I am excited to share the news that I will be launching my public data visualisation training workshops in Autumn 2011. Initially, these 1-day introductory sessions will be available across the UK and Ireland, but I will be looking to spread the offering to Europe, North America and beyond during 2012.
I am now collecting early expressions of interest from individuals or organisations who want to be kept up to date with future announcements or may wish to attend or host an event. In order to make these sessions as geographically convenient as possible, depending on these initial patterns of interest I will do my best to schedule a training session in a town or city near you.
Visualisation for the Masses
We live in an era where data permeates all aspects of our lives: consciously or not we are directly responsible for the creation of unbelievable quantities of the stuff. In the workplace, in particular, more of us than ever are now being tasked with exploring, making sense of and communicating data. This represents both a great responsibility and opportunity to harness important insight. Yet often our noble intent and willing effort is not necessarily matched by effective capability.
I am motivated by an ambition to help bring data visualisation knowledge and skills to the masses. Its not a particularly novel cause but one that I am grateful to have the opportunity to pursue. Reflecting the intent of this blog, the training workshop events will strive to challenge and inspire you towards a greater level of visualisation capability.
Training Workshops
The aim of these events will be to provide you with a comprehensive introduction to contemporary data visualisation practice. You will be equipped with a complementary balance of foundation knowledge and practical capabilities that will enable you to undertake visualisation challenges with greater confidence and lasting impact.
The content will combine an ideal blend of visualisation theory, design principles and methods, best practice examples, tools of the trade and learning resources. Furthermore, as befitting the workshop title, you will have the opportunity to work through visualisation case study challenges to apply and refine your learning. Content will be extremely flexible and customised to suit your needs and those of the collective audience.
I will be sharing more specific details about the coverage, structure and cost of the training workshops in the next couple of months, but in the meantime please feel free to contact me via andy@visualisingdata.com to register your interest or to find out more.
Look forward to hearing from you!