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Be Careful with the Y-Axis…

Oct 6th, 2015 / Data Visualization, Presentations

I was recently working with an organization to improve their graphs for an upcoming conference presentation. Notice anything funny about the height of these bars? Two bars have pretty similar numbers, yet they look reeaaaallllly different.

Traditional Table for the Report, Heat Table for the Presentation

Mar 17th, 2015 / Presentations, Reports

Back in college I was so obsessed with data that I voluntarily wrote a 66-page thesis about adolescent development. I’m still obsessed with data. I’m especially obsessed with transforming arcane numbers into information that everyday people can really, truly understand.

Storyboarding Your Data Visualizations in Videos, Webinars, Presentations, and More

Jul 23rd, 2014 / Presentations

I don’t care what you call it. Someday we’ll just call storyboarding good presenting. Here’s an overview of how to present data when you’re presenting by storyboarding your data visualizations in videos, webinars, presentations and more.

The Data Visualization Design Process: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

May 1st, 2014 / Data Visualization

Visualizing numbers in charts, graphs, dashboards, and infographics is one of the most powerful strategies for getting your numbers out of your spreadsheets and into real-world conversations. But it can be overwhelming to get started with data visualization. In this step-by-step data visualization guide for beginners, I’ll walk you through the data visualization design process so that you can transform your spreadsheets into stories.

The Webinar Command Center: Give Better Webinars by Organizing Your Physical Space

Apr 18th, 2014 / Presentations

Dataviz is great, but only goes so far if you can’t show it well during a live presentation or webinar. Here are some tips on giving better webinars by organization your physical space.

The Best Ignite Presentations are when the Presenter Stumbles Over Words

Apr 2nd, 2013 / Presentations

Guest blogger Kevin Flora shares about Ignite format presentations where there are 20 slides. Each slide advances automatically every 15 seconds whether the presenter is ready or not. While it seems simple this format produces a lot of laughs and forces the presenter to stay on top of their information.

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