Ann K. Emery

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Dave Paradi is one of my favorite people in the presentation design world. He is a Microsoft MVP, has been a professional speaker since 1999, and has authored 9 books and over 100 articles on PowerPoint. His focus is on helping business professionals […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. I used to write hundred-page reports… I was trained to write lengthy reports filled with statistical jargon. Important information sat around and gathered dust. Now, I design reports that people actually want to read. Fewer paragraphs. More graphs. My audience can understand the […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Our organizations collect all this data—through surveys, assessments, interviews, and so on—and then what?  The default: The data just sits there inside a Dusty Shelf Report.   But what if your data could actually inform real-life decisions?   I recently sat down with Vivian Jefferson from Loudoun County Public Schools, a growing […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Are your takeaway findings getting lost? Bad graphs can slow down the viewer’s comprehension… increase cognitive load… and fail to inform decision-making processes. Dusty Shelf Reports aren’t inevitable. With intentional editing, you can design visualizations that inform and inspire–right inside of Excel, PowerPoint, […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. I felt like I had to choose: Be a world-traveling data visualization speaker. Or be a mother. In spring 2018, we started brainstorming about a lifestyle change. My speaking opportunities were taking me all over the world—a dream! But, meanwhile, I had a […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. In April, I sat down with Amanda Makulec, one of my longtime data and evaluation friends, to learn about visualizing COVID-19 responsibly. Amanda is the Data Visualization Capability Lead at Excella; a co-organizer for Dataviz DC; and the Operations Director for the Data […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Are your takeaway findings getting lost? Bad graphs can slow down the viewer’s comprehension… increase cognitive load… and fail to inform decision-making processes. Dusty Shelf Reports Aren’t Inevitable With intentional editing, you can design visualizations that inform and inspire. I Was Going to […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. “My ultimate goal was to work with organizations to help them communicate those complex things in graphic form,” Elissa Schloesser told me. Elissa’s one of my favorite information designers. We’ve partnered on a number of projects over the years, from full-length technical reports […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. I recently had the chance to talk with my friend Jon Schwabish of PolicyViz. You might recognize Jon from our earlier interview about tips for doing and teaching data visualization in cultures other than your own. Our latest conversation was part of the […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. When Jane Zhang wanted to interview me for her article for the Data Visualization Society, I agreed! We decided to record our conversation so that even more people could benefit from learning about the business behind my business. This conversation might be especially […]