Nudging users through emotive design: Future Fridays in May 2024

May registration for #FutureFridays are open through April 28, 2024. In partnership with infogr8, you will learn how to create data viz solutions that address societal challenges. In May, you’ll dive into the use of emotion in data communications and how you could incorporate it into your data visualisation projects.

If you signed up for Future Fridays before, you need to register again.

Join this exciting opportunity to connect with the community and practice your design skills! More details on how to join here.

Attend DataUniverse 2024 in New York City

We're pleased to extend a special invitation to you for DataUniverse in New York City, a leading event in the field of Data and Analytics.

Thanks to the event organizers, we’ve secured a limited number of complimentary tickets (worth over $900 each) for DVS Members.

This opportunity is offered to dues-paying member; it’s a great chance for networking and learning. Not a dues-paying member yet? Upgrade here.

Event Details:
Location: North Javits Center, New York City, NY
Date: April 10-11, 2024Visit our partner discounts page to retrieve the discount code.

Register for the April edition of Future Fridays

April registration for #FutureFridays are open through March 31, 2024. In partnership with infogr8, you will learn how to create data viz solutions that address societal challenges. 

Craig Taylor (Mapzilla) is the featured guest for April’s theme, Mapping Digital Literacy in Europe. Craig will provide guidance and feedback as you develop your visualization.

Note: If you signed up for Future Fridays in March, you need to register again for April.

Join this exciting opportunity to connect with the community and practice your design skills! More details on how to join here.

Join Future Fridays to design for social impact

We’ve partnered with infogr8, a team of visual data storytellers, for Future Fridays to invite the DVS community to dive into a societal challenge by wrangling with data and developing creative solutions. You will go behind the scenes, collaborate with data experts, and learn by participating in new monthly social impact challenges.

The first Future Fridays event is on March 1st. Sign up by Feb 28 to join this exciting opportunity to connect with the community and practice your design skills! More details on how to join here.

Join the 2023 DVS Survey Challenge

The DVS State of the Data Viz Industry Survey Challenge is here!

This Challenge uses the 2023 State of the Industry Survey data and provides data visualization practitioners an opportunity to use their visualization skills while learning and sharing observations and insights about data visualizers around the globe.

New this year, we have segmented the data into five separate datasets that roughly align with sections of the State of the Industry Survey Report and make it easier for visualizers to focus on a topic. Check out this page website for additional details on the dataset and the process for entry and judging. Each entry also receives private, anonymous feedback from at least two judges in the dataviz field.

The Challenge is open for 6 weeks and will close on March 31 at 11:59P PT.

Advance your data viz skills with the weekly 2024 Du Bois Visualization Challenge

Advance your data viz skills by practicing a new tool or experimenting with a familiar one through the 2024 Du Bois Visualization Challenge! Starting on February 5th, the challenge leaders will post a visualization every Monday for 10 weeks on social media and DVS Slack for participants to recreate.

The goal of the challenge is to celebrate the data viz legacy of W.E.B Du Bois—a Black American civil rights activist, sociologist and writer—by recreating the visualizations from the 1900 Paris Exposition using modern tools. 
Visit Github for full details of each week’s challenge, including the 1900 original plates and the corresponding dataset.

2023 State of the Data Viz Industry Report

We’ve just published our 2023 State of the Data Viz Industry Report, which summarizes 869 responses about the state of data viz, the people who make it, the challenges they face, and where the field is headed. 

This report will provide relevant insights whether you plan to transition into a data viz career or want to stay on top with the latest tech used to create data viz.

The report is available to all DVS Members and is free to access until Feb 5th.

New partnership: Get 15% off VIZBI 2024 Registration

We've partnered with VIZBI 2024 to offer our dues-paying members a 15% discount on registration for the upcoming 14th international meeting on Visualizing Biological Data (VIZBI 2024). The meeting takes place March 12–15, on-site at USC in Los Angeles, and also online. To get early-bird rates, register before February 5.VIZBI attracts prominent scientists, medical illustrators, designers, and science communicators (see Nature News article). The meeting comprises two events:

  1. The VIZBI Masterclass (March 12), a 1-day training event in data visualization providing an opportunity to learn cutting-edge techniques from leading practitioners, including Martin Krzywinski and David Goodsell.

  2. The VIZBI conference (March 13–15), featuring keynotes from Jessica Hullman, Anders Ynnerman and Alex McDowell, as well as plenary talks from 18 leading researchers developing and applying data visualization across the scales of life, from DNA, RNA, and Proteins, through to Cells, Tissues, and Ecosystems.

Visit our partners page to claim the offer. We hope you can take advantage of this offer and join them on-site or online in March.

Annual General Meeting: DVS 2023 Celebration + Recap

Data Visualization Society. Annual General Meeting. January 25, 2024.

We invite you to join us live for our Annual General Meeting (or ‘AGM’ for short) on January 25th at 9:30 am Eastern Time, where we will share:

  • DVS financial updates

  • Celebration of 2023 initiatives

  • Key priorities for 2024

All members are encouraged to join as we will also introduce our slate of incoming Directors for the 2024-25 term. The AGM will be livestreamed on the DVS YouTube channel so you can ask us questions and learn how you can get more involved. The recording will be available to watch asynchronously. 

📆 Register to attend so you can add to your calendar and receive reminders to join the livestream.

🚀 The Mentorship Program returns! Apply now for the February - April cohort.

Mentorship Program. February - April 2024 Cohort. A 3-month program for mentors and mentees to connect and build meaningful relationships. A logo of the Data Visualization Society. An illustration of two people standing next to each other.

This is one of our most popular programs at DVS, offering mentees early in their visualization career an opportunity to work with a mentor who has 5+ years of professional experience in the field. Many mentors and mentees have shared how beneficial this program has been for their growth, some continued to stay in touch even after their cohort ended!

Learn more about how our Mentorship Program works. If you're not a dues-paying member and are interested in becoming one, check out our membership page.

How is award-winning data viz created?

You can now watch the 2023 Day of Inspiration talks on our YouTube channel. The day featured talks from the creators of shortlisted works—some of whom have won awards this year!

To help you start your watching journey, here are three talks from this year’s winners:

Get a free copy of Nightingale Magazine when you upgrade your DVS Membership

From November 24th-27th, you will receive a print copy of Nightingale Magazine Issue 3 for FREE (valued at US$40) when you sign up to be a General Member (US$99/year). Note that shipping and handling fees of the magazine are not included as they are a third-party cost to us.

If you’re currently a Basic member and you’ve been thinking about upgrading your membership, now is the best time!

This offer is only valid from November 24-27, claim your offer before it expires!

Become a DVS Member and redeem your offer!

DVS Board roles are open for 2024-2025 term

Each year, half of the seats on our 12-person board open for applications —  and those applications open this week for two year terms that span from 2024-2025.

This year, we’re opening applications for the following roles:

Apply by December 15, 2023 to be considered for any of the roles above.

Learn more here.

Outlier 2024 returns in Chicago

Amanda Makulec, Executive Director at DVS, announces Outlier 2024 will be in Chicago.

If you stuck through to the end of the 2023 Information is Beautiful Awards Ceremony on November 4th, we announced that Outlier 2024 will be in Chicago from June 12-14.

Outlier is an annual conference hosted by DVS and brings together all corners of the data visualization community. Attendees stretch their creative thinking and learn from practitioners who they may not otherwise connect with.

Early-bird registration and speaker application dates will be released soon. Check the Outlier page for updates.