I was in Dallas earlier this week and had the opportunity to talk about storytelling with data with a few different groups. One of those was the DFW Data Visualization and Infographics Meetup. This afforded me the pleasure of meeting Randy Krum, president and founder of InfoNewt, and John Colaruotolo from Collective Next, who (as far as I'm concerned) is able to create magic with pens and a whiteboard.

I am writing this post on the heels of a lovely albeit short European trip. It was part work, part play. In our spare time, my husband and I ventured out to one of our favorite restaurants. As I was perusing the wine list, I was reminded of the importance of categorization (yes, apparently my data-brain is on even at dinnertime). In this post, we'll take a quick look at how categories help us make sense of things: both in life and in data visualization.

This post recaps my recent presentation at the annual Grant Mangers Network Conference and shows a makeover of one of the visuals we discussed in the hands-on workshop.