Gapminder Videos

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The conference SIME08 took place in Stockholm on November 12-13 2008. Urban Lifestyle was there and recorded some of the speakers. In this video Hans Rosling, Professor of Public health and the father of "The Gapminder World" a statistic presentation showing global trends in a vivid way. Enjoy!

In our latest podcast I talk with Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institutet and Director of the Gapminder Foundation. We discuss Hans’ background in medicine, his ongoing and compelling crusade to let data speak, and touch upon the work of the Foundation in this area. During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; ALT-C 2008, Leeds (watch Hans Rosling’s keynote, listen to the audio, or read my live coverage) Paul Cheung, UN Statistics Division Flash Gapminder Foundation Gapminder World Google Google Motion chart (and the tool embedded in a live Google Docs spreadsheet) Karolinska Institutet Many Eyes Millennium Development Goals John Snow, and his work on cholera Macromedia Director Christopher Murray, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Swivel TED, and Hans Rosling’s presentations in 2006 and 2007 UNICEF WHO World Health Chart (2001) from the Gapminder Foundation This conversation was conducted using Skype on Wednesday 22 October, recorded with Ecamm Network’s Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.For other Talis podcasts in this Xiphos series, see here. To subscribe to updates from all of Talis’ podcast series, see here.

nnProfessor Hans Rosling issues new challenges at the OECD World Forum in Istanbul.Also see Prof. Rosling's incredible TED Talks!OECD Istanbul Webcast By JesseRobbinsnn Tags : data, devinfo, gapminder, hansrosling, manyeyes, mappingworlds, stateoftheusa, swivel, web20

http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to debunk several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.)

http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to debunk several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.)

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Hans Rosling is a public health expert, director of Sweden's world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, he debunks a few myths about the "developing" world. [Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.]

Hans Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, he debunks a few myths about the "developing" world. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 20:35)

Gapminder is a nonprofit dedicated to better communicating and disseminating global-development statistics. In this podcast, founder Dr. Hans Rosling explains how interactive design helps "mind the gap" between the world's rich and poor, and discusses what Google is doing to help