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# The Visual Organization Book Tour: San Francisco
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/the-visual-organization-book-tour/
- Published: 2013-10-31T21:21:04.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-05T03:30:46.000Z
- Description: Time to hit the road.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Announcements, Big Data, Dataviz, Rush, The Visual Organization

When I write a book, I usually [hire a PR firm](https://www.philsimon.com/blog/publishing-writing-blog/how-to-vet-a-pr-firm/) to help with its promotion. This time, I'm going to try something different.

For the *The Visual Organization*, I am [changing the equation](https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Cranston-Change-Equation-Poster/dp/B0047UV0QW?ref=philsimon.com). I will be giving a limited number of free talks in and around San Francisco over the course of a week. As for dates, we're looking at either late March or early April of 2014\. I'd like to give at least two talks per day of around 30-45 minutes each on Big Data and data visualization. I'll then take 15-30 minutes of questions. Ideally, I would speak at venues that can accommodate a decent crowd and allow for the talk to be recorded.

## What's the book about?

Here are a bunch of book-related links:

- [Book main page](https://www.philsimon.com/books/the-visual-organization/)
- [Book Introduction](https://www.philsimon.com/blog/big-data/introduction-to-the-visual-organization/)
- [Posts](https://www.philsimon.com/tag/the-visual-organization/)

For those of you who prefer a visual (pun intended), here's the trailer:

I'd like to speak at the following places:

- Organizations
- Conferences
- Colleges and universities, but probably not grade schools
- Co-working spaces
- Large [MeetUp](https://www.meetup.com/?ref=philsimon.com) groups
- Libraries (SF seems to be a big book city)
- Candlestick Park (or whatever they call it these days)
- Others if they make sense

## Requirements

I normally charge when I speak, but I will waive my fee in exchange for the purchase of fair number of physical copies of the book (at least 10) at a discounted price from Wiley ($25/copy + shipping). I don't control the price and, in case you're wondering, *The Visual Organization* will a full-color hardcover book containing roughly 240 pages.

After the talk, I will gladly answer questions for as long as you like and I can (hinging on where I need to be next), but each talk will be based upon the book. That is, I won't be developing a specific presentation for each talk. For questions, though, fire away.

My talks are never exactly the same. It's always a hybrid of improvisation and composition, much like [Neil Peart's drum solos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nKe7JZ41GI&ref=philsimon.com). At each, though, I'll talk about the increasing importance of dataviz in an era of Big Data. I'll discuss some of the examples in the book: Netflix, eBay, Autodesk, University of Texas, and Wedgies. I'll be talking about the need for new types of dataviz tools and applications. I won't be lecturing about very technical things like programming in [R](https://www.r-project.org/?ref=philsimon.com).

## Near-Final Schedule: Updated 03.26.14

We're pretty much all set. I just added Carnegie Mellon, Visier, and Platfora.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8f/b5/8fb5e321-49a6-4cf5-8a28-c6f6d5417e54/content/images/2025/05/tour-1.jpg)

## Next Steps

If you're interested in having me speak to your organization or group or have any suggestions, then please connect [here](https://www.philsimon.com/connect).