Data Book Club

Each new season brings a new season of the Data Book Club! Voting on the next book selection has already started on our Slack community. Join us for your next great read, meet other data folks, and get inspiration for that next data project. #databookclub #datafam #newyear

In less than a week the Data Book Club will be hosting the author of Chart Spark, Alli Torban, to discuss her book. Join us!

With many ways to obtain this season’s book, you can select your preferred method. Which is yours? Let us know in the comments!

⚠️ There is still time to get a copy of Chart Spark by Alli Torban and read the first 4 chapters before discussing them on Friday, August 2nd! 💎 Alli will be joining us on Friday, August 16th, so even if you can't make the first meeting, you have plenty of time to catch up. 🌍 Anyone from anywhere in the world is welcome to join us. You can participate by joining our live Zoom meetings, or participate asynchronously via Slack. (I think Alli is on our Slack space.) 🎁 Alli's publisher even has a discount code, for the book and accompanying course, that I will share in the comments. 📚 Make sure to sign up for the Data Book Club by joining the Data Careers Summit mailing list (also linked in the comments). 😄 So, really, you have no excuse. Heck, the book is on Hoopla and Libby. Join us! #DataBookClub #DataCareersSummit

Your votes are in and we're thrilled to announce the winning book for our next book club. Drumroll... ☀️ This summer we will be reading Chart Spark by Alli Torban. This book is "a practical guide designed to change your perspective on creativity and integrate it into your work. Each chapter includes actionable prompts designed to trigger your creativity, rather than just admire the finished product of others." 📅 Mark your calendars and join the Data Book Club as we explore the book's key themes and practical applications in our professional and personal lives. We will be meeting virtually starting August 2nd at 11am CT, but we also have a Slack space to discuss the book asynchronously as well as share notes, ideas, and resources! ➡️ Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/erYjp_dK #DataBookClub #DataCareersSummit

☀️ HELLO SUMMER ☀️ Each new season means a new Data Book Club selection. Voting is open for the next 2 weeks for the following books: 1️⃣ Chart Spark: Harness your creativity in data communication to stand out and innovate by Alli Torban This book is "a practical guide designed to change your perspective on creativity and integrate it into your work. Each chapter includes actionable prompts designed to trigger your creativity, rather than just admire the finished product of others." 2️⃣ Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund The authors "reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective—from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse)." 3️⃣ Data Feminism by Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren Klein "A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism. Today, data science is a form of power. It has been used to expose injustice, improve health outcomes, and topple governments. But it has also been used to discriminate, police, and surveil." ➡️ I'll post a link to sign up in the comments. #DataBookClub #bookclub #data

What are your favorite data-related books? With the next season of the Data Book Club kicking off soon, I'm looking to update my list. The most popular books will be put up for a vote, which will begin next week. So make sure to add your recommendations to the list! https://lnkd.in/emKBbKNA Here are the books we've read and discussed already: 📕 The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver 📗 How Charts Lie by Alberto Cairo 📘 Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil 📙 The Adaptation Advantage by Heather E. McGowan 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ and Chris Shipley 📕 Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 📗 Upstream by Dan Heath 📘 Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez 📙 Infinite Powers by Steven Strogatz 📕 You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane 📗 Avoiding Data Pitfalls by Ben Jones 📘 Living in Data by Jer Thorp 📙 Hello World by Hannah Fry 📕 An Economist Walks into a Brothel by Allison Schrager 📗 Calling Bullshit by Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin West #databookclub #data #networking

After an enthusiastic (and close) vote from our members, we're thrilled to announce the selected book for our upcoming book club session. Drumroll... This spring we will be reading Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West. This book promises to arm us with the critical thinking skills necessary to navigate the treacherous waters of our data-driven landscape. With wit, insight, and a healthy dose of skepticism, Bergstrom and West guide us through the murky depths of misinformation, fallacies, and statistical shenanigans that pervade our society. Mark your calendars and join the Data Book Club as we explore the book's key themes and practical applications in our professional and personal lives. We will be meeting virtually on: ▪️Friday, April 26th: Chapters 1 - 4 ▪️Friday, May 10th: Chapters 5 - 7 ▪️Friday, May 24th: Chapters 8 - 11 Zoom links will be sent in advance of the meetings via Slack (link in comments). Get the book and start reading now.

Voting is neck and neck, with only a single vote separating two of the options. That said, last season the third option came from behind to win it, so anything can happen. If you want to read one of these books alongside others in the #DataBookClub community, join us on Slack to vote! Link to join in the comments. #datafam #readingclub