October 29, 2012

Graphs Tell the Story of the 2012 US Election

Who will win the 2012 presidential election? I was a bit confused by all the different polls being reported – some saying Romney was gaining momentum, […]
October 18, 2012

What’s Wrong With This Infographic?

I spend a lot of time these days studying infographics. Part of the research for my new book “Storytelling with Graphs”. But I keep running across […]
October 4, 2012

Romney Wins First Debate. Should Obama Worry?

The votes are in and 67% agree Mitt Romney won the first presidential debate. Should president Obama be worried? Absolutely not. Since 1960, the candidates have […]
September 26, 2012

How to Tell Better Stories With Infographics

I notice a disturbing trend in infographics. Instead of bringing the story to the surface, infographics instead crush the story under a thick gloss of glitzy […]
July 30, 2012

Clever Use of the Olympic Rings to Show World Data

Data doesn’t have to fit boring old bar charts, pie charts and line charts. If you’re creative enough, you can visualize data a lot of ways. […]
February 20, 2012

Obama Re-Elected? Graphs Tell the Story

Will President Barack Obama get re-elected? History shows Americans prefer to re-elect presidents instead of electing new ones, with 7 of the last 10 presidents winning […]
February 16, 2012

Show Percentage vs Goal With the Progress Bar Chart

On the Microsoft Office LinkedIn group, someone asked this question: “Which chart is better to show percentage to goal results?” It’s common in business presentations to […]
February 15, 2012

Graph Makeover by Andy Arrow

This is a great graph makeover by presentation designer Andy Arrow. The ideas expressed in this video are the foundational stuff of great graphs.   Some […]
February 6, 2012

A New Way to Visualize Data = The Grable

Cole Nussbaumer, at the Storytelling with Data blog, has introduced a useful term for data visualization in business: the Grable. It’s a combination of a table and […]
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