Tag: Presentations

Presenting Data While Working Remotely: Audio, Lighting, and Speaking Tips

Mar 31st, 2020 / Data Visualization

I recently had the chance to talk with my friend Jon Schwabish of PolicyViz. Our latest conversation was part of the Urban Institute’s Data@Urban Digital Discussions series. The intention of these talks are to connect with each other while we’re all social distancing. In it we discuss my work at home setup, my top three tips for presenting data over video calls and lessons learned from teaching online courses.

How to Look Professional on Camera While Suddenly Working from Home

Mar 17th, 2020 / Data Visualization

These behind-the-scenes tours were designed as bonus lessons for students in my Powerful Presentations course, but given the immediate need for my friends everywhere to figure out how to work from home, I’m releasing them now for a limited time. I made a complimentary mini course for you.

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.

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! Bullet points scream, “I cared so little about my audience that I made these slides on the airplane last night.” In this article, I’ll share the step-by-step process I followed to get rid of bullet points and replace them with engaging visuals.

How to Transform Your Slideshow’s Bullet Points into Images

Jul 24th, 2018 / Data Visualization, Presentations

A few weeks ago, I showed you how to transform allllllllll of your presentation’s information into just a few main chunks. You can visually chunk information by creating divider slides and by using consistent colors and icons. This post focuses on body slides. In particular, I’ll provide a few examples of how you can transform a list of bullet points into visuals.

How to Visually Structure Your Presentation Around Key Points

Jun 26th, 2018 / Presentations

There’s nothing worse than presentations that drone on without a clear message. You know the feeling: You’re sitting in the audience at a conference. The speaker goes on and on. And on. And on. In this post, I’m going to share tips for visually structuring your presentation around a few key points.

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