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Visualizing Your Annual Survey Results: Four Makeovers That Didn’t Work, and the Fifth That Did

Apr 11th, 2019 / Data Analysis

A couple years ago, I was invited to be the keynote speaker for the Continuous Quality Improvement Conference in Illinois. … 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 »

Revamping a Tired Data Table: A ‘Before’ and ‘After’ Reveal

May 15th, 2018 / Dashboards, Data Visualization

I met Mia Schmid in 2017 when she enrolled in one of my Dashboard Design workshops. Later, she reached out … more »

Behind the Scenes: TechnoServe’s Results Portal

Dec 19th, 2017 / Dashboards, Data Visualization

As we were wrapping TechnoServe’s 2016 Impact Report, I also began consulting on TechnoServe’s Results Portal. The Results Portal is … more »

Giving Your Tableau Visualizations a Makeover: Custom Fonts

Nov 7th, 2017 / Dashboards, Data Visualization

Whether you are using Tableau, Excel, or any other visualization tool, you will come across defaults. The problem with using … more »

Getting Started with Tableau

Oct 24th, 2017 / Dashboards, Data Visualization

Tableau, which according to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary means “a graphic description or representation,” is a powerful infographic tool with over 50,000 … more »