Making+Sense+of+Your+Data

= **Making Sense of Your Data** =


 * May 29, 2013 (Note date is a Wednesday due to holiday)**
 * 1:00 PM PST**

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 * Agenda **

Roll Call/Recap

Sense-Making: Organizational Indicators Sense-Making: The Process for the Practitioner Say It With Charts! Visualization Tools for Non-Graphic Designers Mini-Presentations from: CFSC

Next Steps


 * How To Be Prepared: **

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 * Keep moving on implementation of your action learning project - book a coaching session with Beth Kanter if you need some help ( https://www.timetrade.com/book/4QHZG
 * Data Visualization: Discussion Questions
 * What practices and tools do you use to make sense of your data? Individually and with your team?
 * Browse through the resources below and find one blog post or article and be able to share what you learned about data visualization from it
 * If you didn't do the homework assignment for April, please try to do it. Use the PPT template and please do email your spreadsheet to Beth
 * What measurement tools are you using and why?
 * What data does it collect to help you understand whether you have reached your goal?
 * Share your spreadsheet (not the data, but the structure)


 * Resources: **

How Do I Say It With Charts? []

Six Steps To Great Charts []

The Basic Rules of Charts and Graphs []

Nightmare Pie Charts []

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Data Visualization Resources []

Data Storytelling: Ultimate Collection of Resources http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/the-ultimate-collection-of-data-storytelling-resources/

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Blog Post: []

The Functional Art: Introduction to Data Visualization and Infographics []

Nonprofit Data Visualization http://nonprofits-data-visualization.wikispaces.com/

Basic Excel http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/excel-skills-builderlearn-how-to-create-spreadsheets-and-workbooks-use-formulas-and-perform-data-analysis-FX102592909.aspx


 * The Spreadsheet Gallery**

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