Summary: Data illustration is the process of improving the accessibility of a data product by systematically adding pictures. This post introduces the concept and gives you a practical data illustration framework. If you were to search for information about data illustration over Google, you’ll probably end up with a bunch of results about data visualization. […]
What is Benefits Realisation and how does it connect to evaluation?
Summary: While evaluation asks “did this work and why,” Benefits Realisation tracks whether specific organizational wins (like cost savings or better employee retention) actually happened as planned. This week’s post is a guest post by Liz Richardson who is a senior specialist in evaluation at Natural England. As per usual when I have guest post, […]
Is the high reading level appropriate? Data UX Review
In this series of Data UX reviews I take real published reports and look for areas of improvement. The ultimate goal for these reviews is shared learning. This week, we discuss readability. Today’s Report is an Evaluation Synthesis Report (2022-2023) produced by the Evaluation Office of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). You can peruse the […]


