DATA VISUALIZATION

 
Create a 5–10-minute video using Kaltura (or similar software) in which you will present a proposed financial plan for the upcoming year for a department in the City of Acme, along with supporting data visualizations and discussions of economic principles and drivers behind the financial plan.
DATA VISUALIZATION – REVISITED
You’re already familiar with data visualizations that inform your decision making. On your phone or laptop, you might look at a pie graph to check how much cloud storage you’re using versus how much is still available. Or you might look at line graphs online to see how the weather is forecast to change temperature over the next week. These visualizations are built on data that your computer or the weather service compiles into a specific dataset and then analyzes and organizes into the graph or chart you see so that it’s easy to understand.Visualizing data is all about making it easier to communicate the most important information. If you’re trying to find out the weather for your weekend plans, you need the right data, presented in an intelligent way to know if you should go out or stay home. When working with datasets, it’s imperative to keep in mind who the audience is, what information they might value the most, and what you want their takeaway to be.For example, your office might be upgrading a software program and the chief financial officer (CFO) may ask for a cost-benefit analysis of upgrading all at once versus a gradual rollout of the upgrade over a number of months. What is the most critical information is the CFO likely to want? How would be the best way to communicate this to them? When it comes to thinking critically about the data you analyze and using it to make decisions, your problem-solving skill can help you examine how a particular set of data relates in the most meaningful way for you and your audience. By using data to identify and frame the problems that concern a group, you can help them verify what matches and what contrasts in the dataset, identify clear trends, draw conclusions about basic relationships, and make predictions about patterns.Just like with your personal finances, if you are dealing with financial considerations in your career, you can use the same process to make visualizations about potential budget plans or even to recognize how much certain areas, resources, or even lack of investment could end up costing the company.SHOW LESS
PRESENTING PROFESSIONALLY
Throughout the course of your career, you are most likely going to be called upon to present on some topic relevant to your work. This could be a project, a department, or a proposal for something new at your workplace. No matter what the specifics are, it will be critical that you present yourself and your material professionally. This means making sure you are using appropriate language and terminology for the topic and the audience (it is important to speak to your audience at their level). It also means that the information and visuals you present should be well polished, well researched, well cited, and well organized. Haphazard visuals, incomplete data, plagiarized research, or disorganized presentations not only make it difficult for the audience to understand you, it also makes you appear unprofessional.So when presenting:
Consider your audience.
Consider the right information.
Polish your words.
Polish your visuals.
Cite your sources.
Stay organized.