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November 29, 2017
Qualitative Chart Chooser 3.0
Stephanie’s Note: A year-ish ago, we released our qualitative chart chooser and we loved it to pieces but, like most things in life, we immediately wanted to change some things. We collaborated with some researchers steeped in qualitative data collection and analysis to rethink the chart chooser and now Jenny Lyons is back with our […]
Published on November 29, 2017 06:55
November 15, 2017
Book to Read: Innovative Evaluation Reporting
When I first started talking about presenting data effectively, Kylie Hutchinson came up to me in her bad ass black leather jacket and said if I needed a mentor, she was available. That’s how cool she is. When I talk about how effective it can be to introduce the element of fun into our data […]
Published on November 15, 2017 06:55
November 1, 2017
Announcing! Kauffman Foundation Evaluation Report Guidance
The folks at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation are serious about investing in the greater good and equally as serious about making sure those dollars have an impact. To that end, the hire organizations to investigate and evaluate what’s going on in Kauffman-funded programs. Those organizations apply the most appropriate research methods, collect a bunch […]
Published on November 01, 2017 06:55
October 18, 2017
How to Make Dumbbell Dot Plots in Excel
Data visualization is so cool because it helps you see things that would otherwise take a looooooot of effort. Here’s an example. Some very sweet clients in Maricopa County, Arizona (that’s the greater Phoenix area, friends) had a habit of presenting super important data in the most hard to digest way: a table. Tables are […]
Published on October 18, 2017 06:55
October 4, 2017
Data Nerd Thank You Cards
In years past, I designed for you cards to help you celebrate Valentine’s Day and the winter holidays like the data nerd you really are. But truth be told, my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. I love the food, the focus on family, and the deep expressions of gratitude. Does your family do that? Yes, I […]
Published on October 04, 2017 06:55
September 20, 2017
Anyone Can Do Graphic Design, Even You
This is the kind of post you either love or hate. You hate it if you are a graphic designer. When graphic designers are in my workshops, they usually spend the first part nodding their heads in passionate agreement because I’m educating their research team on things like font choice and color psychology – things […]
Published on September 20, 2017 06:55
September 6, 2017
Don’t Visualize
Here’s the deal: People primarily look at pictures. That’s why we visualize data – to get people to look at it. But if we waste the short amount of attention people are willing to extend to us by showing them visuals that don’t convey a point, we quickly teach them to ignore our pictures. We […]
Published on September 06, 2017 06:58
August 23, 2017
Evergreen Collections
The end of August marks an important moment for me because it is when I quit my salaried job to work on data visualization and design full time. 5 years! It remains one of my best decisions. So, I like to celebrate it with you. Last year, I launched the Evergreen Data Visualization Academy. Enrollment will open […]
Published on August 23, 2017 06:55
August 9, 2017
Visualizing Not Applicable or Missing Data
Yes, I know the jig is up. All of my examples in books and workshops are pretty tidy, as if every response options was addressed by every single respondent. The truth is that life and data collection are messy. How can we show that different questions have different sample sizes? The most appropriate visualization method will […]
Published on August 09, 2017 06:55
July 26, 2017
Color Psychology
As I usually do in my workshops, I talked to a group in Warsaw, Poland about how we should use color intentionally in our data visualization and that, in fact, the color choice itself can help us tell our story. I prepared a little activity around this issue, in which I asked them to generate a […]
Published on July 26, 2017 06:55