*UPDATE* If you attended one of my sessions, I mentioned a coupon code for diydatadesign. Here it is, enter Eval16 when asked for a coupon code and you’ll get the first month for only $5. As in the past several years, I’ll be live cartooning this year’s American Evaluation Association Conference. This post will keep […]
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The Content Strategy Problem
Many organizations have a content strategy problem. Their problem? There is no strategy. Our new reporting universe. The web has opened up a lot avenues that organizations can use to reach their audiences. A lot of avenues. To the point that the number of avenues is overwhelming. Off the top of my head, a contemporary professional […]
Serve up Survey Data with a Menu Infographic
During this week’s Thursday discussions over at diydatadesign we’ll be talking about different strategies for visualizing survey data. Preparing for that call inspired this post. The Problem Surveys are not setup in a narrative format. So after the results roll in and it’s time to sit down in a meeting to go over the results, you could be […]
One-Pagers and Free Courses
So I decided to make a few tweaks to my workshop. Instead of offering free weekly webinars, I’m switching to offering temporary free courses. Basically I’ll be making the short animated courses I launch free for their first week. So if you follow my blog closely enough, you’ll get free access to lots of premium content. If […]
Are you THE Creative?
“Oh yeah, we have someone like you.” I remember when I first heard that. I thought to myself, “really, you have a cartooning sociologist techie and blogger who also happens to have a decade of experience in research and evaluation?” That’s not what they meant of course. What they really meant was that they had a creative. […]
Want better visuals? Make the process cheaper, easier and faster.
Saying that we should budget more money or time towards data design is like saying we should increase teacher pay. You can get a lot of nodding heads from decision makers but when it comes time to actually commit the funds… That’s a no go. So you’re left with a few options. Option 1: Keep fighting the […]