Create a visual communication with interactive, data graphics that enable the chief marketing executive at your selected organization to explore data for insights into at least two nontrivial questions concerning your project in the context of his or her CMO responsibilities at the organization.
For guidance on the responsibilities of a marketing executive — and their general knowledge of data and data graphics — review Spencer (2021), §. 1.2.1.2 and the cited references Carr (2019) and Carr (2018).
And as with previous audiences, conduct online research (google searches, linkedin, …) to understand your new audience.
For interactivity, employ three or more techniques discussed in class: e.g., linking multiple graphics to interactions like hovering, clicking, filtering, selecting, dragging and scrolling. These interactions should be relevant to — and directly support — the CMO exploring data for insights, their limits, and context to your research questions.
Your communication can be organized either as a guided (explanatory annotations are important) “dashboard” or as a scrollytelling-style document.
Recall the three laws of communication from Doumont (2009).
Your narrative should 1) direct your audience to your exploratory purpose (using the best communication and visualization practices we’ve been developing in the course), 2) guide them in how they should explore using your interactive data graphics (using messages in titles, (sub)headers, labels, annotations, and other concise text), and 3) explain why they should explore, how can they act on your messages.
For this assignment, it will generally be best to create your interactive graphics in Tableau or R markdown and R plus available packages like we’ve discussed in class.
If you choose to use other interactive languages like Vega, Shiny, or D3.js directly, first consult with your professor to assess viability, given your time constraints.
This is an opportunity for you to gain experience combining all the techniques we’ve discussed this semester, and use interactive graphics to communicate with a third audience.
Your project will be assessed on the following:
Develops two or more non-trivial questions that are visually explorable with data, relevant to the marketing executive’s responsiblities, and related to the student’s project;
Includes a visual narrative flow that uses a title, (sub)headers, labels, and annotations to get the audience interested, understand, and be able to visually explore data concerning the questions presented;
Includes three or more different forms of interactivity for data graphics, one of which includes linking two graphics. The interactivities directly relate — provide views, context, or focus — to data concerning the questions presented;
Communication as a whole consistently uses color and typographic principles to link related concepts together, and aligns and organizes information to guide audience through the narrative. Goes beyond imitating examples; and
individual contribution to group work.
One person in your group submit on courseworks the interactive communication, and in an appendix include group-member, self-assessment contribution scores as either a tableau packaged workbook or a standalone html file.
The appendix of self-assessment, contribution scores for each group member should be formatted as follows:
Each member of our group, as members of Columbia University adhering to its academic integrity and community standards — agrees that our individual contribution scores should be assigned as listed below:
| Member name | Contribution Score (0 - 10 scale) |
|---|---|
| Last name, first name | number, from below criteria |
| Last name, first name | number, from below criteria |
| Last name, first name | number, from below criteria |
| Last name, first name | number, from below criteria |
| Last name, first name | number, from below criteria |
Self-assessment, contribution scores assessed on a 0-10 scale as follows:
10 I always: attend group meetings; actively contribute to group discussions and work to complete the assignment; listen attentively; ask and answer questions. And I ensure all fellow group members come to a solid understanding of the project material and concepts it applies.
8 I always: attend group meetings; actively contribute to group discussions and work to complete the assignment; listen attentively; ask and answer questions. But I don’t work towards ensuring a mastery of the project material by group members.
5 I sometimes: attend group meetings; actively contribute to group discussions and work to complete the assignment; listen attentively; ask and answer questions. But I don’t work towards ensuring a mastery of the project material by group members.
3 I contribute to group discussions and work in a limited way. I listen, but respond only when asked a question and don’t provide much collaboration.
0 I may sometimes attend group meetings, and I am somewhat attentive, but do not engage in collaboration with my group members.
If the group believes scoring falls between the above descriptions, score accordingly.
Of note, this proposal sets up your group’s work on upcoming interactive and multimodal communications, each for different audiences.
If you see mistakes or want to suggest changes, please create an issue on the source repository.