September 29, 2013
As part of writing my new book “Storytelling with Graphs” I’ve studied 50 examples of graphs that tell stories. Some of them are publicly visible, such […]
September 17, 2013
I’m always interested in new ways to visualize data, so I was thrilled to discover a method for visualizing tables, which I call a “cobblestone table”. […]
September 3, 2013
Many very smart people will tell you that a good story has a structure: situation, conflict, resolution. And that’s ONE way to structure a story and […]
August 21, 2013
The secret to making slides that pop is color contrast. Watch this video showing how to select and modify colors to improve a slide’s appearance. […]
August 19, 2013
There he is, smugly watching your presentation and eager to interrupt. His hand often shoots up, or he simply interjects, with questions that take your presentation […]
August 5, 2013
In a business presentation, you are often trying to persuade the audience to agree with your analysis, support your program or approve your budget request. Most […]
June 24, 2013
Software Programmer and Entrepreneur Michael Heinrichs has a great idea – an online tool to help you map out your presentation. It’s called SketchHatch and it […]
June 10, 2013
The National Security Agency is in the news for this horrendous PowerPoint slide explaining the PRISM data-collection program. I wanted to do a slide makeover to […]
April 8, 2013
What does it mean to tell stories with graphs? That’s a complicated question and one I plan to answer fully in my new book, called “Storytelling […]