2017).
In Han Rosling video he referred to several of Jay Walljasper six strategies for telling memorable, inspiring stories. Listed below are the four strategies I feel are relevant to Han’s video.
Bring your story to life with vivid details (Walljasper, 2018).
Energize your verbiage (Walljasper, 2018).
Tap into people aspirations (Walljasper, 2018).
Employ a sense of drama, humor, and suspense (Walljasper, 2018).
Below you will find the link to the visualization video that I find powerful. Clint Smith, The Danger of Silence. The video is about finding the courage to speak up against ignorance and injustice. This is all about having the courage to use your voice as tool for liberation. Injustices and silence are speaking volumes in today's events all around the world (TED, 2014).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiKtZgImdlY
BBC. (2010, Nov 26). Hans Rosling's 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo
TED. (2014, Aug 15). Clint Smith. The Danger of Silence [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiKtZgImdlY
Walljasper, J. (2018, June). Planning and the art of storytelling. Planning, 84(6), 28-31.
Watson, H.J. (2017). Data visualization, data interpreters and storytelling. Business Intelligence Journal, 21(1), 5-10.
