talks

David McCandless talks & keynotes
Photo Credit: Rikard Westman

I have spoken at over 200+ events around the world about the beauty of data, information & knowledge, creativity, design-thinking, the art & utility of data-visualisation & how to tell stories with data, using examples from across business, tech, science, communications, politics and culture. My talks are constantly evolving as I fold in new material and make new discoveries.

See a review in Monocole magazine. And my TED Global talk from 2010 (3.7 million views)

I also perform a presentation around my new work Beautiful News, highlighting the amazing, positive and progressive things happening in the world that we can’t always see when fixated on the negativity of the news.

I also offer short, half-day and full day trainings, virtual and in-person, on How to Create Impactful Infographics & Data Visuals for teams of up to 100 people. Plus a variant focusing on Data-Storytelling.

Feel free to contact Ruth @ Information is Beautiful to discuss a talk, keynote presentation or data-visualisation training workshop – virtual or in-person.

Please note: Due to a busy schedule, I am no longer able to speak for free. Sorry.


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2024 Calendar

21st Feb – Private Company training, virtual
26th Feb – Private Company training, virtual
5th Mar – Learn to Create Impactful Infographics, virtual public training, UK/EU
26th Mar – Learn to Create Impactful Infographics, virtual public training, US timezone
11th Apr – Digital Loft conference keynote, Manchester
23rd Apr – Private company keynote & training, in-person
25th Apr – Analytics Institute, data-storytelling training, virtual
3rd Jun – IRM conference, keynote

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2023 Calendar

2nd Dec – London School of Economics, lecture & training, in-person, LDN
1st Dec – Private company training, virtual
30th Nov – World Health Organisation, training, virtual
25th Nov – London School of Economics, lecture & training, in-person, LDN
14th Nov – Learn to Create Impactful Infographics, virtual public training, UK/EU – SOLD OUT
19th Sep – IRM conference keynote, in-person London, 150 people
7th Nov – Private company keynote, LDN
17th Oct – Learn to Create Impactful Infographics, virtual, public training, USA – SOLD OUT
19th Sep – IRM conference keynote, in-person London, 400 people
19th Jul – Private company presentation, Dublin
13th Jul – Kurzgesagt training, Munich
12th Jul – Australian Institute of Analytic Professionals private virtual training
10th Jul – Private company workshop, virtual UK
6th Jul – Private company keynote, Italy
20th Jun – Digital News Academy talk, virtual Australia
14th Jun – Learn to Create Impactful Infographics, virtual public training, UK/EU
25th May – Brink Collective Conversations, virtual UK
23rd May – Private company keynote, virtual UK
22nd May – Private company talk, UK
16th May – Private company keynote, Amsterdam
9th May – Private company virtual keynote, UK
28th Apr – UC Santa Cruz, virtual talk, USA
21st Apr – Private Company virtual keynote, UK
30th Mar – Financial Conduct Authority talk, in person, London
28th Mar – Learn to Create Impactful Infographics, virtual, public, USA
23rd Mar – Amnesty International virtual training
21st Mar – Australian Institute of Analytic Professionals private virtual training
15th Mar – Private company virtual training
13th Mar – Digital News Academy talk, virtual, Australia timezone
6th Mar – Private company keynote, Miami, USA
13th Feb – World Government Summit keynote, in person, Dubai
7th Feb – Learn to Create Impactful Infographics, virtual, public, UK
3rd Feb – RBS talk, in person, UK
19th Jan – Harvard Chan Workshop, Virtual, USA timezone

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2022 Calendar

We are offering in-person appearances again – in select countries.

6th Dec – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – virtual public online training, USA timezone
21st Nov – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – in-person public online training, London UK
17th Nov – Analytics Institute of Ireland keynote
26th Oct – Sikt conference virtual keynote Norway
24th Oct – Private company virtual keynote Australian timezone
18th Oct – Private company virtual keynote Australian timezone
17th Oct – Private company in-person keynote London
27th Sep – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, US timezone
20th Sep – Private company in-person training London
22nd Sep – Private company virtual training
19th Jul – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training SOLD OUT
22nd Jun – Private company virtual keynote
14th Jun – Public training event – Australia
24th May – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, UK/EU timezone – SOLD OUT
4th May – Norwegian National Library – Keynote
19th Apr – Private company training
27th Apr – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, US timezone SOLD OUT
26th Apr – British Library – Beautiful News talk & event
19th Apr – Enterprise Data World conference – Keynote
15th Mar – Virtual training with the Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia (IAPA)
1st Mar – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, UK/EU timezone
1st Feb – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, US timezone

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2021

9th Dec – Beautiful News book event
6th Dec – Institute of Analytical Professionals of Australia – online training
2nd Dec – Private company – online keynote
30th Nov – Private company – online training
25th Nov – Unicef – online training
17th Nov – Ryerson University – online training
12th Nov – Private organisation – keynote
8th Nov – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, Pay-What-You-Can for people in lower-income Countries
21st Oct – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, US timezone
23rd Sep – Private company – training
21st Sep – Private company – training
15th Sep – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, UK timezone
14th Sep – Private company – keynote
22nd Jun – Private company – online training, 40 people
14th Jun – Medicaid – online training, 15 people
13th May – Private company – online training
5th May – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, UK
27th Apr – Private company – online training
15th Apr – UK Government – online keynote, 100 people
6th Apr – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, USA – SOLD OUT
29th Mar – Land Registry UK – online training, 50 people
24th Mar – Private organisation – online training
18th Mar – Private company conference – online keynote, 1000 people
23rd Feb – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, UK – SOLD OUT
8th Feb – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, USA – SOLD OUT
28th Jan – Healthcare Association – online keynote
15th Jan – Public Health UK – online training #2
13th Jan – Public Health UK – online training #1

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2020 Calendar

8th Dec – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, USA – SOLD OUT
30th Nov – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, UK – SOLD OUT
19th Nov – private company – keynote
18th Nov – Bertelsmann Data Week – keynote
27th Oct – Burroughs-Wellcome – online training
22nd Oct – private organisation – keynote
8th Oct – McCann Festival of Science – keynote & panel
29th Sep – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, UK – SOLD OUT
25th Sep – private company – keynote
9th Sep – private company – keynote
8th Sep – Learn to create impactful infographics & datavisuals – public online training, USA – SOLD OUT
2nd Sep – Warner Music – keynote
19th Aug – ADMA Australia Data Week – keynote & Q&A

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2019 Calendar

16th Dec – Data visualisation training, Joint Research Centre, EU Commission – Holland
2nd Dec – Private Organisation – London
26th Nov – Private Organisation Webinar
20th Nov – The Information is Beautiful Awards – London
3rd Nov – Business Romantic Society – Lisbon
28th Oct – Public Workshop – Ottawa
24th Oct – Lotame Ignite – NYC
16th Oct – Mallowstreet – Reykjavik, Iceland
14th Oct – Vodafone UK
1st Oct – Private Company – Cheltenham UK
30th Sep – Opening keynote for European Knowledge Week, European Commission – Brussels
24th Sep – Private Company conference – London
12th Sep – Booking.com – Amsterdam
4th Sep – Public Workshop – London
3rd Sep – Google Deepmind – UK
27th Aug – Private company Workshop – NYC
21st Aug – Facebook Data Engineering Conference – Silicon Valley
18th Jun – Public Workshop – NYC
11th Jun – Tealium conference – London
6th Jun – Private company workshop – London
29th May – Public Workshop – London
14th May – Tealium Conference – San Diego
30th Apr – Private company conference – Chippenham UK
29th Apr – Private company conference – Brighton UK
13th Apr – Lost Lectures – London
28th Mar – Delta Airlines Keynote & One day training – Atlanta
13th Mar – Public Workshop – London
10th Feb – World Government Summit Keynote – Dubai

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2018 Calendar

Dec 14th – World Government Summit Design Challenge launch – London
Dec 4th – The Information is Beautiful Awards – NYC
Nov 9th – Keynote & two day training – Private Organisation – Canberra
Oct 25th – Private Company Congress – Adelaide
Oct 23rd – Private Company Congress – Perth
Oct 18th – Private Company Congress – Brisbane
Oct 17th – Private Company Congress – Auckland
Oct 15th – Private Company Congress – Melbourne
Oct 8th – IIB Public Workshop – London
Sept 19th – IIB Public Workshop – London
July 9th – Two Sigma Investments – NYC
June 7th – LeanIX conference keynote – NYC
30th May – VISA – London
22nd May – Apple – Talk & Workshop – London
2nd & 3rd May – Microsoft IOP Keynote – Berlin
27th March – Google Keynote – London

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2017 Calendar

Nov 28th The Information is Beautiful Awards – London
Nov 22nd – Private Company conference – Madrid
Nov 15th – Private Company conference – Amsterdam
Nov 9th – Public Talk, Emmanuel Centre – London
Oct 3rd – Private Company conference – London
Sep 13th – Axel Springer workshop – Berlin
Aug 17th – Private Company conference
Jul 17th – Public Talk, The Royal Institution – London – SOLD OUT, WAITING LIST
Jul 11th – Accenture keynote – London
Jul 10th – Public Workshop – London – SOLD OUT
Jun 29th – Accenture keynote – Dublin
Jun 20th – Private Company keynote – IMAX Theatre, Science Museum London
May 17th – Private Company keynote – London
May 10th – Private Company keynote – Geneva
May 10th – Private Company conference – Athens
Apr 13th – Public Workshop – London – SOLD OUT
Mar 22nd – ACRL Conference Keynote
Mar 15th – Accenture Workshop
Mar 13th – Public Workshop
Mar 9th – Private Company Talk
Mar 2nd – Private Company Talk London
Feb 9th – Public Talk, The Royal Institution – London – SOLD OUT
Jan 31st – Public Dataviz workshop – London – SOLD OUT
Jan 19th- Booking.com Annual conference – Amsterdam

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2016 Calendar

Jan 28th – Public workshop: Introduction to dataviz technique – London
Mar 3rd – IC 16 keynote & workshop – Amsterdam
Mar 5th – ISB workshop – Brussels
Mar 18th – Private Company talk – London
Mar 29th – April 5th – AWAY
Apr 7th – Private Company keynote – Paris
Apr 8th – Public workshop: Introduction to dataviz technique – Paris
Apr 12th – Private Company talk – Milan
Apr 14th – Hortonworks keynote – Dublin
Apr 20th – SAS Analytics Conference keynote – Las Vegas
Apr 26th – CX Fusion Conference keynote – Las Vegas
Apr 28th – Public workshop: Introduction to dataviz technique – London
May 3rd – Collibra User Conference – NYC
May 8th – 15th – AWAY
May 25th – Private company talk – London
Jun 14th – Public workshop: Introduction to dataviz technique – New York
Jun 14th – Pinterest – New York
Jun 15th – Private organisation talk – New York
Jun 23rd – Public workshop: Introduction to dataviz technique SOLD OUT – San Francisco
Jun 28th – Private company talk – San Jose
Aug 1st-16th – AWAY
Sep 22nd – Public workshop: Introduction to dataviz technique SOLD OUT

Oct 13th – Private company talk – Paris
Oct 24th – Private company conference – Orlando
Oct 27th – Digital Design days keynote – Milan
Nov 2nd – The Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2016 – London
Nov 7th – Google – Amsterdam
Nov 15th – The Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2016 – New York
Dec 6th – Google – Oslo
Dec 8th – Private Company talk – London

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previous years’ highlights

COMPANIES: Google (several times), Microsoft, BBC Worldwide, Canon, The Guardian, Channel 4, Bazaar Voice, Callidus, Hadoop, Mindshare, Zynga, Weiden & Kennedy, Stilbo, SAS, SAP and Acxiom (@ Guggenheim Museum, New York (shared the bill with Nate Silver & President Bill Clinton!).

CONFERENCES: 2015 Digital Analytics Milan, CASRO Conf., Internet Librarian, Visualized, Aspen Ideas Festival, Cannes, IRM UK, Collision Las Vegas, 2014 Bookomi, Creative Review Festival, HR Tech Amsterdam, Market Insights forum, Shared Services Conference, PASS, IQPC, Informa Business, 2013 Business of APIs, DMDQ, Outdoor Works, Wedagene Norway, Grid, Circle of European Communicators, SummerCon Michigan 2011 Pearson Data Summit, Accounting for Sustainability, ACTE, GE Visualizing Marathon London, Last Binary Date, ACTE, ESOMAR, OFFF Festival, Telefonica Fundacion, Webstock, Design of Understanding, Learning Without Frontiers 2010 EDesign!, OneDotZero Protein Forum, Design By Fire, HM Treasury Seminar, Data Skills & Techniques for Journalists, Ad:Tech London, D:Construct, Google India Hack Day, TED Global 2010 Oxford, iMedia Summit, TEDx Brussels, Media 140

ORGS: University of Miami, Institute of Financial Planners, Pratt Institute, The Royal Society (RSA), The Royal Statistics Society, London College of Communication, Wellcome Trust, University of Delaware, Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, Government Creative Network, Cabinet Office, Oxford University, AHO Norway

EVENTS: Brighton Festival 2014, Beautiful Science @ The British Library, Lost Lectures, Futurefest 2013, Salon Du Livre Bookfair Paris, Swiss Miss Creative Breakfast, Secret Garden Party, Bill & Melinda Gates Distinguished Lecture Cambridge University, Port Elliot Festival, Centre for Investigative Journalism Summer School, Google Jam, International Journalism Festival

ONLINE: Reddit AMA, Science Friday Podcast