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 […]
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 […]
What you will learn if you join my workshop.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. Just a note before I jump in. The pre-launch discount for my workshop expires tomorrow (9/8) at 12PM eastern. The workshop will never be cheaper! Over the years, when a colleague would take a workshop at a conference, I would ask them what […]
It’s not about the charts.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. If you just want to create better charts, don’t join my workshop. I have no desire to compete with my friends Stephanie Evergreen and Ann K Emery on fundamental visual reporting and chart literacy. If you just want to code with R or […]
Beyond Better Charts – My New Workshop on 21st Century Reporting
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. If nobody sees your amazing chart, can you still call it amazing? For data to have an impact, it needs to be the right data, reaching the right person, at the right time, and in the right format. That’s a lot that has […]
Why your online evaluation capacity building efforts are doomed to fail
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. This post was written for, and originally appeared, on AEA365. Hello my fellow evaluators. My name is Chris Lysy, and I am a freelance evaluator, designer, and trainer based in Cary, North Carolina. My consulting work involves helping organizations deal with the virtual shift […]