Evaluation is a systematic process to determine merit, worth, value or significance... But then what? Let's say you followed a systematic process and came to some conclusions about the value of …
Web Reports are Easier to Design than PDFs
Why are so many organizations still stuck in a PDF rut? I've been blogging since around 2008. For context, I started on WordPress well before I had my own business, years before I started drawing …
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What is Qualitative Data Visualization?
What do you think of when I say, "qualitative data visualization?" Do you just pull up a picture of a word cloud in your head, or does something else come to mind? For years I would just say …
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5 Baby Steps to Better Reports
A couple of years ago I put out a book called the Reporting Revolution. And while I still believe just about everything I wrote in that book, I know many of you are not actually looking to start a …
Is your team, report deficient?
Long, boring, dusty-shelf reports might be a problem, but it's rarely the biggest problem most data teams face. When teams decide to start tackling their report design problems, that's where they …
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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Last Chance to Download – The Reporting Revolution
I think the book is done. Depending on the response, there may be a second book to follow-up this one. But for now, I'm done writing. In 5 days, on August 23, I will taking the free download …
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The Reporting Revolution – Digital Reporting Strategy
So in case you haven't been following, I am writing a book. And every couple of weeks I'm releasing a new chapter. When the book is all done, I'm going to self-publish on Amazon. Until it's ready …
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