Nobel Peace Prize 2007

Robert Kosara writes at EagerEyes.org about Al Gore's use of graphics to get his point across:

Gore has made a huge impact with his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. A large part of that comes from his use of graphs and charts.

The charts and the underlying data have of course been the subject of much scrutiny and ridicule, mostly from people who do not agree with the message of the movie. A thorough critique of these is certainly in order, but the fascinating thing is that these abstract charts help to further his story. ... the visual presentation of abstract data is what gets the message across - even if the representation is itself rather abstract.

Visualization and information graphics are excellent tools for presentation, and their impact is being felt in the world.

You can see the movie trailer here at the Apple web site; the charts and graphs can be seen here, and a post about Duarte Design, which prepared the slides can be read here at Pressentation Zen.