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Students Receiving Free and Reduced Meals: From Nested Donuts to an Icon Array

Dec 12th, 2018 / Data Visualization, Presentations

Are you trying to tell a story with your data? Data visualization doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, some … more »

How to Visualize Demographic Data: From Boring Bullet Points into Great Graphs

Sep 11th, 2018 / Data Visualization, Presentations

There’s nothing more boring than a slide full of bullet points. Here’s the “before” version from a slideshow. A lot … more »

Pie Chart Makeover: Transforming a Research Report

Apr 25th, 2017 / Data Visualization, Reports

As I travel around giving data visualization workshops, I get to peek inside hundreds of attendees’ publications, slideshows, and spreadsheets (and … more »

When Pie Charts Are Okay (Seriously): Guidelines for Using Pie and Donut Charts

Dec 2nd, 2015 / Data Visualization

Should you avoid pie charts? Within the past year, I’ve led 60+ in-person workshops and virtual webinars for 3,000+ participants. … more »