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We translate complex info into visualsSo non-experts ‘get it’ at a glanceVIEW WORK Inspire ‘ah-ha’ momentsFor +10 years, we have specialized in communications around social, environmental, and scientific data, systems, and processes.Many top online casinos offer a variety of bonuses for New Zealand players, including cashback offers. These bonuses give you money back on your […]
Putting Climate Data into the Context of Human Lifespan
We humans have a hard time comprehending our future. Fortunately, there’s a lot of great science being done about our collective future. Unfortunately, this data is typically presented in a way that feels removed from our human experience. No matter how real data is — if we don’t perceive it as having a direct, tangible impact […]
Webinar: ‘Visual Storytelling: Putting Data into Context’
This webinar was presented to Optum Health’s Analytics Community in Spring 2019.(Note: a few minutes at the beginning of the webinar was cut off in the recording).
Audience First: Behavior Change and Values-Based Climate Communication
Connecting with audiences based on the values that are behind a desired activity/behavior can be more powerful than highlighting benefits to the audience. This values-driven approach has been shown to have more impact than ‘saving the environment’ or even ‘cost savings’ messages, according to the founder of Climate Outreach, George Marshall, who presented at Behavior, Energy and Climate Change […]
Pollinator-Friendly Solar at the Fair
For this year’s Minnesota State Fair, we’ve teamed up with Fresh Energy and Connexus Energy to create a three-dimensional display to draw attention to a new way of thinking about renewable energy: Pollinator-friendly solar. Our display, part of “The Common Table: Minnesota Eats” exhibit in the Agriculture Horticulture Building, highlights how our region is leading […]
Selecting the Right Graph
We’re often asked, “What type of graph should I use for this data?” We also see a lot of variety in how similar data sets are visualized (some working better than others). There’s plenty of debate out there, so how do you decide? We’ve created this visual guide to recommend best practices, which starts with […]
Collaboration at the National Council for Science and the Environment Conference
“We need more multi-disciplinary… communication… social science… storytelling.” I was struck by the reoccurring mention of these terms while attending the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) annual conference in Washington, D.C. in late January. NCSE is a conference of scientists (primarily earth & physical scientists) who do highly specialized research related to environment and climate. At this year’s event, I presented […]
Planning for Growth
Online engagement tool shapes the City’s future The latest phase of our work with the City of Minneapolis launched this week: A new online, interactive engagement tool designed to involve residents in shaping the next 20 years of City development. This visual story utilizes a scrolling technique called “parallax,” which creates a deeper, more immersive […]
Common Threads: A String Survey
[av_two_third first] [av_masonry_gallery ids=’4509,4510,4518,4508′ items=’-1′ columns=’flexible’ paginate=’pagination’ size=’flex’ gap=’large’ overlay_fx=” container_links=’active’ id=” caption_elements=’excerpt’ caption_styling=” caption_display=’on-hover’] [/av_two_third] [av_one_third min_height=” vertical_alignment=” space=” custom_margin=” margin=’0px’ padding=’0px’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ background_color=” src=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=”] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Common Threads: A String Survey Our second iteration of this interactive string survey (see earlier String Survey for Northern […]