Web design, for most researchers and evaluators I know, includes a good bit of DIY. I recently had the opportunity to work with my friend and fellow RTP evaluator Karen Peterman on an update to her business’ website design. I helped with the overall design, provided some input on the text and added a set of illustrations. Karen wrote the […]
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Build a Qualitative Dashboard
Why is it that so many attempts to visualize qualitative data start by quantifying the data? Qualitative data is special because it’s deep and rich. There is huge value in learning lots about a little. But when we present that data, we often remove the richness that makes qualitative data special. Anyone who has ever […]
Easy Stackable Infographic
Here is an easy way to create an infographic using power point. This time for web publication. If you publish a set of images stacked on top of one another they appear as a single image. So to create an infographic, just create a series of slides with alternating background colors and export as images. This […]
Building an Alternate Index Infographic
There is no single way to create an infographic. Styles depend greatly on the content, audience and purpose. Today’s post is the first in a longer series focused on practical data visualization. Each post will cover a different style of visualization that attempts to solve a specific problem. You have many audiences Funders, politicians, researchers, […]
What is school for? 5 cartoons
We’re not spending nearly enough time asking each other: What is School For?-Seth Godin My daughter started kindergarten recently. So if you’ve noticed that my posting schedule’s been thrown off or that I’ve seemed a little frazzled as of late, this is definitely a contributing factor. I really disliked school. Or, to dis-aggregate, I was OK with elementary, […]
My top 7 most engaging posts
Many of you are new here so before anything else let me just say, thank you for following. Since you’ve likely not seen them, I thought it might be a good idea to let you know about some of my favorite posts. Being a cartoonist, I have quite a few posts where people show up for […]