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.
Ban Pie Charts in your Annual Report
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Show All the Data
So what do you do if your audience is asking you to show all the data? Here are a few solid ideas plus one key question to ask.
Charts for Researchers
Of course your chart arsenal includes your trusty bars & scatters. Add these 3 to your mix to gain clarity, get more eyeballs, be better understood.
Ways to Make More Inclusive Data Viz
You’ll leave with at least 25 immediately implementable strategies & a list of the Black, Brown, Indigenous, queer, and disabled visualizers to follow as you work to become an ever better visualizer.
Your Dashboard Should Be a Webpage
That dashboard you’re developing? That one that’s cost hundreds of hours? Wanna know why it doesn’t have the leverage you thought it would?
The Right Tool for the Job
The most common question I get in my work, by far THE top question, is What tool did you use to make that?
Slidedocs, Slide Handouts, and One-Pagers
When it’s time to present your data, you’ll succeed if you learn about these three methods of circulation: slidedocs, slide handouts, and one-pagers.
When a Bar is Boring
When a bar is boring, buy a round of tequila shots. LOL ok that might work at your neighborhood pub but your bar chart is gonna need something else.
What Makes a Good One Pager
Or webpage. Or dashboard. Any place where you’re assembling data and a message. You need 3 elements. Your one pager needs to be:
People are Meaning Makers
Every. single. part. of a visual will be interpreted and assigned meaning. Whether you like it or not. Which means we’d better get thoughtful about design.
