445: How to Make Your Charts Awesome with Stephanie Evergreen

Stephanie Evergreen discusses the importance of effective data visualization and shares tips and tricks for creating charts that best communicate data findings.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) How charts can transform culture

2) How to make use of tools you already have to make great visuals

3) How to determine the most appropriate chart for your data

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— ABOUT STEPHANIE —

Dr. Stephanie Evergreen is an internationally-recognized data visualization and design expert. She has trained future data nerds worldwide through keynote presentations and workshops, for clients including Mastercard, Adobe, Verizon, Head Start, American Institutes for Research, Rockefeller Foundation, Brookings Institute, and the United Nations. She writes a popular blog on data presentation at StephanieEvergreen.com. Her two books on designing high-impact graphs, slideshows, and reports both hit #1 on Amazon bestseller lists weeks before they were even released. This Spring Dr. Evergreen is publishing the second edition of one of those bestsellers and a brand new sketchbook with templates for making infographics and dashboards.

• Stephanie’s Book: “Effective Data Visualization: The Right Chart for the Right Data”

• Stephanie’s companion book: “The Data Visualization Sketchbook”

• Stephanie’s Website: StephanieEvergreen.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Alternative charting software: Keynote, Prezi, think-cell, Mekko Graphics, Adobe Illustrator

• Data visualizations: Marimekko Chart, Word cloud, Dumbbell Dot Plot

• Movie: An Inconvenient Truth

• Study: Seeing data visualized makes it more believable

• Book: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport

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