IDMG Symposium

July 18, 2014 - Over 100 UC Berkeley and UC Office of the President staff attended the IDMG Summer School 2014 Symposium, which featured:

Morning Session
Telling the UC Story - Mapping, Small Multiples and So Much More
Introduction by Elizabeth Elliott, Director, Learning + Organizational Development and IDMG Sponsor
Presentation by Pamela Brown, Vice President of Institutional Research & Academic Planning, UC Office of the President

Leveraging statewide and alumni polling data as well as a series of different and developing data visualizations, Pamela shared some of the ways UCOP is advocating on behalf of our UC campuses and demonstrating UC’s impact to California and the nation.

Lunch and Award Presentations to Winners of the “You Tell the Story” Contest 

Winners in this year's contest were:

Afternoon Session

Getting Your Story Straight - Using Stories and Story Telling to Turn Information into Impact
Introduction by Rosemarie Rae, Associate Vice Chancellor-Chief Financial Officer and IDMG Sponsor
Keynote by David Riemer, Executive in Residence, Haas School of Business and Former VP Marketing, Yahoo! Inc.

David spoke on how to use stories and storytelling to find the narrative in your data and inspire others to embrace the implications of your findings.

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