Baltimore Refresh: Data Visualization/JESS3

Just cross-posting an event announcement from a kindred local group, Baltimore Refresh. JESS3 is apparently the s**t! Enjoy.

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Refresh Bmore is back! We're announcing an event, a week from
this Thursday for our Revival Refresh with renowned web / graphic
designer, Jesse Thomas of JESS3.

EVENT TOPIC: Data Visualization
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As individuals and companies across the world rely more and more
heavily on social media, data visualization has become
indispensable for not only displaying analytics and metrics, but
also in understanding macro and micro trends by platform, network
and individual.

JESS3 CEO and Founder Jesse Thomas' talk will explore information
design, data visualization, relationship mapping and statistics --
and how they all fit together to create compelling infographics,
data visualizations and dynamic dashboards in hot pursuit of the
holy grail of information design: make it more digestible and
more human.

JESS3 has created two of today's most recognizable infographics
on the web: The Conversation Prism (http://theconversationprism.com)
and The State of the Internet video (http://vimeo.com/9641036).


EVENT SPEAKER: Jesse Thomas of JESS3
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We wanted to come back with a bang and when Javie Rios
(http://twitter.com/javierios) told me that he had reached out
and confirmed Jesse Thomas of JESS3 (http://jess3.com) to come
talk to our group, I knew we were in for something awesome!

Jesse Thomas is the CEO and Founder of JESS3. A creative
interactive agency specializing in social media data
visualization. Jesse has architected visual masterpieces and
interactive solutions for Nike, Facebook, Google, Discovery
Channel, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, MySpace, Pfizer, NASA, Nestle,
Pepsi / Tropicana, Classmates.com, C-SPAN, Salesforce.com, The
Wall Street Journal and many others.


WHEN + WHERE
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Thursday, November 11th at 6pm

MICA's Brown Center
Room 306
1300 W. Mount Royal Ave. (Glass Building)
Baltimore, MD 21217
Directions » http://bit.ly/aBcuR0

Space provided by Ben Kutil (http://twitter.com/benkutil)


SPONSOR + FOOD + RSVP
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Since I'm so excited to get this ball rolling again, I'm going
to be providing pizza, soda, and bottled water for the group.

To help me figure out how much pizza to get, I'd like to ask
that you RSVP on our Facebook page » http://on.fb.me/cuafjG

Also, if you wouldn't mind, please share this email with your
networks » http://refreshbaltimore.forwardtomyfriend.com/r/ntjidhyt/0BF70741/vadud/l