Upping Your Reporting Game–with PowerPoint!

Feb 4th, 2020 / Data Visualization
Today’s guest blog post comes from Ann Webb Price who has been a program evaluator for more than 20 years. She shares how she’s creating usable reports that accurately report evaluation findings in a way that engages clients, supports program improvement, and promotes organizational learning.
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Consolidate Redundant Tables and Graphs

Oct 23rd, 2018 / Data Visualization, Presentations
We’ve all encountered redundant tables and graphs: You see a table. And then you see a graph nearby. You scan the table, and then you scan the graph, and then you scan the table again, zig-zagging your eyes around the screen and trying to figure out whether the table and graph are telling you the same information or whether they’re about two different topics entirely. Redundancies steal precious time from our days and force us to read two visuals instead of one—the table and the graph—when all we need is a single well-designed graph.
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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 pie chart). But, like pie charts, they feel overwhelming once we add a bunch of different categories. Are they the worst chart of all time? Perhaps. Here’s how to make stacked bar charts more bearable.
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