This document announces a visualization challenge hosted by Data for Good to encourage the use of data skills to tell stories with data visualizations. Participants can choose any public dataset to visualize and must submit a single-page PDF by a deadline to be judged on understandability, how well it tells a story, and visual appeal. Bonus points will be given to visualizations that use local Saskatchewan data. Top submissions will be featured on the Data for Good social media and presented at an upcoming meetup. Contact information and examples of visualization tools and public datasets are provided.

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Data Leadership
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What is a Visualization Challenge?
- Take a dataset and visualize it, tell a story
- Show off your data skills, build a portfolio

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What Makes a Good Visualization
1. Simple
2. Tells a Story
3. Visually Appealing

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Example
Source: Tableau Public
Author: Nir Smilga

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Example
Source: Tableau Public
Author: Steven Shoemaker

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Rules
- You will be able to pick any dataset you want (see below list of
example sources)
- You are allowed to use any other additional datasets you choose to
include (not necessary though)
- You are allowed to use any BI or visualization tool
- Your submission will be a single page in PDF format
- You can work individually or as part of a team

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Logistics
- Send an email to scott.wells@dataforgood.ca to enter the contest
- In your email, explain if you will be working solo, or want to be
placed on a team
- If you would like to be placed on a team, please explain your skills
and skill level so we can match you appropriately.
- Email your PDF file by midnight January 19th, 2021 to be judged.
- If your visual has been selected as one of the top entries, you will
have the opportunity to present at the January 2021 Data For
Good Meetup on January 26, 2021.

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Scoring Criteria
- Understandability
- Tells a story
- Visual Appeal
*Bonus points if the insights can be gained locally (Regina or
Saskatchewan) from the visual.

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Dataset Resources
- https://www.kaggle.com/datasets
- https://data.fivethirtyeight.com/
- Google Cloud Sources
- https://registry.opendata.aws/
- Azure public datasets
- https://www.gapminder.org/data/

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Visualization Examples
- https://public.tableau.com/en-us/gallery/
- https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Data-Stories-Gallery/bd-
p/DataStoriesGallery
- https://community.microstrategy.com/s/dossiersanddashboards?l
anguage=en_US

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Other Information
- We will be posting the top entries on our Instagram page to show
off the amazing work by our community

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meetup.com/data-for-good-regina
twitter.com/dataforgoodyqr
slideshare.net/dataforgoodyqr
kevin.hayes@dataforgood.ca

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Questions?