Dissemination that Actually Works
Are you looking for ideas on how to use Canva for data visualization design, reporting, or dissemination? Canva is one of my favorite design tools for making your DataViz life easier. Here are some of the blog posts where I share Canva tutorials, design tips, and templates.
In today's blog post I'll show you a contemporary approach to annual report design. Instead of ending up with 1 report, you'll end up with 5, each designed to meet a separate need. At the end of …
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Remember how I said you couldn't add alt text in Canva? Well, you can now! Transcript Hey, so you may already know that I am a huge fan of Canva. And I use it for all sorts of things from …
Design is a process. So is creativity. In today's post I'll walk you through the process I would use to design an executive summary style report using Canva. Step 1. Simple Mini …
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How do you add alt text in Canva? Short answer, you don't (Canva doesn't have that feature). Long answer, read on for a workaround. As much as I love Canva for creating infographics and …
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So welcome to a new series of blog posts. Each will be a type of design walkthrough. In these posts I will start with a chart or piece of information found in a real report and adapt it into …
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I'm trying out a new style of course, and for the moment, it's free. Even the best designed full reports are only read by so many people. It might be the marquee deliverable you pass on to your …
Looking for ways to make reporting easier? In this blog post I share a collection of tips. When talking about my book with folks I get a lot of head nods. But then the obvious question comes …
In today's post I'll share my five favorite reporting tools. And no, my list doesn't include Excel, PowerPoint, Word, R, Illustrator, D3, Tableau, or PowerBI. My Quest. I think I've been on a …
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In today's blog post I'll walk you through the creation of a specific type of infographic I call a Two-Step. At the end of the post you'll also find a link to the underlying Canva …
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In today's post I walk you through 8 different tools you can use for easy video creation. Video used to be the realm of camera lovers, animators, and production studios. But in our modern …
If you are not used to creating your own infographics, creating a professional infographic quickly might seem like a tall order. But sometimes deadlines call or you just need to create lots of …
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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 …
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