#43 Discovery visuals - the creative process BEFORE you show your charts to others
From Make Data Talk by Dr Selena Fisk
August 20, 2025 · 10 min
About this episode
Dr Selena Fisk discusses the importance of brainstorming and planning data visualisations before presenting them.
Do you brainstorm and plan out your data visualisations before you present them to others? In this episode, Dr Selena Fisk talks about the idea of discovery visuals, and the process for getting the best visualisation for the data story you want to tell. Connect with Selena at https://www.linkedin.com/in/selenafisk/
People in this episode
Host: Dr Selena Fisk
Topics covered
- data visualisation
- discovery visuals
- creative process
- data storytelling
- presentation skills
Keywords
- data visualisation
- discovery visuals
- creative process
- data storytelling
- presentation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: LinkedIn
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