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My philosophy: It’s time to stop dumping good evaluation and research into dense PDFs that nobody reads. Most teams have all the talent and tools they need to do better, they just need someone with the right experience to show them the way.
The big mistake: Teams that want to improve their reports usually do one of two things.
- Hire a traditional designer. You pay an outsider to make a prettier PDF. Your strategy stays broken, your team learns nothing, and you have to hire them again next time.
- Pay for training. Your team spends a day or two learning how to use a tool, create nice charts, or make a prettier PDF. You still have a strategy problem and a couple days of training isn’t nearly the same as years of experience.
My alternative: The best of both worlds. You get an experienced mentor who understands both data and design. Someone who takes the time to understand your context, has built a process specifically designed to diagnose your specific challenges, and leads your team through a full transformation process.
The Outcome: Not only do we transform a product, we transform your team’s ability to do this on their own the next time. It’s a form of apprentice style capacity building in the digital age.
How to work with me.
Dissemination Audit
Step 1. understand the problem.
I dig into your resources, identify audience gaps, and evaluate your dissemination approach. Then I deliver a report that tells you exactly what’s getting in the way and what I would do if I were you.
If you hire me for the transformation, the $3K comes off the price.
Guided Transformation
Step 2. improve your process.
We work together to transform one of your resources. By default I co-design with your team, so every project becomes a learning experience.
Guided transformations typically include 3 months of weekly training/strategy sessions and hands-on design support.
Strategy Session
Bring your team, your messy drafts, or your broken report to a high-intensity, 90-minute Zoom workshop. We skip the introductions and immediately build your triage roadmap.
If we move forward with a larger project, this $1,500 is fully credited toward your contract.
How it works.
Fill out the form below and I’ll respond within 24 hours to schedule a call.
From there we figure out together what makes the most sense — a strategy session to think through your options, an audit to diagnose what’s getting in the way, or jumping straight into a transformation if you already know what you need.
What clients say.
“We worked with Chris to turn a static report into an interactive website that was branded for the client, visually compelling, and centered user-experience. Rather than scroll through a lengthy report, users can easily navigate to what’s most important to them. I highly recommend working with Chris to transform data products into something useful and engaging. Plus, Chris is awesome to work with!”
Nina Sabarre, Founder + CEO of Intention 2 Impact
“Having worked with Chris on multiple projects, I’m especially impressed with how he can create a visual “feel” that really matches the client’s and project’s needs and style. Whether the work highlights a lot of quantitative data through clear, attractive charts and such, or focuses more on qualitative data and visuals to tell a story, Chris creates inviting, engaging, interactive reports that our clients are uniformly thrilled with.”
Summer Wood, Co-Director, Ampersand LLC
“The quality, relevance, and accessibility of his final products speak for themselves. But the process of working with Chris is what I find most exemplar. Chris asks the right questions, brings rich expertise, is one helluva problem-solver, doesn’t shy away from the messiness of creative innovation, and is fun to work alongside! The rewarding process of co-creating with Chris is why our firm already engaged him on another body of work for a new client.”
Kathleen Doll, Partner + COO of Intention 2 Impact
“We reached out to Chris because we are a small team trying to develop actionable and interesting infographics and videos that help our affiliated network understand our organization’s impact narrative, both nationally and locally. Chris created engaging materials that helped lay out the impact that our programs have on our communities, and created templates that we can continue to update moving forward. We feel much better equipped to create engaging data products after having worked with Chris and have received overwhelmingly positive feedback on what we have released so far.”
Kathleen Chaballa, Data & Analytics Manager at Habitat for Humanity International
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