Randy's Appearances & Presentations

Randy is available for Speaking Engagements about data visualization, infographics and visual communication topics.  Previously, Randy has presented to conferences, Mastermind groups, company meetings, government organizations, schools and MBA classes.  If interested, send a note through the Contact page on InfoNewt.com to discuss your event.

My talks and interviews about infographics and design on YouTube and slides from my presentations are available on SlideShare!

Topics can include (but are not limited to) the following:

Upcoming Events 

Comments and feedback:

• "There was a lot of great practical information. Thanks for a fantastic presentation!"
• "Best session of the day!"
• "Very informative. Not enough room for all who wanted to attend."
• "Awesome presentation"
• "Absolutely masterful."
• "Incredible! Proof that the presenter makes the difference."
• "Terrific info, terrific presentation, terrific speaker, terrific evening. One of the best speakers I have heard in a while, with so much to offer, well spoken and presented."
• "The speaker and his infographics were absolutely top notch!"
• "Great speech! Every page of the slides attracts attention. Thanks for introducing so many useful tools!"
• "Would be nice for Randy to help other presenters show their graphics this way!"
• "Wow!"
• "Great presentation! Randy generously shared his knowledge giving folks interesting perspectives and inspiration."
• "This presentation exceeded my expectations. I learned a lot that I can potentially apply to my work."
• "The students loved the presentation.  Really opened their eyes to the power and usefulness of infographics."
• "Fantastic, practical advice with dozens of examples."
• "Clearly hit the right chord.  I heard Randy's data quoted in many meetings after the presentation."
• "Randy's visualization presentation was one of the best I've attended. Most viz presentations are overly vague and non-specific, but the feedback provided was absolutely useful for folks just getting started with visualization"
• "Everyone else's presentation paled in comparison. Randy's use of graphics to present his message superseded anyone else's.  I could have listened to him all day.”
• "Randy Krum's presentation was most valuable and pertinent to my job as a communications specialist."

Past Events

• Design Tips and Tactics to Create Great Data Visualizations [Private Workshop], State of Texas Government, Department of Information Resources, July 2018
• Data Visualization: Best Practices for Communicating With Data, Texas Government Data Forum 2018, Department of Information Resources, Austin, TX, June 2018
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Data Visualization Design, MicroStrategy Symposium Columbus, OH, Jul 2018
• Data Visualization & Presentation Design Best Practices [Private Webinar] May 2018
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Data Visualization Design [Webinar], State of Texas Government, Department of Information Resources, May 2018
• What is Good DataViz Design? Webinar, Society for Technical Communication (STC), May 2018
• Data Visualization & Infographics Best Practices Workshop, SMU MSDS Immersion Weekend, Apr 2017
• Communicating Complex Product and Company Information: Pitfalls and Best Practices
  TechTitans Lunch Event, Dallas, TX, Apr 2018
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Data Visualization Design, MicroStrategy Symposium Dallas, Apr 2018
• Data Visualization & Infographics, NYU; Guest Lecturer Webinar, Apr 2018
• Cool Infographics: Design Tips, Examples & Tools, Webinar, Chicago Chapter of Society for Technical Communication (STC), Mar 2018
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Infographics Design, Webinar, Society for Technical Communication (STC), Jan 2018
• What is Good DataViz Design?, DFW DataViz Meetup, Plano, TX, Dec 2017
• Data Visualization Design Principles to Create that “Ah-Ha!” Moment, Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, Nov 2017
• Data Visualization & Infographics Best Practices Workshop, SMU MSDS Immersion Weekend, Nov 2017
• Best Practices in Communicating Your Data & Insights, Panel Moderator, TechTitans, Analytics & Insights Lunch N' Learn, Plano, TX, Nov 2017
• Cool Infographics: Design, Publishing and Promotion, Digital x Dallas, Dallas, TX, Oct 2017
• Cool Infographics: Design, Publishing and Promotion, State of Search Conference, Dallas, TX, Oct 2017
• Applying Design to Your Own Personal Brand, Big Design Conference, Addison, TX, Sep 2017
• Data Visualziation Best Practices Workshop, Private Event, Austin, TX, Sep 2017
• Data Visualziation Best Practices Workshop, ROHDEO Texas Oral Health Metrics Summit, Austin, TX, Jun 2017 
• Data Visualization & Infographics Best Practices Workshop, Ragan's PR Daily Infographics Virtual Summit, Jun 2017 
• Data Visualization & Infographics Best Practices, HTML5 Meetup, Dallas, Jun 2017
• What Is Good DataViz Design?, Big Data Bootcamp, Irving, TX May 2017
• Data Visualization & Infographics Best Practices Workshop, SMU MSDS Immersion Weekend, Apr 2017
• Get visual to go viral! Design and publish infographics that win results, Ragan's PR & Media Relations Summit, New York City, NY Apr 2017
• Cool Infographics: Design, Publishing and Promotion, SearchHOU, Houston, TX, Mar 2017
• Take your visualizations to the next level on social media and beyond, Ragan's PRDaily Engaging Infographics Virtual Summit, Jan 2017
• DataViz Design Best Practices, Creating Engaging Business Presentaions Meetup, Austin, TX, Nov 2016
• Data Visualization & Infographics Design Lunch & Learn, Teacher's Retirement System of Texas, Austin, TX Nov 2016
• What is Good DataViz Design?, Digital Analytics Association (DAA) Dallas Symposium, Plano, TX, Sep 2016
• Data Visualization & Infographics Design - Corporate Workshop, Boise, ID, Sep 2016
• What is Good DataViz Design?, Big Design Conference, Addison, TX, Sep 2016
• Visual Personal Branding & Infographic Resumes, DFW Data Visualization & Infographics Meetup Group, Sep 2016
• Targeting Your Audience: Data Visualization to Communicate Data Insights, Global Big Data Conference, Santa Clara, CA, Sep 2016
• Good, Bad & Ugly DataViz Twitterchat #Analyticsforall, Hosted by IBM Watson Analytics, Jul 2016
• Data Visualization Design Workshop, SMU MS Data Science, Plano, TX, Jul 2016
• Expose UX TV Show Taping - DataViz Episode, DFW DataViz and Infographics Meetup, Dallas, TX, Jul 2016
• Cool Infographics: Examples, Tips & Tools, Rocks Digital Marketing Conference, Addison, TX, Jun 2016
• Visualizing Research Data, MSMR Annual Conference, Arlington, TX, Apr 2016
• Visualizing Your Startup Pitch Deck, Dallas Startup Week, Apr 2016
• Visualizing Research Data,Southwest Marketing Research Association (MRA) 30th Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Apr 2016
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Infographics Design, SxSW Interactive, Ignite Talk & Book Signing, Mar 2016
• Design Tips & Tools for Data Visualization, Digital Analytics Association (DAA) Dallas Chapter, Mar 2016
• Infographics & Data Visualization Design Workshop, Texas Department of Information Resources, Austin, TX, Mar 2016
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Infographics Design, DFW Data Visualization & Infographics Meetup Group, Feb 2016
• Webinar, Social IMC, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, Feb 2016
• Data Visualization: The Power of Visual Communication Webinar, Texas Department of Information Resources, Jan 2016
• The Language of DataViz, Creative Mornings, DFW Chapter, [Video] Jan 2016
• Cool Infographics, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Guest Lecturer Webinar, Nov 2015
• Tips for Designing Infographics Webinar with Visme.co, [Video], Nov 2015
• MOOC, Social Media Specialization, Course 3, with Northwestertn University and Coursera
• Webinar, Social IMC, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, Nov 2015
• NYU, Designing Data: Infographics, Guest Lecturer Webinar, Nov 2015
• VIP Social Influencer, IBM Insight 2015, Oct 2015
• Design Secrets for Infographics and Data Visualization & Design Workshop, DAMA Day Portland Annual Conference, Oct 2015
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Infographics Design, Big Design Conference, Addison, TX, Sep 2015
• Hiring Mixer & Book Signing, Dallas UX Meetup, Addison, TX, Sep 2015
• KEYNOTE: Design Secrets for Infographics and Data Visualization & Design Workshop, SACCR Annual Conference, Dustin, FL, Sep 2015
• The Science of Data Visualization and Infographics [VIDEO], Visme Webinar, Sep 2015
• 10 Data Visualization Tools You Can Use Tomorrow (Lightning Talk), DFW Data Visualization & Infographics Meetup, Aug 2015
• Optimizing Online Infographics, DFW Data Visualization & Infographics Meetup, Jul 2015
• Innovative Ways Companies Are Using Infographics, Association for Talent Development (ATD), Fort Worth Chapter, Hurst, TX, Jun 2015
• Social IMC, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, May 2015
• Cool Infographics: Data Visualization & Design, MSMR Annual Conference, Arlington, TX, Apr 2015
• Malofiej 23 Infographics World Summit Recap, DFW Data Visualization & Infographics Meetup, Apr 2015, SMU CAPE Dallas, TX
• Infographic Design Tools & Tips, Dallas User Experience Meetup, Mar 2015
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Infographics Design, Malofiej 23 Infographics World Summit, Pamplona, Spain, Mar 2015
• Social IMC, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, Jan 2015
• The Infographics & DataViz Design Process, DFW Data Visualization & Infographics Meetup, Jan 2015, SMU Plano, TX
• Social IMC, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, Nov 2014
• Innovative Ways Companies are Using Infographics, DFW Data Visualization & Infographics Meetup, Nov 2014
• Infographic Design Process and SEO Maximization, PDX Data Visualization Meetup, Portland, OR, Oct 2014
• Infographics & DIY Design Seminar, NPEA Annual Conference, Portland, OR, Oct 2014
• IVMG, Interagency Visual Media Group, Washington DC, Oct 2014
• NYU, Designing Data: Infographics, Guest Lecturer Webinar, Oct 2014
• Texas Assoc of State Systems for Computing and Communication. TASSCC Annual Conference, Houston, TX, Aug 2014
• Lunch & Learn presentation and book signing, Kansas City, KS, Jul 2014
• NYU, Designing Data: Infographics, Guest Lecturer Webinar, Jun 2014
• digihealth pulse Virtual Conference 2014 (DHPV 2014), A Matter of Life and Death: How to Make Health Data Understandable and Actionable, May 2014
• NYU, Designing Data: Infographics, Guest Lecturer Webinar, May 2014
• Social IMC, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, May 2014
• Infographics Workshop, Kaiser Permanente, Washington DC, May 2014
• Infographics Workshop, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC, Apr 2014
• National Library Week Webinar, Texas Department of State Health Services, Apr 2014
• The National Tropical Weather Conference, South Padre Island, Apr 2014
• SxSW Interactive 2014 Book Signing, Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX, Mar 2014
• SFIM@ (South Florida Interactive Marketing Association), Fort Lauderdale, FL, Feb 13, 2014
• Guest Lecturer, University of Miami, Alberto Cairo's Information Graphics class, CVJ331, Miami, FL, February 2014
• Washington DC Board of Trade, Morningstar Breakfast Series, Hooks Book Events, Washington DC, Feb 12, 2014
• Data Visualization DC Meetup, Washington DC, February 11, 2014
• Noblis, Tech Tuesdays Presentation, Hooks Book Events, Washington DC, February 11, 2014
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Washington DC, February 10, 2014
• Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, November 12, 2013
• E-Learning Symposium 2013, Austin, TX, June 2013
• Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, May 2013
• INFORMS Business Analytics Conference 2013, San Antonio, TX, April 2013
• Guest Lecturer Webinar, February 2013, Queens University of Charlotte
• Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, November 2012
• 3M, St. Paul, MN, Custom Presentation & Hand-On Workshop, October 2012
• Chicago Association of Direct Marketing (CADM), Webinar, September 2012
• Texas Department of Information Resources, Webinar, September 2012
• U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Guest Speaker Series, McLean, VA, July 2012
• Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, May 2012
• Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Guest Lecturer Webinar, November 2011

Articles, Interviews & Guest Posts

Expert Interview – Data Visualization & Infographics, Dade Paper

5 Infographic Best Practices You Should Follow, Venngage

Interview, Podcast Your Data, Episode #23

Three Simple Resolutions to Design Better DataViz, Huffington Post

Interview, The PolicyViz Podcast, Episode #66

9 Great DataViz & Infographics Tools with Education Discounts, Huffington Post

5 Great TED Talks about DataViz, Huffington Post

Conference tackles how marketers relate to customers, The Shorthorn

5 Innovative Ways Companies Are Using Infographics to Share Data, Visme Learning Center

Using Visuals to Enhance Your Credibility, Huffington Post

Designing Infographics That Last, Huffington Post

Visual Storytelling: The Big Trend for SXSW 2016, Huffington Post

Pro Tips to Track Results From Infographics, Huffington Post

Infographics Are Evolving into Many Formats, Huffington Post

The Key to Infographic Marketing: The Picture Superiority Effect, Huffington Post

5 Ways to Market Yourself Visually, Huffington Post

5 Great Online Tools for Creating Infographics, Huffington Post

False Visualizations: When Journalists Get Data Viz Wrong, Huffington Post

Breakthrough Business Strategies Radio, interviewed by Michele Price

Presence in Presentations: How to Successfully Communicate with Any Audience, Article by Kelleigh Whelan

How infographics can enhance the promotion of your published material, Wiley Exchanges blog

Marketing FAIL: Infographics Hidden Behind Registration Walls, Huffington Post

The State of Infographics at SxSW 2014, Huffington Post

Break Through the Content Clutter with Cool Infographics, Jeff Cohen, Social Media B2B

Infographics & Relevance: 3 Tips To Improve SEO Results, Vizion Interactive blog

A New Business Ethics Issue: Linkbait, Infographics and Truth, Anthony Birch, Teaching Business Ethics

3 Design Tips From an Infographic Pro, ShutterStock blog

8 Tips for Doing Data Visualization Right, Beth Schultz, All Analytics

Is Your Resume Hopelessly Out of Date?, The Art of Doing blog, Camille Sweeney and Josh Gosfield

Infographics: Five Expert Quotes on Your Winning Content Type for 2013, SnapApp Blog

Interviewed on Visual Loop, Tiago Veloso, Visualoop.com

10 Tips for Designing Infographics, San Fran Beat, San Francisco State University

Get Visual with Your Info: Advice on Illustrating Your Content, Content Marketing Today

Explaining Infographics, Advanced Photoshop Magazine, Issue 73

Keeping an eye out for cool infographics, Jonathon Berlin, Society for News Design (SND)