Digital Politics With Karen Jagoda

Allen Carroll, Program Manager for Storytelling at Esri, talks with Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, about using mapping and visualization to tell compelling stories and drive change. Allen moved to Esri after 27 years at the National Geographic Society, where he gained a deep appreciation of the power of GIS data and maps. Allen and Deepak talk about:  Developing the Esri storytelling app StoryMaps to generate interactive maps with multimedia content to tell place-based stories  Sources of data to develop visualization of neighborhoods and communities to identify opportunities and problems Bringing GIS tools to a broader audience to engage constituents and enable real-time tracking of activities @ArcGISStoryMaps @Esri @TheDemLabs #GIS #Visualization #Maps #Mapping #StoryMaps Esri.com Storymaps.arcgis.com TheDemLabs.org