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This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Andrew Forsman is a Depict Data Studio student and self-described “data viz nerd” who has over 10 years of experience helping organizations plan for, execute, and learn from research and evaluations. Andrew’s sharing examples of slider plots and step-by-step instructions for making them […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Josephine Engels is an Evaluation Specialist at Mental Health America of Greater Houston.  She enrolled in our Dashboard Design course and is sharing how she uses her new skills in real life. Thanks for sharing, Josephine! –Ann — Are you tired of text […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. What type of dashboard do we need for our project? I want to talk about something that’s a little controversial in the dashboard space: There are 4 types of dashboards, all of which are correct. You might need one type. Or, you might […]

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. You’ve been asked to make a dashboard—now what?! Dashboard is a tricky term; it means different things to different people. In this article, you’ll learn how to: choose between various dashboard types (static or interactive, single or series); and deal with common dashboard […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 You’re not going to keep the ugly, outdated defaults.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 […]

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 […]

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?  […]

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 […]