Fixing a Donut Chart

Ann K. Emery

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May 19th, 2025

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What’s Inside

0:00 Welcome
0:30 1. The before version
1:25 2. Table
1:36 3. Heat table
1:42 4. Donuts
2:05 5. Donuts with top icons
2:43 6. Donuts with side icons
2:58 7. Icon array
3:05 8. Icon array with gray
3:20 9. Stacked bars in portrait
3:35 10. Stacked bars in landscape
3:45 11. Dots with dumbbells
4:02 12. Dots with arrows.
4:06 Vote!
4:18 How-to tips (Spreadsheet to download; 2 YouTube lives)

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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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