This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com.

I ignored my inbox and turned a boring table into a 2-pager.

What’s Inside

• 0:00 The 2-pager about NIH grant terminations
• 2:20 Lookup table with Stateface icons
• 2:38 Original table from the policy brief
• 2:47 The dataset
• 2:58 Idea 1: A better table that’s Accessible and accessible
• 3:22 Idea 2: A static graph or map
• 3:40 Idea 3: An interactive visualization
• 3:55 Idea 4: A 2-page infographic
• 4:06 The call-out boxes with icons at the top
• 4:12 The finished map
• 4:30 The finished table
• 4:42 Color-coding by category
• 4:51 Big-picture first, then more detailed, then more detailed
• 5:15 The finished product again
• 5:29 More ideas for the original policy brief
• 6:04 Let’s connect

Download the Spreadsheet

It’s here.