This video is for all the people commenting “Not Useful” on my video about gap width… I think I found your problem. The “I don’t feel like watching a video right now,” summary. In this video, Chris dives deeper into his previous video on removing gaps between bars in Excel charts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAgjY…), addressing the issue […]
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The 5 Minute Skim Test Using Visual Hierarchy to Reach Busy Execs
Struggling to understand reports in 5 minutes? Learn how to design skimmable reports! Struggling to understand reports in 5 minutes? Learn how to design skimmable reports! Tired of dense reports you don’t have time to read? This video teaches you how to use visual hierarchy to create reports that are easy to skim and understand, […]
Ditch the Text Walls, Embrace the White Space!
Tired of your reports looking like dense, unreadable brick walls? Check out this video with quick tips on why and how to start intentionally including white space in your reports. Here is a little summary of what you’ll see in the video. In this video, Chris, of Data Viz Made Easy, delves into the often-overlooked […]
How to create carousels with Canva
A carousel is like a social media slide deck. The format has been around for years, but it’s making a comeback. In today’s post I’ll show you how to create one using Canva. Do you remember slideshare? Basically it was a site that let you put your slidedecks on the web. Like a lot of […]
Design in Canva with Lorem Ipsum
Want some quick report design advice? Don’t wait until you are finished writing your report to design your report. Seriously, I have been in the data field for two decades working on research and evaluation projects. The vast majority of projects have waited until the very last minute to do any design work. The excuse, […]
Should DataViz be Easy?
For Christmas dinner this year I made my family spinach and pasta rotolo. It’s a baked pasta dish that involved making fresh pasta, rolling it flat, filling it with a spinach/ricotta mixture, and rolling it up like a jelly roll. Then it gets cut into small little scroll like pieces and baked upright with a […]