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Relevance Revisited: A Postscript

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. As we exit 2021, I’m reflecting back on where I began the year, when I noted that “in 2020, the museum field as a whole showed itself to be out of step with society. . .  [and] irrelevant.”  At that time, I had begun […]

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?  […]

Imagine: Museums Engaging with the Issues of an Anxious World

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. By: Emlyn Koster As 2020 approached and with a whole-planet outlook, Emlyn expected a burst of ominous reflections around the 50th commemoration of Earth Day but also with a hope for some ‘20/20’ given its symbolic meanings of clear hindsight and perfect vision. Instead, […]

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Everything You Need to Know about Likert Scales

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com.   Evaluators love a good survey. And why shouldn’t we? They are a cost-effective, quick method for capturing good data! However, not all surveys are awesome – we’ve all come across poorly crafted surveys. Maybe it’s full of double-barreled questions. Maybe the questions are loaded, or leading. Or maybe the response options don’t match […]

A Beginner’s Guide to PivotTables

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com.   If you work with data in Excel, whether frequently or infrequently, learning the basics of PivotTables will improve your ability to quickly explore and analyze raw data. PivotTables can transform your raw data into meaningful insights and reports in minutes. And the best part: creating PivotTables does not require any prior knowledge of Excel’s […]

Never Released 2020 Holiday Cartoons

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. I drew most of these cartoons in 2020 (one in 2019) but I’m not sure I ever shared. I certainly never created a blog post. Honestly, last year around this time, I think I was just a little bit burnt out. And it […]

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How to convert Canva reports into Microsoft Word.

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at freshspectrum.com. As my diydatadesign workshoppers know, Canva is one of my favorite visual reporting tools. It just makes the process of creating high quality visual reports much faster and easier. But there are still times when you’re working with a team that moving outside […]

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Lessons Learned: Understanding DEAI as a Daily Practice

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. As we look toward 2022 and beyond, many museums are working to implement their new or existing missions, values, and initiatives that embrace and foreground diversity and inclusion. As an emerging museum professional and a Black woman who has often felt excluded from […]