Speaking engagements
Nick Desbarats speaking at the 2017 Data Storytellers conference in Stockholm, Sweden
Nick regularly speaks at data-related conferences, delivering informative, entertaining talks on current topics, challenges and best practices in data visualization and information dashboard design.
Nick also regularly appears as a guest on popular data-related podcasts and YouTube channels.
For information on scheduling a speaking engagement or interview, please contact us.
Recent speaking engagements, interviews, etc.
Conversation with Enrico Bertini - Feb. 2024
Data visualization researcher and professor Enrico Bertini and Nick discuss how tricky it can be to choose a chart type, and discuss a few chart-type-chooser decision trees from Nick’s book, Practical Charts.
“Data Career Podcast” interview - Feb. 2024
Avery Smith interviews Nick about how to become a true data visualization pro.
“How to Be Awesome at Your Job” podcast interview - Jan 2024
Pete Mockaitis interviews Nick about the most common chart-making mistakes that he sees, offers tips for creating charts that “do their job.”
Guest lecture, Yale University - Nov 2023
Nick delivered a guest lecture on data visualization best practices to students and faculty of the Yale School of the Environment.
(Talk recording not publicly available.)
“Chart Chat” webcast - Oct 2023
Nick joins Amanda Makulec, Andy Cotgreave, Steve Wexler, and Jeff Shaffer to discuss box plots, inset charts, and chart-chooser decision trees. (60 mins)
Data Visualization Society: Pop-up Conversation - Dec 2021
Nick joins host Steve Wexler and four other guests to discuss data, dashboards, and storytelling. (74 mins)
Nick talks with hosts Viktoria and Kai about the taxonomy for Practical Dashboards. (47 mins)
Interview by Louise Watson – Jan 2021
Louise Watson of Adura Strategy asks Nick the question “What is a dashboard, really?” (12 mins)
JMP Statistically Speaking Event – Dec 2020
Keynote titled “The Missing Ingredient That Kills So Many Dashboards”.
TDWI Virtual World Conference – Dec 2020
Keynote titled “Creating Dashboards that Users Actually Like” (conference registration required to view).
The Infoshare 2020 Conference – Sep 2020
25-minute talk, “The Missing Ingredient That Kills So Many Dashboards” (conference registration required to view).
BI Innovation & Tech Fest Online – Sep 2020
25-minute keynote: “Why Do So Many Dashboards Fail Users?” (conference registration required to view).
Data Innovation Summit 2020 – Aug 2020
25-minute keynote presentation titled “The Real Reasons So Many Dashboards Disappoint Users”.
JMP Statistically Speaking Keynote – May 2020
50-minute online keynote for 3,000+ registered webinar participants, titled “Eight data visualization myths”.
SAS Explorers Series – Sep 2019
90-minute talk delivered to 4,000+ registered webinar participants covering highlights from the Practical Dashboards course and upcoming book.