The Making of

 #FailureFactories

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Fojo Evening Talk

Topics will include:

How we make decisions about UI/UX

Determining what to make based on assets

Benefits of multiple iterations

Digital strategy decisions

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"Prologue" to Failure Factories

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A quick summary...

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The data we had

Test scores

Enrollment

Disciplinary records

Attendance records

Racial demographics

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How do we make all this data accessible to the average person?

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A stepper graphic

Walk people step-by-step through the information.

 

Help them understand all the data

 

MOST IMPORTANT: See the causal relationship between resegregation and these failing schools

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BUT HOW?

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Object constancy

Use animations to draw attention to different patterns within the same data

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Charts for the sake of charts

Has to tell a story

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Iterate. Iterate.

The first solution isn't always the best solution.

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Think about your endgame

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Digital strategy

Hashtags (#FailureFactories)

 

Ability to share from every slide

 

Ability to sign up for email updates at the end of the presentation.

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Game Over

Chart: 250K views

Day 1: 120K views

1000+ email addresses

#FailureFactories trending in Tampa Bay area

Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting

US Dept. of Education Secretary Arne Duncan: "We as adults have failed them."

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Questions?

Fojo Media Institute: Breaking Down #FailureFactories

By Alex Sanchez

Fojo Media Institute: Breaking Down #FailureFactories

Taking a deep look into the technical decisions behind the Pulitzer Prize winning story and it's viral data visualization.

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