Data Visualization: Lesson and Listen Series by Bill Shander

Bill Shander's Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, and Information Design - Lesson and Listen Series on LinkedIn Learning combines teaching with interviews to explore themes from various perspectives. 

The series aims to make data storytelling accessible to everyone, especially those who don't consider themselves data experts. 

Shander emphasizes the importance of improving data literacy, given the prevalence of misleading or poorly presented data. He critiques the current data visualization community for being too insular and highlights the need for more content that helps the general public understand and create effective data visualizations.

It currently has the following episodes -
  1. Creative and Unique Visualizations
  2. Truth in Data Storytelling and Visualization
  3. Visualization in the Real World
  4. Data Storytelling for Regular Folks
  5. Historical Visualizations
  6. Visualizing Large Data Sets
  7. Unicorns
  8. Text Analysis and Visualization
  9. Maps
  10. Visualization for a Cause
  11. It's All in the Details
  12. Becoming an Information Designer
  13. Data Literacy
  14. Daily Practice
  15. Data Visualization at Scale in Industry
  16. Concept Visualization
  17. Data Visualization Research
  18. Visualizing Complex and Controversial Topics
  19. Color in Data Visualization
  20. Visualizations in Excel
  21. Science Visualizations
  22. Data Art
  23. Making Decisions with Data Viz
  24. Visualizing Health and Healthcare Data
  25. Diversity & Inclusion in Data Viz
  26. Data Visualization Tools of the Future
  27. Chart Junk
  28. Enabling Attentiveness with Data Viz
  29. Human Visual Perception
  30. Data Visualization Process
  31. Accessibility in Data Visualization
  32. Data Sonification
  33. Data Visualization Community
  34. Visual Models
  35. A Data Viz-First Approach
  36. All We Think We Know Is Wrong
  37. DataViz Credentials
  38. Data Journalism
  39. PhotoViz
  40. W.E.B. Du Bois
  41. Xenographics
  42. Visualization for Brainstorming
  43. Functional Aesthetics for Visualization
  44. Beauty in Data Visualization
  45. Emotions in Data Visualization
  46. Interesting Datasets
  47. Building a Career in DataViz
  48. The Evolution of the DataViz Tech Stack
  49. Emma Willard's Legacy in Visualization
  50. Questions in Dataviz
  51. Extracting Emotions from Complexity
  52. Data Illustration
  53. Data in Public Policy
  54. Data Analytics
  55. Collaboration in DataViz
  56. Lost Information Design
  57. Finding Inspiration
  58. Data Visualization Critique
I've been enjoying this series and look forward to sharing the highlights and tips I've gathered.

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