creating great charts, graphs and maps on a budget
DESCRIPTION
Presented as a free seminar on 4/19/12 by Laura Quinn of Idealware. You've got data. How do you transform it into charts, graphs, and maps that will help your audience understand the data and move them to take action? In this online seminars, we'll talk about the types of chart and map formats that might be useful to you, and then take a look at a number of the software packages that can help you create data graphics for both web and print publications.TRANSCRIPT
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Creating Great Charts, Maps, and Diagrams
April 2012
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Logistics
After the session, I’ll send out:• The slides • A link to the recording• Any links we’ve discussed
Call into the audio line at (712) 432-1001, access code 469085792#Google Voice does not seem to work with this number, but Skype does.
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Introductions
Laura QuinnExecutive Director, Idealware
Kyle Andrei
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Introductions: www.idealware.org
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Resources and Services From Idealware
Online seminars and courses
In-person trainingConsulting to networks
Idealware is a 501(c)3 nonprofit!
Close to 300 existing free articles and reports
Commissioned articles and reports
The Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits
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What We’ll Cover
• Six principles of data graphics• What kind of information do you have?
• Numeric• Location• Conceptual
• Bringing it all together
Call into the audio line at (712) 432-1001, access code 469085792#Google Voice does not seem to work with this number, but Skype does.
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Six Principles of Good Information Graphics
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1. Define Your Point
Pretty much every chart has a point of view
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2. Accurately Represent Your Data
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In particular, treat your axes with respect
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3. Tailor it to Your Audience
From Princeton Election Consortium
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4. The Simpler the Better
Both graphs contain the same info. But the second is far easier to read.
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5. Ensure it Speaks for Itself
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6. Remove Everything You Can% US Adults Who Report Their Health as "Fair" or "Poor
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What Kind of Information Do You Have?
Numerical
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Quantitative Data
Bar Charts Line Charts
Plotted Chart Pie Chart
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Bar Charts: An Example
From Children Now’s “2009 California Report Card,” showing the relationship between race and preschool enrollment
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Bubble Charts: An Example
The Sunlight Foundation’s interactive Many Eyes chart showing the relationship between political party funding and the party in power
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Tools for Charting
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Microsoft Excel Part of the Microsoft Office Suite. $18 per license for nonprofits on TechSoup.
Installed on Windows or Mac.
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Income BelowPoverty Line
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Income Morethan 200%Above PovertyLine
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DeltaGraph
$129 per license
Installed, Mac or Windows
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Google Docs Spreadsheet
Free
Online at docs.google.com
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Many Eyes
Also consider:Google DocsSwivel Business
Free
Online at manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com
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What Kind of Information Do You Have?
Location Data
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Pins on a Map
Yadkin Riverkeeper’s Google map showing what they consider to be “pollution sites” created by Alcoa, a large corporate producer of aluminum.
Consider Google Maps or Google Earth
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Thematic Mapping
Default map format – copyright Microsoft
Consider Microsoft MapPoint or Golden MapViewer
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What Kind of Information Do You Have?
Conceptual
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Flow Chart/Decision Tree
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Hierarchical Chart
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Process
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
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Relationships
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Mind Map
A Graphic Guide to Facebook PortraitsBY DOOGIE HORNERhttp://www.fastcompany.com/1692957/facebook-profile-picture-flowchart
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Tools for Conceptual Visualizations
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Visio
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Omnigraph
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Gliffy
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PowerPoint
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FreeMind
Also consider Mindmeister or PersonalBrain
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Bringing them Together
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Infographics
Princeton Universitywww.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics
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More Infographics
By M+R Strategies, From NTEN Change Journal http://www.nten.org/ntenchange
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Dashboards
http://dashboard.imamuseum.org/
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Other Resources
• Visual.ly• Periodic Table of Visualization Methods• Infosthetics.com
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Questions?
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