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Advice for Early-Career Data Visualization Freelancers: Ann’s Interview with Jane Zhang

When Jane Zhang wanted to interview me for her article for the Data Visualization Society, I agreed! We agreed to video record the conversation so that more could benefit and it might be especially helpful for early-career data visualization freelancers—or those contemplating the switch from a salaried job into a freelancing job. If that’s you, welcome to the dataviz community! And enjoy this video interview.

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How to Look Professional on Camera While Suddenly Working from Home

These behind-the-scenes tours were designed as bonus lessons for students in my Powerful Presentations course, but given the immediate need for my friends everywhere to figure out how to work from home, I’m releasing them now for a limited time. I made a complimentary mini course for you.

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10+ Tips from an International Dataviz Speaker

I was on a podcast! Recently my friend Jon Schwabish of PolicyViz asked me to be on his podcast and we thought it’d be fun to video record it as well. I’m sharing my top 10+ tips as an international data viz speaker.

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How to Enter Cleaner Data AND Automate the Entire Analysis and Visualization Process

This is a brand new bonus module for current and past students in my data analysis course, Simple Spreadsheets: From Spreadsheet Stress to Superstardom with Microsoft Excel. In this post, you’ll learn how with a little upfront planning, you can automate the rest of the analysis and visualization process. Here’s how.

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A Real-Life Excel Test from a Job Interview: Can You Pass??

Ten year ago, I was interviewing for an analyst position and I’d sat in the interviewer’s office going on and on about all my great spreadsheet skills. And then the interviewer was like, “Prove it. Come with me.” I was then led to an office with a computer that had an Excel test just waiting for me. My heart just about stopped– what did I say I knew how to do again?? Spoiler alert: I got the job but fast forward ten years later- can I still pass that Excel test today?

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Upping Your Reporting Game–with PowerPoint!

Today’s guest blog post comes from Ann Webb Price who has been a program evaluator for more than 20 years. She shares how she’s creating usable reports that accurately report evaluation findings in a way that engages clients, supports program improvement, and promotes organizational learning.

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