News and Notes from PolicyViz - Issue #12b

Welcome to the first of the new members-only PolicyViz newsletter! Thanks so much for supporting PolicyViz and the PolicyViz Podcast. My goal for this newsletter is to give you some sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes looks at my work, my writing, and more. Let's just say that over the next few newsletters, I have some exciting stuff to share with you!

In the meantime, I've included a bunch of links, videos, coupons, and more below. If there are specific things you would like to see or learn in this newsletter, please let me know. I'm always looking for ways to help people improve how they communicate their data.

Thanks and take care,

Jon

Monthly Zoom Meetings

Starting later April, I will be holding monthly Zoom meetings for paid newsletter members. I'll send out a registration link through the newsletter and you can join me for an hour to talk about data visualizations, your creation challenges, and more. It will be completely relaxed and informal. I'll aim to hold them around 11a EDT so folks on the US east coast and in Europe can join.

Episode #215: Philip Bump

Episode #214: Karla Starr

Karla Starr is a columnist for Medium and write the newsletter The Starr Report on Substack. She has appeared on NPR and CBS Sunday Morning and has written for The Atlantic, Slate, Popular Science, and The Guardian. She won an award for the Best Science/Health story from the Society of Professional Journalists.

What I'm Reading

Books

• The K-12 Educator's Data Guidebook

Articles

• Integrating Annotations into Multidimensional Visual Dashboards

• Guide for Engaging with Research Partners about Data and Analysis 

Note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Video Preview: PowerPoint Crop To Shape

As a paid subscriber, you'll get little sneak peeks into YouTube videos, blog posts, and other tutorials before they go live. If you use PowerPoint, check out this tutorial on how to crop objects to a specific shape.

Upcoming Conferences

The essential HOW-TO conference for CreativePros. Master Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint, and more. I'll be speaking at this event about equity in data. You can get $100 off the registration price by using the coupon code CPWJOINUS.

A new kind of museum focused on design impact. Our mission: Bring the transformative power of design everywhere. I'll be joining a panel discussion at this event and will be able to share a discount code with you in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned.

Join the Winno Community

I've started using the new Winno app to send small data visualization tips, tricks, and strategies via text message. I've been sending 2-3 texts a week and really enjoying the task of finding those little things that help make our dataviz great. You can check it out for free for 14 days before committing.