Online Talk: Storytelling with Data: How to engage audience with data and drive meaningful actions

Online Talk:

Storytelling with Data: How to engage audience with data and drive meaningful actions

Venue :  via Online Zoom Webinar

               Details of Login Webinar ID will be provided after registration.

Date    :   6^th June 2020 (Sat)

Time    :   3pm to 4pm

Synopsis

Data science is a complex and often dull subject. Communicating data to technical and lay-person requires different strategies, and often, it is hard to gauge the level of detail that needs to be presented. Therefore, a well-structured narrative is important to convey the insights to the desired audience. However, weaving an interesting an engaging story based on numbers and graphs is not easy. Data storytelling is more than just creating the best-looking graphs, or the perfect excel sheet. It is about taking the insights from data, and transforming it into a series of plots, using the same tools and frameworks that makes a story engaging. After attending this short workshop, you should be able to:

• Exploit and use scenarios as story helpers.
• Explore the use of conflict to captivate your audience.
• Determine the level of detail needed to enhance your data story and make it credible.
• Engage audience using just the right level of data visualization.
• Recognize the features of a good data story.

Speaker Profile

Dr Ivan Ling Ting Yang

Dr Ivan Ling received his Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) from Swinburne University of technology and has recently completed his PhD from the University of Southampton. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Southampton Malaysia. He is the faculty champion for 3 Minute Thesis competition at the Faculty of Engineering and Environment, University of Southampton (UK) in 2018, and the national champion for IET Present Around the World Malaysia in 2012.

Ivan is an avid science communicator and is involved in various research outreach programs within Malaysia and the UK. Ivan’s research interest centers around the development of sensors for environmental and pollution monitoring, as well as sustainable technologies to reduce such pollutions. He is also the recipient of the 2019 IET-Greenpeace Global Challenge Award.

Professional Experience

01/2020- Current

Assistant Professor, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Malaysia

11/2018- 01/2020

Lecturer, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Malaysia

08/ 2015 - 07/2019

PhD candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, University of Southampton

01/ 2015 - 08/2015

Research Engineer, Swinburne University of Technology

Registration on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis.

• Closing Date: Registration should reach us latest by 04 June 2020 or when registration is full, whichever is earlier.
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• Registered participant fails to attend, the fee paid will not be refunded. In the event a representative has been sent to attend, the representative must be a member of the same grade, otherwise the difference in registration fee must be paid before admission is allowed.
• Attendance by representative will not be issued with the Certificate of Attendance.
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