A Dozen Tiny Differences that Completely Transform Your Dataviz

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Apr 15th, 2025

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Ann K. Emery teaches you how a dozen tiny differences can completely change your data visualization.

I wish I could share the one secret you need to know about dataviz.

But there isn’t one thing that’ll completely transform your dataviz.

There are a dozen tiny details:

What’s Inside

0:00 Welcome
1:04 Borders
1:15 Scale and Grid Lines
1:59 Branding
2:07 Categorical Colors
2:33 Color Contrast
3:13 Increased Font Size
3:26 Text Hierarchy
4:01 Mixed Case
4:08 Left-Aligned Text
4:19 Smaller Gap Width
4:48 White Space
5:08 Margins
5:31 Before-After Summary
6:02 Questions?

More about Ann K. Emery
Ann K. Emery is a sought-after speaker who is determined to get your data out of spreadsheets and into stakeholders’ hands. Each year, she leads more than 100 workshops, webinars, and keynotes for thousands of people around the globe. Her design consultancy also overhauls graphs, publications, and slideshows with the goal of making technical information easier to understand for non-technical audiences.

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