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Creating GIFs to Explain Charts

So who has time to read the small print? We are in an age where even large print is rarely read. Unfortunately there a lot of really good charts that require at least a little bit of explanation.  So how do we convey that information to the audience? Could we use a GIF? What are […]

Stop trying to build a dream dashboard

I believe in the power of big dreams.  I really do. Want to end world hunger?  Awesome.  Want to make sure that everyone in your city has a warm/dry place to sleep at night?  Fantastic.  Trying to build schools in areas devastated by global conflict?  Go for it! But a dream dashboard? There is another name […]

Is the long report solution really a one page PDF?

Each morning, before I even put on the coffee, I check my pdf archive. Then I go to work, start up my computer, and immediately check my work pdf archive. Then I keep it on all day, sitting in the background letting me know when I have new pdfs to access. Of course I need […]

In defense of the 200 page report

So I’ve heard a lot of disdain for long reports over the years.  They’re easy targets and get picked on often (even I take a shot every now and again). But here’s a secret.  I actually kind of like them (shhhhh, don’t tell anyone). It’s not for the reading, I can barely even make it through a […]

A PDF Interactive Logic Model

So the interactive logic model post was a big hit.  I kept getting a similar question, so I decided to create a short follow-up. Here goes…I used icons from thenounproject, sketched it all out in Adobe Illustrator, and created the interactive prototype using Invision. But… Interactivity can be accomplished a bajillion and one ways.  Some of […]

Creating a hand drawn interactive dashboard for evaluation planning

It’s too bad we can’t create nice little interactive dashboards to support all of our work.  You know, as a way to kind of pull everything together and make our team’s (and client’s) lives just a little bit simpler. Especially in those early planning days, where we see lots of little iterations.  Wouldn’t that be […]