In this video I’ll show you step by step how to create a simple infographic. We start with a column chart in Excel (a.k.a. bar graph or bar chart) and then bring it into Canva for annotations. Video Transcript Hey data designer! Welcome to my new recipe series. The goal with this series is to […]
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Schools kill creativity, graduate schools bury it.
Every now and again I rewatch one of my favorite TED talks, and one of the most popular TED talks of all time. And like every favorite thing that you watch over and over again, the talk keeps changing as I age. A new little thing that I might have missed before, or simply forgotten, […]
Story Finding Worksheet
So this question came up from a participant during my data storytelling workshop. The question was something like, “How do you train others on your team to find, and then tell, stories?“ During the prior session, we had gone through a series of storytelling frameworks. We practiced developing and telling stories using each one. One […]
Creative Self-Assessment
If I could go back in time to my university days, I would certainly take some different electives. Like so many of you, I spent my time in college learning how to be a social scientist. Which included absolutely zero practical creative or design courses. My professional evolution would probably have been easier if I […]
Finding meaning in our work
I fell into the world of data visualization in 2008, when an executive at the non-profit I was working for at the time decided to send a few of the younger staff members to a local talk by Edward Tufte. My colleagues were mostly underwhelmed, but I came away changed (and with his 4 books […]
Data Storytelling Comics
As I get ready to deliver my live data storytelling workshop (now self-paced with future live sessions included), I decided to develop a series of comics. My goal over the next week is to create at least 20 (note from future me: I failed, I only made it to 14). If you have any data […]