How v is working to engage young people via innovative presentation of research insight.

2. Graphs are boring
G h b i
Voicebox is an open project curating young peoples‘
views and visualising the findings through graphics,
g g g g p ,
animation, robots and more.
Going live online on 25th June 2009
www.vinspired.com/voicebox

3. Inspiration
I i ti
Data visualisation is increasingly being used as
an effective way of communicating
information online.

6. Our Ambition
O A biti
To ensure that v is successfully and authentically
To ensure that v is successfully and authentically
youth led.
To make vinspired.com a hub for youth insight.

7. How do we achieve
this?
By creating a platform through which we can
have regular ‘conversations’ with young
people.
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Using opinion polls, surveys and a blog to
Using opinion polls s r e s and a blog to
facilitate debate we intend to probe for the
opinions of young people on a range of social
opinions of young people on a range of social
issues.

8. How does this help?
H d thi h l ?
These insights will help v not only speak
h i i h ill h l l k
about issues relevant to 16‐25s but provide
programmes that are in tune with these
programmes that are in tune with these
issues.
As an organization we will be able to highlight
problem areas that need to be addressed.
problem areas that need to be addressed.
The insights will give us good reason to speak
p y
to policy makers.

9. The Topics
Th T i
• Labels (
Labels (perceptions of young people)
ti f l )
• What do you care about?
(in no more than 250 characters!)
( h h !)
• How do young people spend their time?
• Places to go –
the provision of things to do in local areas
• Values
• Community
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10. And there’s a robot…
A d th ’ b t

11. What s
What’s the plan for
today?
• T di
To discuss some of the areas around our
f th d
launching theme, Labels
• To give you the opportunity to listen in on
some of our discussions with young people
some of our discussions with young people
• To allow you a chance to direct some of your
To allow you a chance to direct some of your
own questions

12. How can you get
involved?
• Go to vinspired.com/voicebox and answer the
surveys yourself
surveys yourself
• Pose questions on the blog and register your
viewpoint, get involved in the debate
i i t t i l d i th d b t
• Download the data and use it, maybe even
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create your own visualisations
• Encourage the young people you encounter to
Encourage the young people you encounter to
do the same, let them get their voice heard