This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Death by PowerPoint makes our audience scroll through their phone or lose interest. Important information sits on the slide, gathering dust. We’re all familiar with the obvious signs of Death by PowerPoint: Text-wall slides with bullet points for daaaays. Using filler words (um, […]
How to Present Dense Data Visualizations (Without Losing Your Audience)
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Ten years ago, I had terrible insomnia. I was working full-time and finishing graduate school at night. My stress came out as insomnia. I’d get tired of laying in bed… and go make YouTube videos. For me, being up in the middle of […]
How to Avoid Death by PowerPoint by Differentiating Between Slidedocs and Slidedecks
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at depictdatastudio.com. Do you use PowerPoint? Probably. What do you use PowerPoint for? You might use PowerPoint to: Create slides to accompany a presentation (i.e., you’re getting ready to speak at a conference, meeting, or other in-person or virtual event); and/or Create documents that someone […]
How to Visualize Margin of Error Data in Excel with “Slider Plots”
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 […]
Creating Reports for Grant Deliverables Using Excel Dashboards
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 […]
What Type of Dashboard Do We Need? 4 Types to Consider + Diagram to Download
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 […]
How to Plan for Your Next Dashboard [Lea Pica’s Present Beyond Measure Podcast]
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 […]
Dashboard Don’ts: My 10 Worst Mistakes from Past Projects
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 […]