Systemic report failure is when structures, formats, and habits consistently prevent reports and other resources from reaching the right people in ways they can actually use. In evaluation and research we treat this systemic failure as if it’s a skills issue. It’s not. Better charts, interesting stories, and well-designed PDFs are not enough to make […]
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KIDS COUNT 2025 – Before and After
This is one in a series of before and after designs. With each post I take a real publicly available resource or report and adapt the writing, format, structure, and illustrations in order to increase the accessibility. You can see other before and after posts in the series by following this link. How it Started – […]
Qualitative Storytelling Dashboard – Before and After
This is one in a series of before and after designs. With each post I take a real publicly available resource or report and adapt the writing, format, structure, and illustrations in order to increase the accessibility. You can see other before and after posts in the series by following this link. How it Started – […]
Guiding Principles for Evaluators – Before and After
This is one in a series of before and after designs. With each post I take a real publicly available resource or report and adapt the writing, format, structure, and illustrations in order to increase the accessibility. You can see other before and after posts in the series by following this link. How it Started […]
My qualitative dataviz book is now live! (and free)
Compelling Qualitative Data Visualization, my latest free-to-read book, is now live. Here is a little synopsis. What’s the book about? In the book I talk about my approach to illustrating mixed-method and qualitative reports. It’s a very practical book. Wasn’t this a workshop? Yes, I’ve actually delivered the workshop live a couple of times. Since […]
CDC Evaluation Framework – Before and After
This is the second in a series of before and after designs. With each post I’ll take a real publicly available resource or report and adapt the writing, format, structure, and illustrations in order to increase the accessibility. You can see the first post on adapting a UNICEF Strategic Plan by following this link. In […]