Three Dots

Use your chart title to communicate a takeaway idea. What if your takeaway idea is complex or multi-part? Employ three dots.

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Watching Leadership Catch the Insight

Have you ever worked for a client where you were going to have access to data so close to the chest that you had to sign a form acknowledging you could no longer trade their stock? That’s me, often, when I work with Fortune 100 companies.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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