Your value in an organization is driven by your ability to persuasively present ideas and solutions that are driven by analyses of data and evidence. This interactive workshop with Professor Steven Franconeri will teach you how to clearly communicate your argument across presentation slides and handouts, to upward and outward audiences of varied expertise. We will review and implement research-backed guidelines drawn from cognitive science, data visualization, graphic design, and data journalism, for effectively uploading your argument to the brains of your audience in engaging, clear, and memorable ways.

Location: Catalyst Ranch, 656 W. Randolph, Jitterbug Room, Ste. 4E, Chicago

Cost: $50.00 ( Ticket price includes beverages and appetizers.)

Click here for parking and directions information for the Catalyst Ranch. Upon arrival, dial #300 to receive access to this event.)

About Professor Franconeri :

Steven Franconeri is leading scientist, teacher, and speaker on visual thinking, visual communication, and the psychology of data visualization. He is a Professor of Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences at Northwestern, Director of the Northwestern Cognitive Science Program, as well as a Kellogg Professor of Management & Organizations by Courtesy. He is the director of the Visual Thinking Laboratory, where a team of researchers explore how leveraging the visual system - the largest single system in your brain - can help people think, remember, and communicate more efficiently.

His undergraduate training was in computer science and cognitive science at Rutgers University, followed by a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Harvard University, and postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia. His work on both Cognitive Science and Data Visualization has been funded by the National Science Foundation, as well as the Department of Education, and the Department of Defense. He has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award, given to researchers who combine excellent research with outstanding teaching, and he has received a Psychonomic Society Early Career award for his research on visual thinking.

Tickets are non-refundable.

Questions? Please contact Bob Lynch at robert@kelloggclubchicago.com

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