Time for yet another halloween evaluation comic post. Which is your favorite? Let me know in the comments. Scope Creep This one inspired by Kasey Valente. Halloween comic idea- something to do with “scope creep”…. I was writing about scope creep this week and kept visualising creep as a halloween monster of sorts. Whatever you do, don’t fall […]
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The 3 things you need to become a better data designer (not one is about tech).
Do you want to improve your data visualization design and reporting skills? Stop worrying about technology. The technology part of data visualization design has gotten easier and easier over the 15 years I’ve been designing and teaching design. If you are driven, with a few hours and a YouTube tutorial or two, you can figure […]
Report Study – Map the Meal Gap 2023
In this series of blog posts I will share examples of professionally designed modern reports. For each report I’ll also write out a list of things to notice. My goal is not to critique but to show you real life examples of design concepts to help you become a better report designer. Today let’s take […]
How to create video explanations
Today’s blog post will walk you through a method you can use to create explanation videos using Canva and Zoom. The concept was designed as a simple way to walk an audience through a some type of model (ex. logic model, theory of change, etc.). The Concept Video This video was recorded using Zoom and […]
How to Evaluate your Reporting
If you are serious about creating better reports, it’s time to take a step back. In this post I’m going to share my F.R.E.D. method for evaluating modern report dissemination. But let’s start with something I’ve learned slowly over the last two decades of my data design career. The biggest problem with most evaluation, research, […]
How to create simple infographics.
Stop overthinking infographics. Not every infographic needs to be a fully illustrated well-developed story. It can be enough to just share a simple factoid or quote and give it some pretty colors. In my workshops I tend to call simple infographics, micrographics. But you also might see them mentioned as featured images, small infographics, or […]