Ann's Blog Equipping you to collect, analyze, and visualize data

What do you foresee happening in the visualization field this year? Promising changes are underway. You can move the field forward and further your own professional development at the same time. Repeat these mantras with me. This year, I resolve to: …commit to easier-to-read layouts. The…

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A couple beers in to a recent Board of Directors meeting: “I think I’ll design a one-page annual report for the Washington Evaluators!” Draft 1 At the meeting: “Which metrics would we include? Maybe stats about the number of members, number of events held, brown bag…

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It’s your brain. A few of the million+ decisions your software program can’t make for you: 10. Which chart is best for your data. Yes, I’m well aware of Excel’s Suggested Charts feature. No, don’t even think about it. There’s no substitute for your critical thinking…

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Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Kampala, DC… it’s been a wonderful few months in the data visualization workshop world!   My favorite part of data visualization workshops? The airports. Kidding. Watching jaws drop when folks are introduced to small multiples layouts for…

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A few posts ago, I showed you this collage of area charts, which could be printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper and used as a discussion starter at a meeting: This is made-up data, but I share handouts like these at meetings all the…

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A few months ago I received a copy of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. An article about nonprofit CEO salaries caught my attention. Let’s zoom in and check out that data table: Nevermind that the data (salary ranges) has nothing to do with the article (turnover)….

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You’ve taken great care to visualize your data and prep for your big conference presentation… until disaster strikes. Get back in the game with today’s post from Isaac Castillo. –Ann   I present today, but I lost my voice! What do I do? By Isaac…

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