Discover the data.europa academy: Ninth course, ‘Including data in
your communication’
The ninth course of the restructured data.europa academy
[https://data.europa.eu/en/news-events/news/dataeuropa-academy-discover-our-11-open-data-courses]
called ‘Including data in your communication
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/including-data-your-communication]’
delves into the communication of findings, research and complex topics
in an enticing way. Learn how to create data visualisations and
meaningful, interactive maps that take your audience on a journey. 

The first lesson ‘Beyond the pdf
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/beyond-pdf]’ covers three
webinars to learn how to create a design process to develop a
publication that incorporates data visualisations and data-driven
storytelling. Data visualisations can be a vital channel to
effectively interpret and analyse complex concepts, which will be
explained in the video of the second lesson ‘Communicating complex
economic topics
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/communicating-complex-economic-topics]’.
You will learn how you can find the data you need, when and where to
use it, how to name and group it, and interpret and present your
results in the third lesson ‘European Union elections
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/european-union-elections]’. The
fourth lesson ‘Information is beautiful
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/information-beautiful]’ explains
how to illuminate the rules and best practices of visualisations,
storytelling and the role of ‘creative play’. 

Zooming in on mapping visualisations, it is important to understand
the data mapping process and when we should and shouldn’t use these
visualisations. This will be explained in the fifth lesson
‘Meaningful Maps: How to make maps about Corona right
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/meaningful-maps-how-make-maps-about-corona-right]’.
The sixth lesson ‘Visual analytics from the European Investment Fund
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/visual-analytics-european-investment-fund]’
further explains how an interactive map can be used for information
such as investment or finance data. Furthermore, an interactive map
can be used to visualize information such as social, economic, or
environmental data which will be showed in the lesson ‘Visualising
development data at the World Bank
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/visualising-development-data-world-bank]’.

In the lesson ‘Using data art for science communication
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/using-data-art-science-communication]’,
you will learn how a live presentation can be turned into data
visualisations. Printed reports can also be transformed into
interactive and fun digital tools, which will be explained in the
lesson ‘Transforming printed publications to interactive digital
tools
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/transforming-printed-publications-interactive-digital-tools]’.
The last lesson ‘Data in Publications
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/data-publications]’ covers an
extensive guide with tips, examples, resources and a toolbox to help
you with all data-related aspects of a publication.

Are you looking to improve the data visualisations in your
communications? Join the ninth data.europa academy
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy] course ‘Including data in your
communication
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/including-data-your-communication]’
and learn how to go beyond a printed document to interactive tools.

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Publication Date/Time
2023-07-17T08:00:00+00:00
Learn how to communicate findings and research through data
visualisations