Amy Cesal
@amycesal.com
Freelance information designer and data viz consultant.
👩🏼🏫 Instructor @ MICA Data Analytics and Visualization grad program
📊 Product Evangelist @everviz
https://www.amycesal.com
👩🏼🏫 Instructor @ MICA Data Analytics and Visualization grad program
📊 Product Evangelist @everviz
https://www.amycesal.com
Did you attend Outlier Conference in person? Photos are up (aka I have a new headshot)
Professional photos: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Professional photos: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
July 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Did you attend Outlier Conference in person? Photos are up (aka I have a new headshot)
Professional photos: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Professional photos: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I teach virtually at MICA, so it’s such a treat to meet up with current and former data viz graduate students in person!
June 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I teach virtually at MICA, so it’s such a treat to meet up with current and former data viz graduate students in person!
At #Outlier2025 talking about style guide tips with @alangwilson.bsky.social @datagrazing.bsky.social & @policyviz.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
At #Outlier2025 talking about style guide tips with @alangwilson.bsky.social @datagrazing.bsky.social & @policyviz.bsky.social
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Thankfully @amycesal.com, Max Graze, Alan Wilson and @policyviz.bsky.social managed to get their fifteen style guide tips into one summary slide at #outlier2025 so I didn’t have to pick one!
June 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thankfully @amycesal.com, Max Graze, Alan Wilson and @policyviz.bsky.social managed to get their fifteen style guide tips into one summary slide at #outlier2025 so I didn’t have to pick one!
Excited to speak soon at #Outlier2025
June 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Excited to speak soon at #Outlier2025
If you're interested in Data Visualization, get your ticket for the data viz conference Outlier. If you're a Data Visualization Society member, virtual tickets are only $150!
www.outlierconf.com/outlier-2025...
www.outlierconf.com/outlier-2025...
Registration — Outlier
www.outlierconf.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you're interested in Data Visualization, get your ticket for the data viz conference Outlier. If you're a Data Visualization Society member, virtual tickets are only $150!
www.outlierconf.com/outlier-2025...
www.outlierconf.com/outlier-2025...
Reposted by Amy Cesal
I am unapologetically telling you right now that Chicago is going to be insufferable about this, there is still a fading cardboard John Paul II in a Michigan Ave storefront looking out at Grant Park because he spoke there *once.*
May 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am unapologetically telling you right now that Chicago is going to be insufferable about this, there is still a fading cardboard John Paul II in a Michigan Ave storefront looking out at Grant Park because he spoke there *once.*
How do you make charts for social media?
@everviz.bsky.social is the (only?) tool that creates gifs of animated charts. I wrote a blog post about animation and other considerations (like audience, thanks @allitorban.bsky.social ) for creating charts for social media
www.everviz.com/blog/tips-fo...
@everviz.bsky.social is the (only?) tool that creates gifs of animated charts. I wrote a blog post about animation and other considerations (like audience, thanks @allitorban.bsky.social ) for creating charts for social media
www.everviz.com/blog/tips-fo...
Tips for charts for Social Media - everviz
Creating charts for social media requires you to think about the medium. The same exact chart that you created for a report rarely works well just uploaded to Instagram. You need to grab people’s atte...
www.everviz.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
How do you make charts for social media?
@everviz.bsky.social is the (only?) tool that creates gifs of animated charts. I wrote a blog post about animation and other considerations (like audience, thanks @allitorban.bsky.social ) for creating charts for social media
www.everviz.com/blog/tips-fo...
@everviz.bsky.social is the (only?) tool that creates gifs of animated charts. I wrote a blog post about animation and other considerations (like audience, thanks @allitorban.bsky.social ) for creating charts for social media
www.everviz.com/blog/tips-fo...
Special Awards nominations open for the 2024 IIB Awards. Submit your nominations for the Test of Time and Impactful Community Leader awards by April 11.
www.datavisualizationsociety.org/iib-awards-s...
www.datavisualizationsociety.org/iib-awards-s...
March 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Special Awards nominations open for the 2024 IIB Awards. Submit your nominations for the Test of Time and Impactful Community Leader awards by April 11.
www.datavisualizationsociety.org/iib-awards-s...
www.datavisualizationsociety.org/iib-awards-s...
One of my capstone students is fielding a survey on clothing and feelings. If you have a chance, please add to her data set: forms.gle/eNvcsYdw515Z...
Consumer Motivation Survey
Thank you for participating in this survey for use in my Data Analytics and Visualization program Capstone project at MICA.
If you have any questions or comments, please reach out!
Thank you again.
-...
forms.gle
March 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
One of my capstone students is fielding a survey on clothing and feelings. If you have a chance, please add to her data set: forms.gle/eNvcsYdw515Z...
Speaker applications are still open for Outlier 2025, the annual conference that brings the community together to evolve the possibilities of data viz.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Speaker applications are still open for Outlier 2025, the annual conference that brings the community together to evolve the possibilities of data viz.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Amy Cesal
🥧 Love pie but had too much? Variety is the spice of life—and data viz!
Pie charts are great, but line and bar charts can serve up the same data in fresh ways. 🍰
Check out @amycesal.com's latest everviz blog post for tasty alternatives: www.everviz.com/blog/past-th...
What’s your favorite pie? 🥧
Pie charts are great, but line and bar charts can serve up the same data in fresh ways. 🍰
Check out @amycesal.com's latest everviz blog post for tasty alternatives: www.everviz.com/blog/past-th...
What’s your favorite pie? 🥧
Past the Pie Chart - everviz
If you would like to switch up your chart visualizations, here are a few alternatives to the pie chart and what they work well for.
www.everviz.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🥧 Love pie but had too much? Variety is the spice of life—and data viz!
Pie charts are great, but line and bar charts can serve up the same data in fresh ways. 🍰
Check out @amycesal.com's latest everviz blog post for tasty alternatives: www.everviz.com/blog/past-th...
What’s your favorite pie? 🥧
Pie charts are great, but line and bar charts can serve up the same data in fresh ways. 🍰
Check out @amycesal.com's latest everviz blog post for tasty alternatives: www.everviz.com/blog/past-th...
What’s your favorite pie? 🥧
Speaker applications for the @datavizsociety.bsky.social's annual conference, Outlier, are open! Apply by March 15: buff.ly/4bhlQrT
Outlier 2025 Speaker Application
Welcome to the Outlier 2025 Speaker Application!
Outlier 2025 will be hosted in Miami, FL (USA) at University of Miami Newman Alumni Center from June 11-13, 2025. We're hoping to fill the room with +2...
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Speaker applications for the @datavizsociety.bsky.social's annual conference, Outlier, are open! Apply by March 15: buff.ly/4bhlQrT
I'm excited to be a judge for the Information is Beautiful Awards again this year! Longlist announcement coming March 10th
February 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm excited to be a judge for the Information is Beautiful Awards again this year! Longlist announcement coming March 10th
A sign that accessibility and data viz is important: the most downloaded episode of the Data Stories Podcast ( @moritzstefaner.bsky.social @ebertini.bsky.social ) is the episode about accessibility with the amazing @fossheim.bsky.social
Check out the data: observablehq.com/@moritzstefa...
Check out the data: observablehq.com/@moritzstefa...
February 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A sign that accessibility and data viz is important: the most downloaded episode of the Data Stories Podcast ( @moritzstefaner.bsky.social @ebertini.bsky.social ) is the episode about accessibility with the amazing @fossheim.bsky.social
Check out the data: observablehq.com/@moritzstefa...
Check out the data: observablehq.com/@moritzstefa...
Reposted by Amy Cesal
#info+ 2025 conference announced!! informationplusconference.com/2025/
Information+ Conference 2025
informationplusconference.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#info+ 2025 conference announced!! informationplusconference.com/2025/
Reposted by Amy Cesal
Great article on animation for #dataviz by @eagereyes.org and @allisonhorst.bsky.social from @observablehq.com 👏🏻
observablehq.com/blog/effecti...
observablehq.com/blog/effecti...
Five ways to effectively use animation in data visualization
Animation can be a distraction in data visualization. Or, when applied effectively, it can enhance user engagement, reveal trends, and help viewers track patterns across metrics. Here are five ways to...
observablehq.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Great article on animation for #dataviz by @eagereyes.org and @allisonhorst.bsky.social from @observablehq.com 👏🏻
observablehq.com/blog/effecti...
observablehq.com/blog/effecti...
Information is Beautiful Awards deadline approaching: January 31
Just a few more days to enter the awards: www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/awards/2024
Just a few more days to enter the awards: www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/awards/2024
January 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Information is Beautiful Awards deadline approaching: January 31
Just a few more days to enter the awards: www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/awards/2024
Just a few more days to enter the awards: www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/awards/2024
Reposted by Amy Cesal
Today is our @datavizsociety.bsky.social Annual General Meeting - my last as the Executive Director.
I'm so excited for what DVS will continue to do in the years to come, as we need #dataviz now more than ever to make sense of the world.
Join us at 2pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/WJfMbU2...
I'm so excited for what DVS will continue to do in the years to come, as we need #dataviz now more than ever to make sense of the world.
Join us at 2pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/WJfMbU2...
January 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today is our @datavizsociety.bsky.social Annual General Meeting - my last as the Executive Director.
I'm so excited for what DVS will continue to do in the years to come, as we need #dataviz now more than ever to make sense of the world.
Join us at 2pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/WJfMbU2...
I'm so excited for what DVS will continue to do in the years to come, as we need #dataviz now more than ever to make sense of the world.
Join us at 2pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/WJfMbU2...
This is your unofficial reminder to enter your work in the Information is Beautiful Awards until January 31. www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/awards/2024
Students and members of the public whose work has not been commissioned or published professionally may submit their work for FREE.
Students and members of the public whose work has not been commissioned or published professionally may submit their work for FREE.
Information is Beautiful Awards 2024
The Information is Beautiful Awards celebrate excellence and beauty in data visualizations, infographics and information art.
www.informationisbeautifulawards.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This is your unofficial reminder to enter your work in the Information is Beautiful Awards until January 31. www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/awards/2024
Students and members of the public whose work has not been commissioned or published professionally may submit their work for FREE.
Students and members of the public whose work has not been commissioned or published professionally may submit their work for FREE.
January 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A big new piece on proportional representation with some nice viz from @leedrutman.bsky.social Jesse Wegman and Aileen Clarke
substack.com/redirect/b02...
substack.com/redirect/b02...
January 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A big new piece on proportional representation with some nice viz from @leedrutman.bsky.social Jesse Wegman and Aileen Clarke
substack.com/redirect/b02...
substack.com/redirect/b02...
Save the date for Outlier Conf 2025
🌴 Save the date to join Outlier 2025 in Miami, Florida! 📊
Outlier brings together all corners of the #dataviz community to stretch our vision of what we can do with data. Join our email list to be the first to hear about our call for speakers and when tickets go on sale: mailchi.mp/datavisualiz...
Outlier brings together all corners of the #dataviz community to stretch our vision of what we can do with data. Join our email list to be the first to hear about our call for speakers and when tickets go on sale: mailchi.mp/datavisualiz...
December 4, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Save the date for Outlier Conf 2025
I’m here for this cranberry sauce bar chart made of cranberry sauce from @axios.com
nice work @daniellealberti.bsky.social
nice work @daniellealberti.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 1:43 PM
I’m here for this cranberry sauce bar chart made of cranberry sauce from @axios.com
nice work @daniellealberti.bsky.social
nice work @daniellealberti.bsky.social