In this video I'll walk you through the 4 things you need to consider when developing your own data to action strategy. Transcript ?All right. So today let's talk about the few different …
New Free Course on Micrographics
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 …
14 tips to make reporting easier.
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 …
Stop Speaking for the Data
It's late August, and are into another hot week here in North Carolina. So yet again I was outside with the hose watering our little vegetable garden. And in that meditative moment I thought about …
8 reasons why you should join my report design workshop community.
Before I was an information designer I was just a data guy. I learned to design because I got tired of seeing good evaluation work quickly fade into obscurity because it was poorly reported. Now …
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Modern Reporting – Why you should design before you write.
Seriously, and I don't mean after you've written several drafts. I really mean before you write. In today's post. Most creativity happens inside the box.Why waiting till the end to design your …
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What you do is important.
I had a really hard year back in 2017. It was filled with the loss of close family which left a lingering mark on both my personal and professional lives. The couple years that followed …
Data Storytelling starts with Data Story Finding
You may have heard a data expert or two talking about data storytelling. But before you can tell a story, you need to find a story. This post walks through some strategies on how to do just …
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What is the difference between a Histogram and a Bar Graph?
If you want to be taken seriously as a data professional, there are some things that you just need to know. The difference between a Bar Chart and a Histogram is one of those things. This post is …
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The Evaluation Mindset: Not Your Data
In 2018, 87 years after it was completed, Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon was released to the public. Reading the book today the story of Cudjo Lewis feels completely relevant to our contemporary …
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