Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Sex, Drugs, HIV...and a really awesome PowerPoint

This is Elizabeth Pisani, a public health specialist talking about HIV treatment and prevention as it relates to the rationales of policy makers, voters, and those in at risk demographics. Her talk is amazing, and it's worth watching just to learn about the ins and outs of HIV prevention policy, but I felt like the PowerPoint she uses might be of particular interest to the aR[RGB] community. The design is impeccable, and I think it speaks to the power of graphic design to make complex sets of data--and the scientific reasoning extrapolated from them--accessible to non-specialists, thus allowing all thinking people to engage with intricate problems and do as Elizabeth charges her audience at the end of the presentation: demand informed, rational decisions from our leadership. Enjoy.