January 9, 2012
It’s easy to create tables in PowerPoint. But it takes some thought and design skills to create a really attractive and effective table. In this blog […]
December 7, 2011
The measure of a chart is how quickly it conveys the message while being visually pleasing. Conveying the message is, of course, the main point of […]
November 29, 2011
Here’s a terrific post at the Forbes.com blog by Naomi Robbins, using a graph makeover to show that great graphs require thought; they don’t just happen. I loved Naomi’s advice, […]
November 22, 2011
I was inspired by this post by the Excel gurus at Chandoo.org to emphasize the importance of smart legends in charts. What are smart legends? Well, legends do more than […]
October 26, 2011
I review a lot of PowerPoint decks created by market research firms. And I continue to see a problem with how they present data in tables: […]
August 29, 2011
Here’s Hurricane Irene, showing wind speeds every six hours, as tracked by the National Hurricane Center. She reached Category 3 status over the Caribbean Islands – […]
August 23, 2011
You can bring your boring data to life if you’ll approach your numbers, not as an analyst, but as a journalist. Data just counts the thousands […]
August 20, 2011
The ideas in Say It With Charts are simple. So simple, in fact, you’ll actually end up using them. And they will make a huge impact on how […]
August 17, 2011
For business presentations, we usually produce graphs that are easiest in Excel. But there is one graph that cannot be produced easily in Excel, but is […]