Data Makeovers: How to Make Your Data More Beautiful and Engaging (09/18/2026)

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Data visualization is like one of those unlikely couples. One partner is outgoing and a great storyteller. The other is introverted and sticks to the facts. To create great charts, maps, and graphs, you need to channel both partners in this odd couple: the artist and the analyst. In this workshop, Amelia Kohm of Data Viz for Nonprofits will offer up 10 key rules about composition that artists know and that analysts (and the rest of us) can apply when presenting data. The one-hour session will start at 2:00, but come at 1:30 or stay until 3:30 for networking and snacks.

Amelia Kohm, PhD, is the founder of Data Viz for Nonprofits and has more than 25 years of experience studying, funding, and evaluating human services.

Prior to starting Data Viz for Nonprofits, Amelia was a researcher at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago where she served as Project Director on studies on community schools, residential education, bullying, and nonprofit mergers and consolidations. She has also worked as a program officer at the Sears Roebuck Foundation and the Illinois Humanities Council. Amelia has a Ph.D. in Social Policy from the University of Bath, an MA in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago, a BA in English Literature from Haverford College, and a certificate in Data Visualization from the University of Washington.

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Data Makeovers: How to Make Your Data More Beautiful and Engaging (09/18/2026)