This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Are you working on a dashboard at your workplace? Maybe you’re making a brand-new dashboard? Maybe you’re revamping an existing dashboard to bring it up to speed? Maybe you don’t have a dashboard yet, and you’re wondering if you need one? In this […]
What Makes a Useful Data Story? 5 Questions to Ask
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Ready to tell a story with data? Here’s my definition of data storytelling, in case you missed the previous blog post. Great! Let’s remove the guesswork from our graphs. The next step is to figure out which message we’ll highlight. We can’t visualization everything—that […]
Are Viewers Expecting a Story? Lightning Talk from the DATAcated Expo
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Never, ever keep the default settings. That was the overarching theme of my Lightning Talk at the DATAcated Expo, which was held virtually in October 2021. You’re not going to keep the ugly, outdated defaults. Great! But what should you do instead? And […]
Looking Ahead to 2022: What’s Coming to Depict Data Studio
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. 2021 was a rough year personally; our family of 5 experienced a million health issues and hospital stays, and the bills afterwards were crushing. 2022 can’t be that terrible. Right? Right?? I’m on a mission to make 2022 as healthy and positive as […]
Top 21 Dataviz Resources of 2021
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. 6,000 total participants in our dataviz training academy so far (with 5 cohorts going through our Full Courses in 2021 alone). 28 blog posts. 14 YouTube videos. 6 podcast interviews. 1 new baby. What a year. Top 21 Dataviz Resources of 2021 Want to do some year-end learning as 2021 winds down? […]
Accessibility Quick Wins: Lower the Numeracy Level
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. How do we make our graphs more accessible? There’s a misconception that accessibility takes all day, that’s it’s costly, or that it’s complicated. Those are all false. Accessibility is woven into all my trainings, but since this is a topic I get asked […]
Accessibility Quick Wins: Lower the Reading Level
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. How do we make our graphs more accessible? There’s a misconception that accessibility takes all day, that’s it’s costly, or that it’s complicated. Those are all false. Accessibility is woven into all my trainings, but since this is a topic I get asked […]
Accessibility Quick Wins: Remove Legends and Directly Label
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. How do we make our graphs more accessible? There’s a misconception that accessibility takes all day, that’s it’s costly, or that it’s complicated. Those are all false. Accessibility is woven into all my trainings, but since this is a topic I get asked […]
10 Tips for Redesigning Reports
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. 2011 called. It wants its 100-page reports back. My wish: Limit yourself to just 30 pages (or less!). It wants its portrait reports back. Are people printing your doc… or reading it from their (landscape) computer? It wants its text-heavy reports back. We […]
Designing a Prettier and More Effective Dashboard with Excel
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Shawna Rohrman, Ph.D., is the Evaluation Manager for the Cuyahoga County Office of Early Childhood and its public-private partnership, Invest in Children. She enrolled in our Dashboard Design course and is sharing how she uses her new skills in real life. Thanks for […]