data dinner parties
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D A T A D I N N E R P A R T I E S
D e s i g n i n g a n d U s i n g
D a t a P l a c e m a t s
Amanda Makulec
JSI Center for Health Information, Monitoring & Evaluation
May 2, 2016
Wh a t m a ke s a g re a t d i n n e r p a r t y ?
Delicious food
Thoughtfully
prepared
Well organized
With great
conversation
D a t a p l a c e m a t s *
s h a r e i n f o r m a t i o n
i n t h o u g h t f u l l y p r e s e n t e d w a y s
t o s t r i k e u p c o n v e r s a t i o n s a n d
g e n e r a t e n e w i n s i g h t .
*Term originally coined by the
Learn more about their concept: “Data Placemats: A Data Viz Technique to Improve Stakeholder Understanding of Evaluation
Results” Veena Pankaj / Presented at Evaluation 2012 http://www.slideshare.net/InnoNet_Eval/data-placemats-22200834
E l e c t r o n i c d a s h b o a r d s
c a n m e e t t h i s n e e d t o o .
B u t s o m e t i m e s a s i m p l e , p a p e r - b a s e d
t o o l i s b e s t f o r w o r k s h o p s a n d
o t h e r c o l l a b o r a t i v e s e t t i n g s .
TITLE Short description of the content
Simple charts and graphs
(declutter, basic title, clean design)
Add some quotes or other qualitative
information if you want
Title and short description should clearly
show what information you’re sharing
TITLE Short description of the content
Use space on the back to provide more
detailed data, if needed
Create explicit space
for notes and
reflections
Think of it as an analog
dashboard being used as a
facilitation tool.
(Many of the best practices for
dashboard design also apply here.)
W h o w i l l y o u r p a r t i c i p a n t s b e
a n d w h a t q u e s t i o n s d o t h e y
w a n t t o a n s w e r ?
W h a t d a t a c a n y o u s h a r e
t o h e l p a n s w e r
t h o s e q u e s t i o n s ?
W h a t k i n d s o f ( s i m p l e )
v i s u a l i z a t i o n s s h o u l d y o u
u s e t o f a c i l i t a t e a n a l y s i s ?
D E S I G N
Use accessible tools to make it
easy to edit & make changes
for when you need to do a
quick layout for a single use
for when you need to set
up a template that will be
changed and updated
Two use c a se s
fo r da t a p l a cemat s
A d vo c a c y Wo r k s h o p Analyizing Community Scorecard Data from CECHLA,
a local consortium working on HIV/AIDS issues
in Zimbabwe
Identifying information deliberately obscured
U s e s i m p l e q u e s t i o n s w h e n f a c i l i t a t i n g
What stories do
you see in your
district?
What are the
success stories
underpinning
where scores
improved?
What advocacy
issues do we need
to address where
scores are stagnant
or decreasing?
G l o b a l H e a l t h M i n i U SPRING Nutrition Capacity Building
Evaluation Data from Haiti
Considering using data
placemats for…
Participatory analysis in a
workshop
Engaging your audience in
an activity during a
presentation
Helping to surface success
stories with stakeholders
But probably not for…
A presentation handout or
leave behind on its own
Engaging teams or
stakeholders with very
limited analytical capabilities
(who may be overwhelmed)
A f ew key l e s s o n s
l e a r n e d f ro m o u r
e x p e r i e n c e s t o d a t e .
T h i n k b i g . ( a s i n , 1 1 x 1 7 b i g )
Ke e p yo u r d a t a
v i s u a l i z a t i o n s s i m p l e .
K n ow yo u r a u d i e n c e .
A n t i c i p a t e q u e s t i o n s .
M a ke i t
p e r s o n a l .
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