If you believe data is powerful –
as long as you can figure out how to communicate it effectively…
Join the Data Visualization Academy.
People who communicate data effectively change hearts and minds.
They win recognition and promotion. They become leaders.
I’ve seen it happen time and again in the people who learn from me in my standing-room-only workshops. That’s why I launched the Academy in 2016: to give access to these powerful but practical skills without the need for travel.
Grow, in your sweatpants. Skill up, without the (always too cold) conference room. Learn, from your couch, your porch, your new closet-turned-office.
If you need to learn how to make data so compelling that your audience will pay attention and take action, welcome to the “How’d you make that chart?” course.
Join the Evergreen Data Visualization Academy and access on-demand videos, researched expertise, and live coaching. Get feedback on your work, explore case studies, and answer questions in the community forums. Short on time? Download the templates with completed visualizations, just waiting for your data.
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Being a busy professional, what I loved most are the structured content, easy and bite-sized videos, and the ability to practice at my own pace.
I am thrilled to be amongst awesome Academy community members who speak the same language and share lessons learned with each other.
Jina Dcruz
If you want people to remember your awesome points and not your confusing graphs, I can promise you that you’re not alone.
The Academy is filled with hundreds of people just like you, from all over the world, working toward the same goal: totally badass graphs that make you look like a rockstar.
While the Academy may seem like an amazing set of tutorials designed to teach you how to be a data viz whiz, it’s actually a career-changer.
Clearer data presentation generates efficient, effective conversations, the kind of clarity decision-makers are looking for. (I know because the C-Suite folks tell me!) Graphs that get attention, respect, and recognition actually make you a leader in your field.
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We looked like we were stuck in the 70’s in the way we handled tables and charts. [Now I know] we CAN be creative as well as displaying the data in an eye catching, easier to read way.
It’s starting to change how our senior management is approaching how they display the complex data. I’ve had several of my agency leaders remark how nice and professional our tables/charts are.
Plus, it’s increased my value as an employee, as I’m the only one in the agency that does the data viz.
Liz Liverman
Everyone can make great graphs. Step inside and I’ll show you how.
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Becoming a member of the Academy has been one of the best choices of my professional life. I have been given a great set of resources to help move my district and my own career in a positive direction.
After living a data life full of tables, I went in and flipped them all over.
Cam Cross
This is what a data-driven culture looks like.
It’s kind of funny how, years ago, we all raced to become “data-driven” organizations. We cast our data nets wide and grabbed every data point we could. So much, in fact, that we began drowning in it. Good, clear, smart data visualization is the boat that keeps you afloat.
In some organizational cultures, it can be hard to convince your boss that investment in data visualization training is worthwhile. They may have built businesses and careers on the old way of reporting. But that old way doesn’t work anymore.
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What I’ve learned through the Academy has given me more confidence both in making different chart types but also in reading new chart types and interpreting complex information.
I particularly appreciate the effort that has gone into adding qualitative data viz to the Academy.
People are often surprised when I show them that there are ways to depict qualitative data beyond pull quotes and word clouds.
Being able to speak to these kinds of choices with authority adds to my professional credibility.
Lauren Leigh Hinthorne
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My supervisor and I agree that the work Stephanie is putting out is exactly what we need to learn to effectively and intentionally do our work. I haven’t been this engaged with my professional development in years! Stephanie has done a great job of building a safe learning community.
Tanya Montes
The smart, nimble, agile organizations I work with become the conversation changers. Joining the Academy takes teams to the next level, to the forefront of their field.
Organizations who embrace data visualization demonstrate higher impact, make decisions more efficiently, streamline conversations, and totally change their game.
Are you ready for the next level? Your team is.
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I can’t tell you how valuable the year has been – and my project team agrees.
Our audience has noticed.
Both funder and local community recipients have commented that visualizations are delivering more accessible, actionable insights.
Mary Lisa Penilla
I’m sure you have questions. After all this is an investment.
You get access to this tremendous amount of resources for $2,000 USD. Yep, this is a commitment to your growth as a professional. Awesome graphs will earn you so much more that this will seem like a complete bargain in a year.
We believe people from underrecognized groups should have larger roles in tech and leadership, so if that’s you, get on the VIP list and we’ll send out discount codes when enrollment opens. Bulk rates are available for organizations subscribing teams (as small as 2).
Access is unlimited. Revisit any time you need data viz help.
If the head of your company knew it would only cost $2,000 USD to completely renovate your communications, increase revenue, and build team culture, would she call that too expensive? Sounds like a deal to me. You could always ship yourself to one of my in-person workshops to get the same info – they’re a blast – but this is less than the price of a single workshop, with much more content packed in, you have unlimited access, AND you don’t have to breathe airplane air.
And, hey, we have a payment plan available.
YouTube is great. I’ve scoured it myself to see what’s out there and I spent way too much time, only to learn I couldn’t locate even half of the support in the Academy. If you want to waste your afternoon hunting the internet, go ahead. But there’s a world to save out there. It’s more cost effective for you to go to one spot where everything is at your fingertips – AND you get the personal connections with me and other people in the community.
My blog is awesome and you’ll pick up great tips there but it doesn’t have the depth or sustained learning that you’ll find in the Academy. The Academy builds up toward more challenging visualizations. You also get access to pitch me your questions in our monthly Office Hours call, plus peer feedback on your works-in-progress. There’s other fun stuff too like insider activities and events. And templates if you’re short on time. All of these are things I will never do at my blog and it’s why thousands of students thrive so much in the Academy.
Kind of. Most online courses are offered in modules, where you have to complete lessons in a sequence and wait to get to something you really need. We don’t do that here. If you’re ready to jump head first into interactive dashboards in R, we won’t hold you back. You get access to everything we’ve created as soon as you join. That said, we suggest tutorials to complete first, to lay your foundation. And we’ll send you suggested study paths that get you going if you don’t know where to begin.
On average, it usually takes students 30-60 minutes to learn a graph. You can complete as many tutorials as you’d like (and then collect your high fives throughout the office). You should also practice with your own data to chisel the lessons into your brain. Monthly Office Hours webinars last up to an hour. Participation in our community forums is as much or little as you want. You can revisit the tutorials anytime you’d like because your access is for lifetime.
I’m an interdisciplinary researcher by training – which means I know data from every industry. I have a PhD (most data visualizers do not), with a dissertation about how researchers use graphic design research to make reporting more engaging (Summary: They don’t). I’ve steeped myself in the research to write three books on this topic and I’ve traveled the world teaching people how to visualize data more effectively. I’ve tested these ideas with the best clients, such as Pfizer, Verizon, Adobe, United Nations, MasterCard, Facebook, and Rockefeller Foundation, just to name a few.
We release new content as we develop it. Often, new content is based off of suggestions from our students, so send us your tricky data viz situations and we’ll solve them together. When you join, you get access to everything we have ever made. We don’t make you wait to access advanced lessons. You’ll get an email each month about new tutorials, data viz challenges, our virtual meetings, and other data viz news. Our private LinkedIn group has ongoing conversations as well.
No. You are responsible for your software. Our Tableau tutorials can all be accomplished with Tableau Public, which is free. R is free. Google Sheets is free! Everyone has Excel (like it or not haha).
No, but I can appreciate your frugality. Membership is individual. We do offer discounts when multiple people from the same organization enroll at the same time. Get on the VIP list and I’ll send you those discount codes when enrollment opens next.
Accounts are not transferable from one person to another.
We have honed the lessons in the Academy over thousands of hours with hundreds of clients. You’ll never think about data the same way again. It works. If you do the work. Your access is unlimited, so you have plenty of time to do the work. That’s why we do not offer refunds.
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I was so surprised at how quickly it changed my perspective on how to display data and my work… My colleagues are super impressed with the data visualization changes and want to learn how to do it as well.
Rachel Harrison
Pick the payment method that works best for you.
Easy one-time payment
$2,000
10 monthly payments
$200 per month
Enrollment requires a credit card. If you need an alternative arrangement, such as a purchase order, contact us.
Our payment plan doesn’t cost extra. Because you shouldn’t have to pay more just because you need to budget.
Wanna take a sneak peak?
Check out this 10-minute virtual tour of the Academy to learn about the tools you’ll get access to (Hello, Which Viz™ Quiz!) and the benefits you gain by joining us.
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I had so many questions about how to communicate evaluation and research findings to non-technical audiences and wanted to know the most evidence-informed ways to do so.
I was trained in an R1 institution that never ever talked about data viz but we were expected to deliver research findings to youth-focused organizations. I needed a better way.
I now think about the eventual data viz when I’m writing research or evaluation questions, rather than as an afterthought.
I make information much more accessible to a wider group of people.
Ann Gillard
My story (probably feels familiar).
Back when I was at the university, I was a full-time researcher, big-time data nerd. I both worked on data all day and studied it all night, in my PhD program. And nowhere, in any of that coursework or professional development, did anyone ever teach me about how to actually present that data in a way that would be interpretable to other people.
I was making stuff like this:
Not my finest moment.
Looking back, I can see now that I was trying to visualize better. I knew not to have too many slices in my pie chart. But I lacked the solid skill set and practical instructions for actually creating data visualizations that my client and her stakeholders could easily digest and use for decision-making.
I needed the Academy.
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The Academy has changed my perspective. I have learned so much on how to visualize data more effectively and hold the audience’s attention.
My team is very happy with this creative way of presenting data, and so are our stakeholders. If I knew about The Academy before, I would have joined sooner!”
Shahnaj B. Safi
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I had no idea how much there was to learn and the depth of learning available. I thought I’d learn to make better graphs, but there’s so much more to it. I can’t get enough!
Strawberry Nevill
If you want to continue making just slightly better tables with chi square values and moderately improved data visualization, like I was making when I first got started, don’t join. Go watch a cat video or something.
But if you want to skyrocket your team’s data visualizations into a useful, beautiful space, join now and you’ll never regret it. You’ll be making such impressive data visualizations that you’ll gain new clients and projects that will easily pay your small investment back many times over.
The Academy is where you end the inertia and make charming charts your new habit.
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The Academy has a vibrant, friendly community. Stephanie has created a space where equity and inclusivity are the norm.
My knowledge base has deepened so much that I consider many related visualizations within a single project before I even begin.
Sana Wilder
Let’s meet where you are. The Academy is the right fit for people who need to totally overhaul the way they think about data. But we have other programs that might be just what you need, right now.
Here’s a cheat sheet on how our programs compare.
 Chart Starter Series $300 Best for people new to graphing who need to get oriented to a software program and learn the basics of amazing charts |
 Data Viz Academy $2,000 Best for people who are hungry to become the data visualization expert at the office & need broad, expansive knowledge of chart types & what works when | |
| Length of access | Come back anytime | Come back anytime |
| Number of tutorials | 10 | 200+ |
| Payment plan available | · | |
| Worksheets and templates | · | · |
| Research behind each chart choice | · | · |
| Written step-by-step directions | · | · |
| Digital certificate of completion | · | · |
| Community forum for questions | · | · |
| Office Hours help on data viz issues | · | |
| New content | · | |
| Private community forums | · | |
| Access to the Which Viz Quiz™ | · |
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I received my first job at a consulting firm because of my data visualization skills. Since becoming a member of the Academy, I know my unique data visualization skill set is what has set me apart from other candidates when applying for jobs.
After working in public sector for half a decade, I was ready for a more flexible lifestyle so I again connected with a consulting firm and received my second job offer because of my data visualization skillset.
Eight years later, the Academy still stands as the most valuable investment I have made for my professional development.
Kelsey Chawla
Data nerds unite in the Academy.
You’ll learn how to simplify (but not dumb down) your data so it’s super clear to decision-makers. And you’ll do it with a crowd of other data nerds who have your back, ready to cheer you on. Come join us.
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“I had a major presentation that I worked on for weeks, that was rejected during agenda planning meeting because the visuals, ‘were not at a level we typically bring’ to senior leaderships.
After that I knew I needed to change my approach and up my skills… [With the Academy] my focus in looking at the data has totally transformed to searching for the story or understanding the message I want to convey first. With that, visualization gets easier and more fun!
Jeff Burrow
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My productivity has soared, thanks to some of the Power BI templates I developed from this class.
Instead of spending weeks formatting the same report template for a few dozen stakeholders, I can set up an army of little robots describing each chart in my own voice, looking for the details I would look for when explaining it in-person.
Andy Blanke
Hey friend!
I’m Dr. Stephanie Evergreen, author, data nerd, and founder of the Evergreen Data Visualization Academy. I’ve written three books on data visualization and intentional reporting.
I have the best job – travelling all over the world to work with organizations, from county level health departments to Fortune 100s, on how they can achieve their mission with better data communication. I originally created the Academy as a way to offer my sold-out workshop content to more people than I could ever see in person.
The data visualization strategies and training in the Academy have grown so large, it’s now way more than we could pack into a multi-day workshop.