Here's a sneak peak at my newest talk. Did someone's story defeat your data-driven brilliant proposal? Do you understand why? Like me, did you go crawl under a rock and wonder "wtf"? With luck, I'll share this talk in November.
Category: Communication
Posts about how communication improves informatics, relationships, work and home life
Science Communication Secrets (Wired.com, XKCD’s Randall Monroe on What If 2?)
Don't think about it as if people aren't smart. Think about it like people are busy.
The rise of “BookTok”: 7 second emo sells books (nytimes)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/books/tiktok-books-booktok.html Another sign of the times: older books getting a resurgence in sales from fans posting emotional reactions on TikTok. Hmm. It seems that one can quickly change minds (and behavior!) on a population scale with super-short emotional appeal. The good: Shows that Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" is an important pillar of modern … Continue reading The rise of “BookTok”: 7 second emo sells books (nytimes)
Sag A*: here’s a photo of the black hole at the center of our Milky Way (NYtimes, NASA)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/science/black-hole-photo.html We live in astounding times. Read the article and more importantly, see and hear the excitement of the scientists giving the press conference. So proud to be human right now!
The Pyramid of Possibility: explaining informatics to others
Use this to explain to your colleagues that some requests are easy and others might just be impossible.
This video about storytelling will change your life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWw0MmqG2fI I have followed Andy Goodman's work (he teaches storytelling to nonprofit organizations), and have learned so much about how to be effective at my own work. It is nearly an hour long, and who has an hour? You do, if you know what is good for you. But, I know you're busy, so, if … Continue reading This video about storytelling will change your life
What TikTok teaches us about effective communication
Those of us stuck in the "last century" take heed: TikTok and 15 to 60 second videos are IN.
The most effective way to approach the vaccine-hesitant
https://3qb9rm3ii1195ulba2zpd8yh-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/MMM-Podcast-ZS-3-1-1720x1209.jpg From Haymarket marketing communications website MM+M https://www.mmm-online.com/home/podcasts/the-mmm-podcast-6-24-21-zss-jacob-braude This is a 28 minute podcast. The crucial moment (for me) is about 12:30. Of the all the psychologies and tactics to address various subpopulations of the vaccine hesitate (for pediatrics, for adults, for COVID in particular), ONE tactic was most effective across all these subpopulations, use … Continue reading The most effective way to approach the vaccine-hesitant
Big data graphics: NYTimes – Every Building in America (and Ed Tufte)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/12/us/map-of-every-building-in-the-united-states.html In informatics, we often are faced with big data sets and how to make this data comprehensible. Here is an example from cartography. Beautiful graphics, highly usable. We can aspire this "data density" in our own graphics. My favorite book crafting great information graphics from data, is of course Edward Tufte's Visual Display of … Continue reading Big data graphics: NYTimes – Every Building in America (and Ed Tufte)
Info Blocking Rule is coming 4/5/2021. Here is some last-minute help for health systems
Break down those barriers!