Before/After Data Visualization Makeovers

How to Aggregate Information Across Sites

Aug 20th, 2019 / Data Visualization

When you’re working in the weeds of a spreadsheet, it can be hard to step back and find the bigger picture. Here’s the approach I used in a recent training with a government client.

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.”

My Favorite Source for State Icons to Use in Data Visualizations

Jun 25th, 2019 / Data Visualization

Does the first draft of your report or slideshow have way too much text? Are you looking for strategies for transforming your wall of text into an effective visual? If so, I wrote this article for you! This is one of many techniques for transforming words into visuals.

The #10YearChallenge, Data Visualization Style

Feb 19th, 2019 / Data Visualization

We all start somewhere with our dataviz skills. I’m not the only data visualization designer with skeletons in my closet. We’ve alllll made mistakes. In this post, I pulled some of my friends together and asked them to share their past work, too. They were great sports and had fun laughing at themselves along the way, too.

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

Dec 12th, 2018 / Data Visualization, Presentations

You’ve heard that pie charts are garbage data visualizations… but what about donut charts? Go behind the scenes as we transform nested donut charts into more accurate and engaging data visualizations.

How to Visualize Age/Sex Patterns with Population Pyramids in Microsoft Excel

Nov 13th, 2018 / Data Visualization in Excel

I recently worked with a state public health agency that wanted to depict how many males and females were diagnosed with a disease and the age at which they were diagnosed. In other words, there were just two simple variables: age and sex.

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