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 […]
Stop Speaking for the Data
It’s late August, and are into another hot week here in North Carolina. So yet again I was outside with the hose watering our little vegetable garden. And in that meditative moment I thought about The Lorax. I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have […]
The Reporting Revolution – Virtual Book Launch Party & Book Tour
The proof copy is on its way and if everything goes right, I will have The Reporting Revolution up on Amazon next week. So what now? It’s time for a party! First, Thank You! All told over 450 of you downloaded a free draft version of the book. I decided to share the book before […]
Last Chance to Download – The Reporting Revolution
I think the book is done. Depending on the response, there may be a second book to follow-up this one. But for now, I’m done writing. In 5 days, on August 23, I will taking the free download offline as I prepare the book for publication. But until that day, you can download the book […]
Free Resource Library relaunch, now with more cool stuff.
I just relaunched my free resource library, here is what you’ll find inside. Limited Time Downloads and Events As of today you’ll only find one time limited download, my in-process book The Reporting Revolution. This section will change often as some resources I share only stay free for short amount of time. I’ll try to […]
The Reporting Revolution – Digital Reporting Strategy
So in case you haven’t been following, I am writing a book. And every couple of weeks I’m releasing a new chapter. When the book is all done, I’m going to self-publish on Amazon. Until it’s ready for publication, you can download the current version for free. You’ll find the link at the bottom of […]
How to create a two step infographic with Excel and Canva
In today’s blog post I’ll walk you through the creation of a specific type of infographic I call a Two-Step. At the end of the post you’ll also find a link to the underlying Canva template. First off, what is a two step infographic? So I’m not sure if this kind of infographic has a […]
The Reporting Revolution – Finding Your Audience
Two weeks ago I shared the first 20 pages of the book I’m writing. Now it’s time to share Chapter 2. In case you missed the last post, the book I’m writing is called The Reporting Revolution: A little book for researchers and evaluators who give a sh*t. Chapter 2 was an accident. Originally I […]
8 Simple Tools for Video Creation
In today’s post I walk you through 8 different tools you can use for easy video creation. Video used to be the realm of camera lovers, animators, and production studios. But in our modern digital world, anyone can produce a video with the phone in their pocket. The number of tools can be a bit […]
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