I’m happy to announce details of a new public training course. This is a two x half-day virtual ‘Fundamentals of Data Visualisation‘ that will take place online, over 6-7 August 2024, 2pm to 5pm (UK, BST) each day.
It is now open for registration and relevant to anyone and everyone. Discounted early-bird rates are available until 30 June 2024.
You can read more information about my training courses in general or more about this course in this post and also on the Eventbrite listing. More public training events, virtual and classroom, will be arranged in due course in respond to demand and schedule availability. If your organisation would be interested in exploring options to arrange a training privately for your colleagues, just get in touch.
What is this training about?
This Fundamentals training course provides attendees with an understanding about how to effectively and efficiently communicate data visually. Delivered online across two consecutive days of 3 hour sessions, the training de-constructs this complex, multi-disciplinary craft in to an organised sequence of topics that build up and combine towards giving attendees thorough appreciation of how to navigate through the many creative, editorial, and analytical options that exist.
Who is this training for?
This training is relevant to anyone who has a role in or undertakes duties involving the analysis, presentation, and communication of data. This popular online course will enlighten you with new ideas and approaches for visualising data in the most contextually-reasoned way.
Please note this is not a technical course – you will not receive teaching in the form of tutorials for creating charts in specific tools – but you learn more about the common tools that are being used in the field today, as well as access to useful references to help you develop your technical skills.
Here is an outline of the typical agenda and for more information about the course contents and objectives visit the training page where you will also find a selection of testimonials from previous attendees.
Who is this training delivered by?
Andy Kirk is an independent data visualisation expert based in the UK. He is one of the most in-demand, experienced, and prolific educators in the field, having delivered nearly 400 public and private training courses since becoming a freelance professional in 2010. Visit Andy’s website, visualisingdata.com, to learn more about his training experiences as well as his other work in visualisation design, consultancy, lecturing, and book authoring.
Timings
To accommodate the unique demands of learning online, the Fundamentals training will be delivered across a sequence of two consecutive 3-hour daily workshops, spread over Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th August 2024. Each daily session commences at 2pm and finishes at 5pm (UK, BST). There will be short breaks during each session to help the brain, ears and eyes briefly relax.
Technology
This course will be delivered entirely online, with Zoom (fully encrypted) selected as the technology to present and deliver the collaborative learning experience. Attendees will require a laptop or desktop computer with microphone access enabled as a minimum, a web camera is entirely optional.
The online whiteboard platform, Miro, will be used extensively during the course to collate and share exercise activities. More details will be provided in the class. Other than using a browser and a pdf reader, no additional tools will be necessary to have access to or skills with for this non-technical course.
Training materials will be issued digitally, including the teaching slides, exercise files and further useful resources, and delegates will receive instructions and information about this prior to the course resources. OneDrive, as a first preference, or WeTransfer, as an alternative, will be the typical methods used for material sharing.
All workshop sessions will be recorded to provide a backup track for any attendee who may experience any form of disruption or interruption to their course attendance (eg. meetings, home schooling, deliveries). These recordings will be shared online and will be available to watch up to 1 month after the course is completed.
Registration
Registration can be made online using the built-in Eventbrite payment processing system. Click on ‘Get Tickets’, choose the relevant ticket option, and then follow the instructions to complete the delegate registration and payment details.
If you would prefer to register offline and arrange payment via an invoice process for electronic transfer just email andy@visualisingdata.com to reserve your place and progress your registration.
Pricing: Fees, VAT charges, Discounts!
The standard registration pricing for this course is £275+VAT per person. The total cost will depend on any additional processing fees, your VAT exemption status, and the application of potential discounts.
Eventbrite charges a non-refundable processing fee of ~8% which applies to all registration types. To avoid incurring these additional charges you may instead choose to register offline and arrange payment via an invoice process for electronic transfer. If you/your organisation prefer this method please just email andy@visualisingdata.com to reserve your place and progress your registration.
VAT charges are relevant to the following types of buyer:
- All attendees registering from the UK will pay an additional 20% VAT charge.
- Any attendee registering from an EU organisation which is not VAT registered in their local region will face the additional 20% VAT charge.
VAT charges are exempt for the following types of buyer:
- Any attendee registering from an EU organisations which are VAT registered are exempt from these charges. You should select ‘VAT exempt’ ticket types and enter your organisation’s VAT details in the order form to formalise this exemption.
- All attendees registering who are based in any other world region outside of the UK and the EU (eg. US, India, Australia) are exempt from VAT charges and should select the ‘VAT exempt’ ticket types accordingly.
There are three ways of joining this course at a reduced price…
(1) ‘Early bird’ discounted tickets are made available for an initial limited period of time before the training date, to incentivise early registration as this greatly helps with the organisation and preparation of the course.
(2) Do you own a copy of my ‘Data Visualisation: A Handbook for Data Driven Design‘ book (1st or 2nd edition)? If you do there is a 10% discount available: read more here to find out what promo code to use!
(3) For some people interested in attending such training, finances can be a barrier. Whether it is due to the relative cost of living in your region or specific personal circumstances, it is entirely appreciated that financial obstacles will exist for some. As a commitment to widening access to these training courses, at least 2 places will be made available on this course, no questions asked, at a discounted ‘pay what you can afford’ basis.
If you would benefit from and feel you would qualify to take one of these available places please email andy@visualisingdata.com to make the necessary arrangements for your registration (ie. this may entail being issued with a discount code to apply to a standard registration procedure).
Cancellations and changes policy
Full refunds (less the non-refundable Eventbrite processing fees ~8%) are offered for any delegate cancellations made up to 7 days before the course start date. Please email andy@visualisingdata.com if this situation arises.
Cancellations made during the 7 days prior to the course starting will be offered a 50% refund (less processing fees), as it becomes much harder to fill a space vacated with such short notice.
Registrations can be switched to a different attendee. Please email andy@visualisingdata.com if this situation arises.
In the rare event the course itself has to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances all attendees will be offered a choice of a full refund (excluding processing fees) OR the opportunity to attend an alternative training course in the future. Refunds will be limited to registration costs alone, Visualising Data Ltd is not liable for any other costs incurred.