This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. You may have heard a data expert or two talking about data storytelling. But before you can tell a story, you need to find a story. This post walks through some strategies on how to do just that. In today’s post. The Graph […]
How to edit a PDF graph.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. In this post I am going to show you how to edit a vector based PDF graph. You’ll also learn why you might need to so such a thing and how to discover if your PDF graph is indeed vector based. In this […]
What is a Slidedoc?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Slidedocs are versatile reporting tools that are an almost ideal format in the visual heavy digital world. In today’s post. What is a Slidedoc? What is a Slideument? Is it the same thing? The advantages of creating a slidedoc. The disadvantages of creating […]
How to report on the web. My Splash Model strategy.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Today’s post outlines a modern reporting strategy that I call the splash model. In today’s post: A recap, why it’s time for a strategy change. Avoiding the Social Media time suck. Your big three audiences. Big splash content. Byproducts and adaptations. Serve the […]
Slide Style Infographics – 4 Takeaways [and a free-to-watch workshop session]
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Have you ever created an infographic? No? Why not? Infographics can be a fun way to deliver information to different audiences. They can also be really easy to put together. Yes? Which type? There are all sorts of different infographic styles and formats. […]
Stop Reporting Like it’s 1999
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Today’s post is a reflection on contemporary reporting, and how for many organizations, it looks almost identical to the approaches we used in the late 90s. In today’s post: Why I think it’s time to kill the “let’s just stick a pdf on […]
How to make a pie chart in Excel
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. This is the fourth in a series of posts on chart design in Excel. In each post we will take on a different chart type. Today we’ll go with a chart that is widely used but often maligned by chart experts, the Pie […]
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This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. […] the first post of this series, I described how the unique combination of nearly infinite access to information […]
How to embed Tableau dashboards, without hiding them from Google.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Okay, long story short. If you are presenting to a public audience, don’t just plop the embed code on your website. And if you don’t feel like reading about why, skip to the bottom of the page for how I would suggest you […]
Find Excel Chart Formatting Annoying? Do this instead.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Ever get annoyed with formatting after you create a chart in Excel? It’s pretty easy to create a chart in Excel. A couple of button clicks and poof, there you go, chart created. But if you want to create a chart that actually […]