tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post3761323198934731346..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: More maps of Do-ers And Donors V 3Lucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-24039102584239344082009-10-08T05:48:11.926-07:002009-10-08T05:48:11.926-07:00Just tweeted this, but thought it worth posting he...Just tweeted this, but thought it worth posting here, too. Sidney Hargro tweeted a link to this "Periodic Table of Visualizations" a few days ago. Its content is all over the map (pun intended) but is a great source of ideas and inspiration for visualizing data: http://bit.ly/zGAgL<br /><br />Here's the trick: to use these visualizations to draw attention to the data that's in them *and* the data that isn't. Art students are taught how to "see" a painting's negative space. Even as we develop skills for painting philanthropic data with all these new media, we need to simultaneously learn how to step back from those paintings and identify what's missing. I respect the discussion that Jill led at SoCap especially because she presented these visual aids in that context, asking "Where are the gaps? What isn't represented here that should be, or could be? and then How do we develop tools that make that data visible, too?"<br /><br />All very exciting stuff :)Christine Eggerhttp://www.socialactions.comnoreply@blogger.com