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How to Create a Simple Visual Style Guide WITHOUT a Designer!

Making reports, presentations, and other communications have a consistent and polished look and feel may be a lot easier than you think. Guest authors Meihsi Chiang and Nikole Lobb Dougherty have found that a great starting point is a do-it-yourself visual style guide – which can be developed with very few resources.

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How to Aggregate Information Across Sites

When you’re working in the weeds of a spreadsheet, it can be hard to step back and find the bigger picture. Here’s the approach I used in a recent training with a government client.

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Report Redesign Tricks that Really Work! Make Your Materials More User-Friendly

“Branding continuity builds trust with your key stakeholders and makes you and your work look more professional.”

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My Favorite Source for State Icons to Use in Data Visualizations

Does the first draft of your report or slideshow have way too much text? Are you looking for strategies for transforming your wall of text into an effective visual? If so, I wrote this article for you! This is one of many techniques for transforming words into visuals.

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Work Smarter, Not Harder, When Visualizing Data

Esther C. Nolton attended one of my data visualization workshops in May 2019, and almost immediately followed up with examples of her own reports and slideshows that she had begun revamping based on what she learned in the session. Here In this guest post she outlines the three most used lessons that she took away from the workshop.

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How to Adjust Your Data Communications Approach in University and Non-University Settings

Academic writing and business writing are different worlds. Here are 10 data communications strategies I wish I knew sooner.

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