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Creating Infographics for more Powerful

Handouts or Presentations

Presenter: Diana SilveiraNovare Library Services Source: http://on.mash.to/LOJLMD

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Trends in Dieting

• 4 of 10 people quit diets in 7 weeks

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4 OF 10 PEOPLE WILL

QUIT A DIET IN THE FIRST 7

WEEKS

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Week 1 Week 2 Week 30

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Percentage of People on a Diet

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A Picture is Worth A Thousand

Words

Picture Source: http://huff.to/LOLTnJ

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

Agenda

http://bit.ly/w3fTtK

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Why an Infographic?• Capture the current state of affairs• Compare A to B• Demonstrate the evolution of a trend, idea or

industry• Simplify the complex

http://bit.ly/zGxOjn

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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

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Simplify the Complex

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

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Benefits of an Infographic

• Easily shareable • Increase your “views” &

“shares”• Easy to understand• Make an impact

Image source: http://bit.ly/LOP3rr

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SOURCES FOR INFOGRAPHICS

Image source: http://bit.ly/LOQ2YA

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Visual.ly

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

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http://www.smallmeans.com/new-york-times-infographics/ andhttp://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/index.html

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

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

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

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

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CREATING YOUR OWN

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3 KEYS TO SUCCESS

VISUAL CONTENTKNOWLEDGE

http://bit.ly/xJhAhE

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Tips

• Keep it simple! • Show don’t tell• Have a point & make

it• Research• Cite within

infographic• Purpose• Simple call to action

http://bit.ly/PqZw0c & http://bit.ly/VdEAfs

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Design• Plan & Sketch before

you start• Make it visually

appealing• Include your URL

Source: http://bit.ly/UjMrWD

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• Click and Drag Graphics• WYSWYG Editor http://creately.com/

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PiktoChartFree and Pro versions

Free offers limited design optionshttp://app.piktochart.com/

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http://infogr.am/

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• Create interactive maps without Google• 3D maps

• Add symbols, figures, characters

http://kartograph.org/ http://geocommons.com/maps/143445

• Create interactive maps without Google

• Share and embed• Developer API

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• $4.99@month/2.99 for students/ Free Trial Availablehttp://www.wolframalpha.com/pro/

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Many Eyes (IBM Research)

Strengths:• Upload own data or use existing• Variety of Visualization Options

• Publish Interactive visualizations to your own site

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

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Daytum• Quick and Easy• Small Sets of Data

• iPhone App – visualization on the go

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Wordle

Wordle.net

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TRULY CREATING YOUR OWN

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Need A Cheat Sheet

http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/how-to-create-outstanding-modern-infographics/http://bit.ly/GPmk4G http://bit.ly/LOP3rr

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Tools to Create - DIY• PowerPoint or other Presentation Software• Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator• Inkscape (inkscape.org)

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Source: Julian Hansen http://bit.ly/P0rvTp

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Choosing Fonts

Font Sources: http://delicious.com/dee987/fonts

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http://bit.ly/T5kiaL

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Click icon to add picture

http://colorschemedesigner.com/

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SELECT VISUALS

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Edit Visuals

• Photoshop• GIMP• Slashup.com• Pixlr

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Need some data• DataMarket.com• Datacatalogs.org• Numberof.net• Gallup.com• Census.gov

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QUESTIONS?

Source: http://bit.ly/LPaFE6

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Diana [email protected]

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