"This book provides a wonderful map of the space... a map that I've been waiting for. It does not matter how final it is, because that space evolves and changes. This book offers a shelter that can help you set a strategy, inspire you, or find your way again if you have lost it."
Angela Morelli, Information Designer
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"Inspirational, systematic and down-to-earth. On my Top Ten list of books, when I teach or practice Information Design for advocacy"
Giulio Frigieri, Graphic Artist Journalist, The Guardian
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It's beautifully thorough! And I absolutely love the global perspectives that surround it. This is obviously the result of a ton of effort. I would consider this a must-read for anyone interested in action and moving people to work towards a better world.
Wesley Grubbs, Pitch Interactive
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"An excellent foundation-building book which provides information without overwhelming you. This book is useful to all those organizations that want to launch a visual campaign and need guidance on how to go about it."
Neetu Routela, Jagori
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It’s a fantastic addition to anyone’s coffee table, best read by anyone interested in how data, when presented in stunning infographics, can help transform how non-governmental organisations and advocates communicate their campaigns.
Sarah Hipsley, Senior Designer, Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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"The authors are very mindful of the need to align the presentation toward the intended audience, with the right level of sophistication and organization. The book is unique, in teaching the reader how to build a story from raw data. It details all of the thought processes, from start to finish. I'm unaware of any other book that does so. This book deserves to be widely known and adopted by students and data analysts from all walks of life. Anyway who wants to improve their ability to make a compelling argument from their data will benefit from reading this book from cover to cover. "Visualising Information for Advocacy" is highly recommended!"
Mark Daniel Ward, Ph.D., Department of Statistics, Purdue University
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From cover to cover, it’s fluid and intriguing designs, clever use of storytelling, and acuity for distilling important and practical guidelines from a complex set of disciplines and research, makes the book a perfect “case in point” for what it’s trying to teach – how to use contemporary tools and data to visualize information for advocacy campaigns.
Alex Fink, Editor & Host, The OKCast
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"In Tactical Tech's recently published Visualising Information For Advocacy, the most powerful visualisations are those in which the aesthetic aspects of the design take a backseat - eg. Wikileaks' boldly comprehensively Spy Files (2012) project, which allowed readers around the world to find out which companies were making and selling surveillance tools."
Hettie Judah, 'Beautiful Evidence, Pretty Lies', ArtReview, December 2014
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"I have read many books on advocacy but I found this one very unique and quite useful in many respects. The simplicity with which the ideas are presented makes it easy to read understand and inspire a desire to try out the concepts. I started reading the book and could not put it down till the end. I have read it again and again just to be sure I internalise every detail."
David Barisa, International Campaigner, Action Aid
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"We were really excited to discover this book. As an initiative which is trying to support reflection on how we our advocacy, this book gives us a tool to inspire new approaches. Essential reading for anyone using advocacy to try to make the world a better place."
Anna Visser, Director, The Advocacy Initiative
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"It is a fascinating and eye-opening book for campaigners who wish to draw in readers. I will use it in my activist forums to add teeth to our campaigns."
Eric Pinto, Citizens' Initiative for Communal Harmony
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"We definitely recommend you to get the book if you are looking for a source of inspiration and A-Z guide on the topic."
Open Steps, Open Steps
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