So I have to admit something. I am HORRIBLE at multitasking. For example, I can’t look something up on my phone while having a conversation. I can’t cook dinner while putting together a grocery list. “How about listen to your wife while doing anything else?” my wife added after I had asked her for examples. […]
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Create a Line Graph Infographic with Canva and Flourish
In today’s post I’ll share the steps I used in creating a line graph centered infographic. The more I use Flourish, the more I like Flourish. Canva is a super easy tool for infographic design, but its chart builder leaves a lot to be desired. But since there is a native connection to Flourish, there […]
Evaluation Comics
Big news! I have an evaluation comics page now. So what does that actually mean? Over the last decade my comics used to live almost entirely within blog posts. For most of my cartooning life I’ve treated my cartooning as a form of blog post illustration. My cartoons were illustrations of ideas that were found […]
Better Report Design or Faster Report Design? Pen and Paper Activity
So what’s better, creating one great report or ten good reports? In an ideal world we would have ample time to plan, write, develop, illustrate, test, and iterate our evaluation reports. But that’s likely not the professional world you occupy (and it’s certainly not the world I occupy). I decided to try out a little […]
How to design a research poster using Canva
Today’s post is about designing research poster presentations using Canva. Even if you’ve never created a research poster in your life, I think this post can really help you get a solid jump on your next design. Because ready or not, it’s happening. After a long COVID-19 break, a bunch of evaluation conferences are going […]
Color Theory, Color Wheels, Color Themes, Color Pickers, and More.
Gone are the days when all your reports were just in black and white. Sure, black and white is still cheaper to print, but color printers do exist. And who even prints anything anymore when most of what we read sits on a screen? It’s time to stop hiding from color. Luckily for us, there […]