You know the audience is important, but how do you actually design a report for one? My suggestion, design your report for 3 audiences. Want to buy my book? You can get it …
Your report is not broken.
Is nobody reading your report? Have you put tons of work into something then shared it out to the world, only to hear nothing in return? It might be easy to think that you're to blame. If only …
How to use AI to make your reports readable [ChatGPT & the Hemingway App]
Are you a little hesitant about all this AI stuff? Me too. But these new AI tools can actually be pretty dang useful and easy to use. For the most part I'm a new tech skeptic. Before I add …
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The two types of report.
Without fail, this question would come up when I would present to evaluation teams on why they should consider changing the way they report. It would usually come from a senior member of the team. …
Reader-Focused Report Assessment
How do you tell a good report from a bad report? That's what I hope you'll be able to do with my new quick 2 page assessment. So a little while ago I created a resource, it was a short 18 page …
Human Centered Report Design
Are you searching for a modern reporting strategy that leads to visual reports other human beings would actually appreciate? I wrote you an eBook. Here is what you'll find inside the 35 page …
Make Dissemination Easy
Sharing our work well takes skill and experience. But not every data person has these skills. Should they? Qualified to Do the Work ? Qualified to Share the Work The vast majority of PhD and …
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 …
Are you reporting or documenting?
Do you know why so many research and evaluation reports are super long and boring? I have a theory. One nice thing about putting all of your ideas into a book is that it makes it easier to chat …
Stop it with the Interactive Dashboards
So your organization gave you a Tableau license. Or perhaps you attended a half-day PowerBI workshop. Now you're ready to use your new tools and make some of your data interactive. But should …
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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 …
The Reporting Revolution – Virtual Book Launch Party & Book Tour
The proof copy is on its way and if everything goes right, I will have The Reporting Revolution up on Amazon next week. So what now? It's time for a party! First, Thank You! All told over …
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