I’m sick this week, so instead of writing something new, I thought I republish something valuable from 11 years ago. This cartoon was inspired through a conversation with my good friend Ann K. Emery. This was back when Ann was a full time evaluator and before the launch of her super successful training academy and […]
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Building Your Creativity Toolkit
“Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating” These are words that came from comedy icon, John Cleese. Head to YouTube if you want to watch one of his talks on creativity, and the source of this quote. The quote itself has really stuck with me over the years as I have […]
5 Baby Steps to Better Reports
A couple of years ago I put out a book called the Reporting Revolution. And while I still believe just about everything I wrote in that book, I know many of you are not actually looking to start a revolution. You just want to start creating better reports. So, with that in mind, today’s post […]
Is your team, report deficient?
Long, boring, dusty-shelf reports might be a problem, but it’s rarely the biggest problem most data teams face. When teams decide to start tackling their report design problems, that’s where they start. They think that if they can turn their long, boring, dusty-shelf report into something that’s not as long, not as boring, and more […]
3 lessons learned about online courses in early 2024
I launched my first online workshop in late 2015. I had this idea that it would be best to start, whether or not I had everything ready in advance. And as we went, I would listen to the needs of participants and respond with lessons and activities. It was messy and a bit disorganized. And […]
How to create a timeline infographic using Canva.
Looking for an infographic that is easy to write and design? This post will you through the process of creating a timeline infographic from scratch using Canva. I’ll also include the final templates at the end of this post. Here is what I will design – “Our Project Timeline” This is just a simple timeline, […]