Hands on
Our trainer, Naledi Hollbruegge, will guide you in the use of Tableau right from the start of this workshop. You’ll gain the skills you need to cut through the noise and make your data and messages stand out.
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is short and intensive, designed for:
Time-starved professionals working in international affairs and development.
Current and recent graduate students wanting to add practical skills to the theoretical foundations gained in university degrees.
No prior data visualisation knowledge is required.
You’ll need to bring your laptop. It’s also good to bring a pen or pencil and paper for rough sketching.
We’ll give you details on how to download a free trial version of Tableau.
Meet the trainers
Naledi Hollbruegge is a data visualisation specialist and social researcher, experienced in the application of research methods and psychology principles in real-world settings. She is passionate about solving social problems with analytics, using data visualisation as a communication tool and increasing impact by helping organisations become more evidence-driven. Naledi has extensive experience working with the United Nations Development Programme, other international organisations, non-governmental organisations, governments, scholars and the private sector. She also teaches data visualisation at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Dr. Cecilia Cannon has 20 years’ experience in policy and academic research, teaching, and policy communications. She is a Senior Research Associate at the Graduate Institute’s Global Governance Centre (where was Head of Research between 2011-2018). She served as Academic Adviser to the United Nations for its 75th anniversary and has worked as a consultant for other international organisations (IOs) since 2013. She serves on the Board of the Academic Council on the United Nations System. She directed the Graduate Institute’s Executive Master in International Negotiation and Policy-making from 2019-2021. Her research focuses on the design, reform and effectiveness of IOs; the role of non-state actors in global governance; and migration policy. She has created several digital tools to facilitate research uptake in policy circles. Previously, she worked in marketing/ communications, including in Geneva where she managed IO and NGO clients. She obtained a PhD in International Relations/Political Science at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
What do past participants say?
“Loved this workshop! Accessible, informative and enjoyable. Teaches a skill which is extremely valuable in today’s job market while also inspiring participants to explore data visualisation further.”
“The workshop was condensed and really gave me hands on practice with Tableau.”
“Great introduction to data visualisation. The professor was very experienced and helpful, discussed a vast array of things.”
“An imperative course for learning workplace essentials.”
Why Naledi & Cecilia created this workshop
Written by Cecilia Cannon
Working with data can be like trying to cram a bunch of balloons into a small car on a windy day. That’s how I felt often during her 13-month secondment to the UN for its 75th anniversary in 2020.
The UN75 initiative invited people around the world to share hopes & fears for the future & to discuss how actors, including the UN, can better work together to address global challenges.
Thanks to the amazing UN75 team & UN country/info offices, data streamed in across the year:
· 1.3 million survey responses from 193 countries
· 1,141 dialogue summaries from 3000+ dialogues in 120 countries
We had to clean, analyse & report on the data, with 3 opportunities to present insights to UN Member States. Real-time analysis & reporting on live big data – a daunting, yet worthwhile task. Challenge accepted.
Budget for analysis wasn’t an issue. But we struggled to find people who combined strong statistical analysis with design skills. We all felt we weren't doing justice to our wealth of data.
Then I met Naledi & her team at the UNDP Data Futures Platform.
