2 key takeaways from the TED talk "Make data more human" by Jer Thorp

1. Give life to data

2. Based on the TED talk ‘Make data more human’
By Jer Thorp

3. 2 Key Takeaways

4. 1.
Putting Data into a human
context gives it meaning and
relatability

5. If data is to act as the change agent in how
we solve problems then it needs to be an
extension of human behavior

6. Using human insight to frame a problem leads
to more profound solutions with an added
emotional value

7. It leads to an emotionally rich and substantial
narrative by the data and re-attaches it to the
counterparts in the human world

8. 2.
Powerful visualizations make
traversing huge amounts of
data easy

9. It is a proven fact that human brain understands
visual information better and faster

10. 90 percent of information transmitted to the brain is
visual

11. Visual information is simply more effective, which
in turn makes complex data more accessible and
creates a better connect with audience

12. Hence, it demands a certain amount of trust and in
turn improves the credibility of the presenter

13. Managers and data scientists benefit the most out
of it as they are on the presenting side most of the
time

14. By leveraging the power of visualizations they can
add meaning and narrative to huge amounts of
data and take control of the information that
surrounds them