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A Trick, a Tip and a Thing to Try in Your Next Presentation

Oct 26th, 2021 / Presentations

Depict Data Studio full courses always end with a graduation ceremony where students share the progress they’ve made in the course. I’m always amazed by the transformations that take place and I can’t help but want to share their wonderful work! In this blog post you’ll learn from Elizabeth Dove, a professor at the University of Montana who teaches art and design. She’s sharing a tip, a trick and a new technique to try.

How to Check Whether Your Graphs are Grayscale-Friendly

Oct 15th, 2019 / Data Visualization

Here’s how to quickly see what your graphs are going to look like when printed in grayscale–without having to actually waste ink by printing a draft.

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

Sep 5th, 2019 / Data Visualization

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.

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

Jul 23rd, 2019 / Reports

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

Work Smarter, Not Harder, When Visualizing Data

Jun 13th, 2019 / Data Visualization

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.

Stop Making People Read Across Multiple Pie Charts (& Here’s What to Do Instead)

Mar 14th, 2019 / Data Visualization

If you’ve read this blog before, or heard me speak, then you know that designing data visualization makeovers is one of my favorite activities of all time. I love redesigning pie charts, in particular.

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