storytelling with data: #5 the beauty of constraints

We often complain about the constraints we face when communicating via a presentation: we don’t have enough time, we don’t have the right tools, we are only allowed a limited number of slides. In this episode, Cole discusses how constraints can actually be amazing and how imposing constraints intentionally on our work can better arm us to deal with those constraints that are less in our control. Cole also answers reader questions on strategies for upskilling data visualization across an organization, the best place to put monetary symbols, using different types of graphs together, and the use of color in data visualization. LINKS: Recent blog post illustrating different graph types on same slide March #SWDchallenge recap: bring on the bars Updates: upcoming public workshop in SF, Audible book Big Book of Dashboards Workshop/training inquiries: [email protected] Questions? email [email protected] Feedback? email [email protected]