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Qualitative Street Data Visualization

Let me add three new qualitative data visualization ideas to your library: Placement Maps, Timeline Ticks, and Sliders.

Tight Five

Your boss has high hopes but a lot going on, so needs you to keep to a tight five. Long enough to say what needs to be said but short enough to preserve schedules and stay on agenda.

Storytelling Structure

When your storytelling structure starts with the bottom line, decision-makers can do their job. Otherwise, you’re asking decision-makers to become analysts.

Ways to Show Change Over Time

If your data involves years / quarters / months / weeks / you see where I’m heading with this, you’ve got a story about change over time. What’s the best way to visualize that data?

Old Ideas That Don’t Work Anymore

What has changed the most in the past 10 to 15 years about what we teach people about presenting data? What used to be good ideas but aren’t any longer?

How to Make All Audiences Happy

“I want to better understand how to communicate data driven results with a wide range of audiences (from peers to senior level).” Get a free tool to help.

3 Ways to Add Meaning to Your Chart

There’s not much meaning in the single number data communication strategy. And without meaning, there’s nothing for our hearts and brains to hook into.

Ban Pie Charts in your Annual Report

Henceforth I’m calling for a ban on pie charts in annual reports. The ban will be lifted when a company is able to credit a data viz designer (even an internal one) as a contributor to the report.