How to create the BEST data visualisations! - Andy Kirk #63
How to create the BEST data visualisations! - Andy Kirk #63 Andy Kirk is an expert when it comes to data visualisations. He has consulted with many sports teams, organisations, and businesses in order to improve the standard of their data visualisations. Within sports analytics, we see a lot of visuals, some much better than others. In this conversation we talk about what makes a good visual, common mistakes, and Andy shares some great insights from his career so far. 0:00 - Introduction 1:53 - Andy joins and gives background, into to data viz 6:59 - What is a data visualisation? 11:28 - Starting to blog, learning and building an audience 15:00 - Andy's experience within the sporting domain 22:16 - What makes a good data visualisation? 29:37 - Communicating messages and receiving feedback 33:55 - Common mistakes people make 37:37 - Tools used, and some that Andy recommends 40:07 - Feeling overwhelmed when starting out 43:32 - How the data viz industry has changed and continues to do so 49:52 - Taking inspiration from others 53:49 - Andy's data visualisation book, finding inspiration Other episodes mentioned Sarah Rudd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDMbRuYEEQc Julia Wells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcx9zv7--40 Books mentioned Data Visualisations (Andy’s Book): https://amzn.to/4fcgRcK How to win the Premier League: https://amzn.to/40gpBuj Check out Andy’s website: https://visualisingdata.com/ ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software (Tag your videos, add drawings, create playlists) - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals 🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with DataCamp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA FREE RESOURCES 📋 CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk