Tag: Student Showcases

Condensing Many Data Elements into an At-a-Glance Directory Using Symbols, Reference Codes and Colors

Oct 1st, 2019 / Dashboards

Guest author Anna Williams was tasked with developing a national directory of organizations working on sexual and reproductive health for one of the United Nations’ country offices. In this blog post, Anna gives you a behind-the-scenes peek at that searchable Excel database.

Three Ways Intentional Data Viz Has Elevated My Work

Sep 26th, 2019 / Data Visualization, Reports

Are your dot plots due for an update? Do they depict the data in a positive and easy-to-understand way? Kathy Dowell shares how to spruce up your dot plots so that your audience is engaged and going away informed. She highlights that your report cover makes all the difference in engaging your audience or your report landing on a shelf unread. Kathy, a student of Ann’s, shares how being enrolled in Ann’s courses was just the inspiration she needed to take her work to the next level.

Taking Federal Grant Data from Dull to Dynamite with Custom Visualizations

Sep 24th, 2019 / Data Analysis, Data Visualization

If you’ve ever worked with publicly available government data, you probably know the headache and eye strain that comes with trying to make sense of a huge spreadsheet. Guest author Megan Johanson explains how you can easily create a customized chart that will make your federal grant data conversations a breeze. Megan Johanson is the Data Analytics and Insights Manager at the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio. She’s also a student in Depict Data Studio’s hybrid synchronous/asynchronous training program.

Data Visualization = Special Powers

Sep 19th, 2019 / Data Visualization

I’ve long struggled with the challenge of presenting evidence more clearly. Many of us have data, but we don’t know what it tells us, how to make decisions, how to promote our programs.

How to Use an Iterative Process to Hone the Perfect Data Visualization

Sep 10th, 2019 / Dashboards, Data Visualization

Emily Rose Barter is one member of the Data, Reporting, and Evaluation team at Emerge Community Development in Minneapolis, Minnesota. … more »

How to Create a Simple Visual Style Guide WITHOUT a Designer!

Sep 5th, 2019 / Data Visualization

Making reports, presentations, and other communications have a consistent and polished look and feel may be a lot easier than you think. Guest authors Meihsi Chiang and Nikole Lobb Dougherty have found that a great starting point is a do-it-yourself visual style guide – which can be developed with very few resources.

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