creating infographics

CREATING INFOGRAPHICS FOR MORE POWERFUL

HANDOUTS & PRESENTATIONS

LUNCH & LEARN

BY DIANA SILVEIRANOVARE LIBRARY SERVICES

Trends in Dieting

• 4 of 10 people quit diets in 7 weeks

4 OF 10 PEOPLE WILL

QUIT A DIET IN THE FIRST 7

WEEKS

Week 1 Week 2 Week 30

20

40

60

80

100

120

Percentage of People on a Diet

Source: http://www.nexercise.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/new-years-fail.html

- What is an infographics?- Where can you find existing infographics?- How can you create your own infographics?

Agenda

http://bit.ly/w3fTtK

What Are INFOGRAPHICS?

http://huff.to/xuEg5s

Why an Infographic?

Explain Current State

of Affairs

Compare A to B

Evolution of a trend or idea

Simplify the complex

http://bit.ly/yCah7pand http://slidesha.re/xy1vUJ

Why?

• Easily shareable – will increase your “views” and “shares”

• Easy to understand• Make an impact

http://visual.ly/improve-your-credit

WHERE TO FIND POWERFUL INFOGRAPHICS?

Visual.ly

http://visual.ly/ and http://bit.ly/zSyhXi

http://www.coolinfographics.com/http://bit.ly/yG4IL8

http://www.smallmeans.com/new-york-times-infographics/ andhttp://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/01/30/weekinreview/30marsh.html

http://bit.ly/yStnZ8http://flowingdata.com/category/visualization/

http://www.good.is/infographics http://bit.ly/y3qML2

http://www.visualizing.org/ http://invent.ge/wcV0Yc

A community of creative people making sense of complex issues through data and design  

http://visualoop.tumblr.com/http://bit.ly/AuVfXP

http://bit.ly/w2eKR7

http://pinterest.com/search/?q=infographics

MAKING YOUR OWN INFOGRAPHICS

3 KEYS TO SUCCESS

VISUALCONTENT

KNOWLEDGE

http://bit.ly/xJhAhE

Tips for Good Infographics

• Keep it simple! • Have a point & make it clear• Decide on a color scheme• Research • Cite within infographic• Think of it as a visual essay• Purpose: Convey meaning behind complex data• Include your URL

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/awesome-free-tools-infographics/

Strengths:• Upload own data or use

existing• Variety of Visualization

Options• Publish Interactive

visualizations to your own site

Many Eyes (IBM Research)

http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/

• Quick and Easy• Small Sets of Data• iPhone App – visualization

on the go

Daytum

• Click and Drag Graphics• WYSWYG Editor

http://creately.com/

• $4.99@month/2.99 for students/ Free Trial Available

http://www.wolframalpha.com/pro/

• Create interactive maps without Google

• 3D maps• Add symbols, figures,

characters

http://kartograph.org/

Wordle

Wordle.net

Tools to Create - DIY

• Carefully select Fonts and Colors• http://openclipart.org/• Photos– Creative Commons, Dreamstime for free

photos

• Photoedit software– Photoshop, GIMP, etc.– PowerPoint or other Presentation

Software

BENEFITS OF VIDEOGAMES

Sources: http://abcn.ws/w9eYkL And http://openclipart.org/

Families that play video games together have fun together

Video Games can improve early literacy skills

Leads to better teamwork including: delegation, steering to common goal % more Better Hand/Eye

Coordination for kids and adults

QUESTIONS?

http://visual.ly/node/16005

From Attendee!

DIANA SILVEIRAdiana@novarelibrary.com

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