During the 2007 Visual Storytelling and Data Visualization Breakfast Series, eight world-renowned experts on visual design visited Omaha. This annual event which takes place during the months of September, October, and November has grown each year in popularity and is provided to the community by the Gallup Organization, AIM Institute, Peter Kiewit Institute, and other business sponsors.

The speakers provided insight on the use of next-generation tools, color and emotion to visualize data in a more intuitive, dynamic, and interactive manner.  The ability to display quantitative business data successfully is not intuitive; it requires a set of visual design skills that must be learned.  Even the best data is useless if its story is poorly told.

2007 Seminar Presentation Slides Available:

We look forward to developing an exciting new lineup for 2008, but in the meantime, we invite you to enjoy and learn from the presentation slides of several of the 2007 speakers.

September 7: “New Ways to Visualize Analytic Insight”
Roger Meyer, Principal and Brand Strategist for Level M, New York, NY
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September 14: “Color design: From Seeing Red To Feeling Blue”
Maureen Stone, CEO, StoneSoup Consulting, Woodinville, WA
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September 21: “Turning Complex Data into Useful Information”
Dan Boyarski, Dean, School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

September 28: "Capturing Insight & Delight in Data Visualization & Storytelling”
Parrish Hanna, Global Director of User Interface Design and Consumer eXperience Design, Motorola Corporation
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October 5: “Impact of Emotions on Learning, Performance, and Achievement”
Dr. Maggie Martinez, CEO, The Training Place, Oro Valley, AZ
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November 2: “The Impact of Emotion on Decision Making as a Designer and as an End User”
Frank Spillar, Principal and Co-CEO, Experience Dynamics, Portland, OR
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All-Day Workshop November 8: “Innovation Scorecards”
Professor Jeremy Alexis, IIT Institute of Design, Chicago, IL

November 9: “Using Design Thinking to Solve Business Problems”
Professor Jeremy Alexis, IIT Institute of Design, Chicago, IL

November 16: “The Ideal Reality”
Michelangelo Capraro, Tin Lion Consulting, San Francisco, CA