Stop Making People Read Across Multiple Pie Charts (& Here’s What to Do Instead)
Mar 14th, 2019 / Data Visualization
It’s 3.14—Happy Pi(e Chart) Day! If you’ve read this blog before, or heard me speak, then you know that designing … more »
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How to Declutter Your Cluttered Stacked Bars
Sep 24th, 2018 / Data Visualization, Presentations
I have a love-hate relationship with stacked bars charts. They’re a great way to show part-to-whole patterns (like an easier-to-read … more »
More »Reenvisioning a University’s Annual Report with Saturation, Annotations, and Icons
Aug 21st, 2018 / Data Visualization, Reports
Last fall I had the honor of keynoting the Southeastern Library Assessment’s Conference in Atlanta. We talked about a few … more »
More »A Two-Hour Turnaround: How to Transform a Text-Heavy Report into a Visual-Lite Report
Aug 7th, 2018 / Data Visualization
Most of my early reports looked exactly like this: a few pages of 11-point font and some bullet points here … more »
More »Seven Tips for Formatting Tableau Dashboards: What We’ve Learned from Designing Dashboards at NASAA
Jul 3rd, 2018 / Data Visualization
I met Patricia Mullaney-Loss this spring and was excited to hear how Patricia and her colleagues are thinking carefully about … more »
More »How to Visually Structure Your Presentation Around Key Points
Jun 26th, 2018 / Presentations
There’s nothing worse than presentations that drone on without a clear message. You know the feeling: You’re sitting in the … more »
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