Looking for ways to make reporting easier? In this blog post I share a collection of tips. When talking about my book with folks I get a lot of head nods. But then the obvious question comes next… “Okay, but what do I do about it?” The truth is, as important as you think it […]
Are you reporting or documenting?
Do you know why so many research and evaluation reports are super long and boring? I have a theory. One nice thing about putting all of your ideas into a book is that it makes it easier to chat about those ideas with others. And I’ve had the opportunity to participate in a bunch of […]
5 Tools that Make Reporting Easier AND Better
In today’s post I’ll share my five favorite reporting tools. And no, my list doesn’t include Excel, PowerPoint, Word, R, Illustrator, D3, Tableau, or PowerBI. My Quest. I think I’ve been on a quest. Now I didn’t know I was on a quest. It was more like something was missing but I didn’t know it. […]
Stop it with the Interactive Dashboards
So your organization gave you a Tableau license. Or perhaps you attended a half-day PowerBI workshop. Now you’re ready to use your new tools and make some of your data interactive. But should you? Not everything should be interactive! Tools like Tableau and PowerBI give you the ability to pack a lot of data into […]