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She likens being a data visualization<\/a> expert who interprets \u2018hidden\u2019 information to being a \u201clanguage translator\u201d \u2013 with a special ability to communicate and uncover what\u2019s not in a client\u2019s line of sight. Calligo\u2019s clients know they have the data and that the insights are in there somewhere, but they need help to see them \u2013 and then act on them. At other times, she says she feels more like a chef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf someone goes to the grocery store and buys a ton of ingredients \u2013 fresh vegetables, herbs, rice, and meat \u2013 and they then munch on the raw food, they will be fed and kept alive,\u201d explains Timerie. \u201cBut, add a chef into the equation and they can be served up an amazing meal. The pieces can be turned into something meaningful. Whatever level of data literacy they have, if clients aren\u2019t utilizing visualization, then they\u2019re lacking the chef \u2013 who will transform many different bits into something people will connect with and remember.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s important to point out that being data visualization \u2018chefs\u2019 takes extraordinary skill and is not an easy task. Not satisfied with creating game changing dashboards for their clients, Calligo\u2019s data viz team recently took on the challenge of an internal competition mimicking Tableau\u2019s \u2018Iron Viz\u2019 rules<\/a> (the world\u2019s largest data visualization competition). Each person had to submit a piece of storytelling, based on data sets on the theme of \u2018Health and Wellness\u2019. Timerie \u2013 then only in her first year as a professional Visual Analytics Consultant – picked the topic men\u2019s mental health. And you can see the end result \u2018Tough Guys\u2019 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am proud of it from a design and meaningful content perspective. The data came from a survey run by a government department. I got a lot of codified numbers \u2013 including a 500-page codebook<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n on how to interpret the answers. This was not just an exercise in storytelling or data visualization; it was a deep dive into information that I had to clean, interpret, find stories \u2013 and then communicate.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n And she does this for her clients, too. A logistics company she\u2019s worked with recently needed to track the safety risks of its operators and pinpoint any issues before they arose – like whether operators were on top of their training. All this tied directly into the company\u2019s safety rating – and therefore, its funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn many projects, the ROI of data visualization is obvious,\u201d explains Calligo\u2019s Visual Analytics Consultant, Timerie Bahler. \u201cProviding insight for this logistics company with easy to interpret data dashboards was a critical step forward. And the ROI was clear cut. We could demonstrate things like man hours saved and incident reduction. There are other times when data visualization makes it easier for people to do their jobs, well. They can see trends and make informed decisions. This doesn\u2019t always have an obvious price tag; it can, however, save organisations a huge amount of money in the long run.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n From communicating corporate and human stories\u2026to animals and Timerie\u2019s first ever dashboard was about fatal bear attacks,<\/a> demonstrating that there really is no topic that data visualization<\/a> experts can\u2019t work their magic on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In her own words: \u201cIf something is memorable, that\u2019s how you create value \u2013 in business and in life.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\nSkill and passion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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