Crafting a Compelling Data Story for Bucky’s Data Viz Challenge
Event Details
Date
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Time
4-5:30 p.m.
Location
College Library, Helen C. White, Room 3250
Description
Can you tell a data story as exciting as college basketball? In this session, you'll learn how to create compelling visualizations for this year's Bucky's Data Viz Challenge. Using women's NCAA basketball data, we'll cover chart selection, effective use of color and labels, clear storytelling, and building polished graphics in Excel and Datawrapper. Come with a finding or use one of ours. No experience needed.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email brady.krien@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Thursday, October 29, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.