Interactive, clickable session highlighting how to apply design principles to Excel graphs to make a data story sing. Originally hosted as a brown-bag lunch presentation at JSI. For more detailed resources on designing various chart types in Excel, check out Ann Emery's Excel series and slide decks http://www.slideshare.net/annkemery/presentations.
21. ON CREATING TITLES
State your takeaway message in the title
Generic Better Best
Readers have to spend precious
time decoding charts with generic
titles.
The title gives details about what
the indicators are, but does not tell
a story.
The title tells the story explicitly
and clearly, giving your reader the
message.
Figure: Total Population Total Population by World
Bank Country Income
Classification
The proportion of the global
population living in middle
income countries has grown
over the past 50 years, now
estimated at 70% of the
world's population.
Your title needs may change depending
on your audience: scientific journals
may require a different title than a web-
based communications product.
27. READY FOR ROUND 2? URBANIZATION DATA VIZ ACTIVITY
% of population living in an urban setting
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
East Asia & Pacific 22.4647224.84152 27.49883 33.65413 41.21955 51.6696
Europe & Central Asia 55.2119560.63047 64.68612 67.43591 68.24317 69.97876
Latin America & Caribbean 49.25997 57.0116664.25289 70.29534 75.44325 78.79903
Middle East & North Africa 34.98355 42.821349.55351 54.84566 58.64444 62.58201
Sub-Saharan Africa 14.7485419.33165 23.62453 27.90688 31.99966 35.93099
South Asia 16.72588 18.6511222.32985 25.02435 27.33532 30.60301
East Asia & Pacific (developing only) 16.9152418.77601 21.335728.15679 36.64623 47.5415
Europe & Central Asia (developing only) 39.1543645.88226 51.18321 56.77231 57.55644 59.49709
Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) 48.3857256.26412 63.68319 69.93737 75.05648 78.45927
Middle East & North Africa (developing only) 33.9218441.15169 46.94968 51.67239 55.54996 58.98237
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) 14.7365919.32403 23.62208 27.90184 31.99435 35.92825
29. BOOKS
PEOPLE TO READ
Stephen Few
Show Me the
Numbers
Edward Tufte
The Visual Display
of Quantitative
Information
Alberto Cairo
The Functional Art:
An Introduction to
Information
Graphics
Cole
Nussbaumer
Storytelling
withdata.com
30.
31. TOOLS
COLOR-HEX
COLOR ORACLE
COLOR BREWER Simple tool for picking palettes
Originally for maps
Simulates color blindness
Great for checking your viz
Technical info on color models
Generates CSS codes