Stephanie D.H. Evergreen's Blog, page 5

3 Ways to Add Meaning to Your Chart

There's not much meaning in the single number data communication strategy. And without meaning, there's nothing for our hearts and brains to hook into.

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Ban Pie Charts in your Annual Report

Henceforth I'm calling for a ban on pie charts in annual reports. The ban will be lifted when a company is able to credit a data viz designer (even an internal one) as a contributor to the report.

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Show All the Data

So what do you do if your audience is asking you to show all the data? Here are a few solid ideas plus one key question to ask.

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Charts for Researchers

Of course your chart arsenal includes your trusty bars & scatters. Add these 3 to your mix to gain clarity, get more eyeballs, be better understood.

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Ways to Make More Inclusive Data Viz

You’ll leave with at least 25 immediately implementable strategies & a list of the Black, Brown, Indigenous, queer, and disabled visualizers to follow as you work to become an ever better visualizer.

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Your Dashboard Should Be a Webpage

That dashboard you’re developing? That one that’s cost hundreds of hours? Wanna know why it doesn’t have the leverage you thought it would?

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The Right Tool for the Job

The most common question I get in my work, by far THE top question, is What software did you use to make that?

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Slidedocs, Slide Handouts, and One-Pagers

When it's time to present your data, you'll succeed if you learn about these three methods of circulation: slidedocs, slide handouts, and one-pagers.

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When a Bar is Boring

When a bar is boring, buy a round of tequila shots. LOL ok that might work at your neighborhood pub but your bar chart is gonna need something else.

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What Makes a Good One Pager

Or webpage. Or dashboard. Any place where you're assembling data and a message. You need 3 elements. Your one pager needs to be:

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