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A
Accessibility
overcomplicating
poor design,
text, thoughtful use of
action titles on slides
Action words
Adobe Illustrator
Aesthetics
Affordances
creating a clear visual hierarchy of information
eliminating distractions
highlighting effects
Alignment
diagonal components
presentation software tips for
Animation, leveraging in visuals
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Annotated line graph with forecast


Area graphs
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Audience attention, focusing
color
brand colors
considering tone conveyed
designing with colorblind in mind
position on page
using consistently
using sparingly
memory
iconic
long-term
short-term
preattentive attributes
in graphs
in text
sight
size

B
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Bar charts
axis vs. data labels
bar width
categories, logical ordering of
ethical concerns
horizontal
simple
stacked
horizontal
leveraging positive and negative
100%
vertical
vertical
waterfall chart
Beck, Harry
Beyond Bullet Points (Atkinson)
Big Idea
Bing, Bang, Bongo

C
Cairo, Alberto
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Case studies
alternatives to pie charts
100% stacked horizontal bar graph
showing numbers directly
simple bar graph
slopegraph
color considerations with a dark background
animation, leveraging in visuals
logic in order
spaghetti graphs, avoiding
combined approach
emphasizing one line at a time
separating spatially
Closure principle
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Clutter, avoiding
cognitive load
data-ink/signal-to-noise ratio
contrast, nonstrategic use of
redundant details, use of
decluttering
cleaning up axis labels
labeling data directly
leveraging consistent color
removing chart border
removing data markers
removing gridlines
Gestalt Principles of Visual Perception
closure
connection
continuity
enclosure
proximity
similarity
presence of
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visual order, lack of


alignment
white space
Cognitive load
data-ink/signal-to-noise ratio
Color considerations with a dark background
Color saturation

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Communication mechanism continuum
live presentation
slideument
written document or email
Connection principle
Context, importance of
Big Idea
consulting for
exploratory vs. explanatory analysis
how
illustrated by example
supporting data
storyboarding
3-minute story
understanding
what
action
mechanism
tone
who
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audience
you
Continuity principle
Contrast, nonstrategic use of
redundant details, use of

D
Data-ink ratio
Data Points (Yau)
Distractions, eliminating
Donut charts
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Duarte, Nancy

E
Eager Eyes (blog)
Effective visuals, choosing
graphs
area graphs
bar charts
lines
points
slopegraph
infographics
simple text
tables
borders
heatmap
visuals to avoid
3D charts
donut charts
pie charts
secondary y-axis
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Enclosure principle
Excel
changing components of a graph in
slopegraph template
Exploratory vs. explanatory analysis

F
Few, Stephen
FiveThirtyEight’s Data Lab
Flowing Data (blog)

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The Functional Art (blog)
Fung, Kaiser

G
Gestalt Principles of Visual Perception
closure
connection
continuity
enclosure
proximity
similarity
Google
People Analytics
Project Oxygen
spreadsheets
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Graphs
area graphs
bar charts
axis vs. data labels
bar width
categories, logical ordering of
ethical concerns
horizontal
stacked horizontal
stacked vertical
vertical
waterfall chart
lines
line graph
points
scatterplots
slopegraphs
modified
template
The Guardian Data Blog
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H
Headlines, creating
Heatmap
HelpMeViz (blog)
Hierarchy of information
super-categories
Highlighting effects
Horizontal logic
“How to Write with Style” (Vonnegut)

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I
Iconic memory
Ineffective graphs, examples of
Infographics
Information Visualization: Perception for Design (Ware)

K
Kirk, Andy
Kriebel, Andy

L
Line graph
annotated with forecast
Live presentation
tables in
Logic in order
Long-term memory

M
Make a Powerful Point (blog)
McCandless, David
McKee, Robert
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McMahon, Gavin
Model visuals, dissecting
line graph
annotated with forecast
stacked bars
horizontal
leveraging positive and negative
100%
Moonville example

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P
Perceptual Edge (blog)
Pie charts
Points
scatterplots
PowerPoint
Preattentive attributes
in graphs
in text
Proximity principle

R
Resonate (Duarte)
Reverse storyboarding

S
Scatterplots
modified
Schwabish, Jon
Secondary y-axis
Short-term memory
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Show Me the Numbers (Few)


Signal-to-noise ratio
Similarity principle
Simple text
Slideument
Slopegraphs
modified
template

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Spaghetti graphs, avoiding
combined approach
emphasizing one line at a time
separating spatially
Spears, Libby
Stacked bars
horizontal
leveraging positive and negative
100%
Storyboarding
Storytelling
constructing the story
beginning
end
middle
lessons in
magic of story
in cinema
in plays
in written word
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narrative structure
narrative flow
spoken and written
repetition
Bing, Bang, Bongo
tactics to ensure the story is clear
horizontal logic
reverse storyboarding
vertical logic
storytelling with data (blog)
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Storytelling with data process
appropriate display, choosing
audience attention, focusing
building competency in team or organization
combined approach
investing in internal experts
outsourcing
upskilling everyone
clutter, eliminating
context, understanding
telling a story
thinking like a designer
tips for success with
devoting time to
having fun and finding your style
iterating and seeking feedback
seeking inspiration through good examples
tools, learning to use
Super-categories
Survey feedback
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T
Tableau
Tables
borders
heatmap

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Thinking like a designer
acceptance
accessibility
overcomplicating
poor design
text, thoughtful use of
aesthetics
affordances
creating a clear visual hierarchy of information
eliminating distractions
highlighting effects
3-minute story
3D charts
Tufte, Edward

U
Universal Principles of Design (Lidwell, Holden, and Butler)

V
Vertical logic
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (Tufte)
The Visual Miscellaneum; A Colorful Guide to the World’s Most Consequential Trivia
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(McCandless)
Visual order, lack of
alignment
diagonal components
presentation software tips for
white space
Visualising Data (blog)

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Visuals to avoid
3D charts
donut charts
pie charts
secondary y-axis
VizWiz (blog)
Vonnegut, Kurt

W
Ware, Colin
Waterfall chart
brute-force
White space
Written document or email
WTF Visualizations (wtfviz.net)

Y
Yau, Nathan
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