February 22, 2016

Who are the Internet Bandwidth Hogs? Graphs Tell the Story on #MakeoverMonday

The latest #MakeoverMonday challenges us to visualize this data, showing who is using up all the internet bandwidth. I teach storytelling with graphs in my full-day […]
February 8, 2016

Will Trump Win GOP Primary Race? Graphs Tell the Story.

Trump was narrowly defeated in Iowa, where he was the favorite just days before the election. Cruz won (some say “stole”) and Rubio surged into a […]
February 3, 2016

Graph Makeover: Dealing with Crossing Lines in Line Graph

I just learned about #MakeoverMonday, an informal challenge and fun weekly event run by Andy Kriebel and Andy Cotgreave, where people do a graph makeover. This […]
August 26, 2015

Could Donald Trump Ever Be President? Graphs Tell the Story.

Could Donald Trump ever be president of the United States? Recent polls have him the #1 candidate for the Republican party at 22%, 12 points ahead […]
June 15, 2015

6 Steps to a Snazzier Title Slide

I was watching a YouTube video recently on nutritional supplements (long story!) and saw the speaker had used this title slide. I immediately knew what was […]
March 23, 2015

Does the NFL Have a Concussion Problem? Graphs Tell the Story.

Chris Borland made headlines last week when he announced, after one year in the NFL, he was retiring because the risk of concussions was too great. […]
February 16, 2015

PowerPoint Clip Art is Dead. Now What?

In December 2014, Microsoft retired its clip art gallery. Now when you insert clip art in PowerPoint, the program searches Bing Images and delivers pictures that […]
February 9, 2015

Worst NFL Call Ever? The Data Says “Not!”

This article has nothing to do with presentations. But if you know me, you’ll know you can count on me for 1) challenging sloppy thinking and […]
August 8, 2014

3 PowerPoint Myths from a Master Storyteller

I have a great deal of respect for Robert McKee, author of “Story”, considered by many the bible on Hollywood scriptwriting. I hope to one day pen […]
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