CDC DataViz Day Needs
Assessment

The Data Visualization Science Advisory Group (DataViz SAG) is planning its first annual DataViz Day, to be held in the Spring of 2019. We want to make DataViz Day serve CDC needs. Thus, we are asking you, our members, for input on the content and format of the day. Please answer the following questions:

*
Required

What are your unmet needs at CDC around data visualization? (What
skills, resources, or tools do you currently lack that would help you create
better or more effective data visualization products?)

Your
answer

What
should be the overarching theme for DataViz Day? (choose all that apply)

DataViz at CDC: Today and
Tomorrow

Future of DataViz at
CDC

Sharing best
Practices

Don’t reinvent the
wheel

Data visualization: many disciplines, one
goal

Other:

What
specific topics would you like to see addressed in the DataViz Day program?
(choose all that apply)

What resources are needed to create and sustain an advanced data
visualization unit like that at the New York
Times?

What business processes, computing resources and staff expertise are
needed to produce advanced data
visualizations?

What are the barriers to conducting data visualization at CDC and how
might we overcome them?

What steps are needed to get my data visualization approved at CDC?
How does the process differ for data visualizations intended for external versus
internal audiences?

What do CDC managers see as the barriers and opportunities to
creating advanced data visualizations in their
units?

Data Visualization training opportunities at
CDC

Choosing the right tool for your
project

Who belongs on your Data Visualization
team?

Audience identification and user
testing

Navigating 508 compliance (What do I need to know about 508
compliance when producing data
visualizations?)

Working with
contractors

Other:

What
types of formats and sessions would like to see at DataViz Day (choose all that
apply)

Plenary speaker
session(s)

Panel
discussion(s)

Breakout
session(s)

Poster session(s)

Oral presentation
session(s)

Flash talks

Specific data visualization tool
demonstrations

Awards ceremony (for different categories of best data
visualizations, e.g., best journal article, best public facing data
visualization, most innovative, best visual design, silo-busting award
[collaboration across CIOs] &
etc.)

Real time contest of best data visualization created by teams of CDC
staff who are given a common data set and
assignment

Networking session

Trainings

Round Tables/Focus
Groups

Other:

Please indicate particular individuals and/or organizations you would like us to
invite as a plenary speaker or panel member.

Your
answer

How
can we best design DataViz Day so it can help you in your daily work at CDC?

Your
answer

What other suggestions do you have for Data Viz Day?

Your
answer

Would you like to join the planning team for DataViz Day? *

Yes

No

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