Creating Great Charts, Graphs and Maps on a Budget

Creating Great Charts, Maps, and Diagrams April 2012 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 Quinn Executive Director, Idealware Kyle Andrei

Introductions: www.idealware.org

Resources and Services From Idealware Online seminarsThe Field Guide to and coursesSoftware for Commissioned articlesNonprofits and reports Close to 300 existing freeConsulting to In-person training articles and reportsnetworks Idealware is a 501(c)3 nonprofit!

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.

Six Principles of GoodInformation Graphics

1. Define Your PointPretty muchevery chart hasa point of view

2. Accurately Represent Your Data In particular, treat your axes with respect40 45 4039 3538 30 2537 2036 15 1035 534 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

3. Tailor it to Your Audience From Princeton Election Consortium

4. The Simpler the BetterBoth graphscontain thesame info.But thesecond is fareasier to read.

5. Ensure it Speaks for Itself

6. Remove Everything You Can % US Adults Who Report Their Health as "Fair" or "Poor 25 20 Income Below Poverty Line 15 Income 100- 200% of Poverty Line 10 Income More than 200% Above Poverty Line 5 0 % US Adults Who Report Their Health as "Fair" or "Poor" 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 25 Income Below 20 Povert y Line 15 Income 1 00- 200% of 10 Povert y Line Income More 5 t han 20 0 % Above Povert y 0 Line 02 2 00 04 06 4 6 8 9 9 9 9 20 19 20 20 20 19 19 19

What Kind of Information Do You Have? Numerical

Quantitative Data Bar Charts Line Charts Plotted Chart Pie Chart

Bar Charts: An Example From Children Now’s “2009 California Report Card,” showing the relationship between race and preschool enrollment

Bubble Charts: An Example The Sunlight Foundation’s interactive Many Eyes chart showing the relationship between political party funding and the party in power

Tools for Charting

Microsoft Excel Part of the Microsoft Office Suite. $18 per license for nonprofits on TechSoup. Installed on Windows or Mac. % US Adults Who Report Their Health as "Fair" or "Poor" 25 Income Below 20 Povert y Line 15 Income 1 00- 200% of 10 Povert y Line Income More 5 t han 20 0 % Above Povert y 0 Line 02 2 00 04 06 4 6 8 9 9 9 9 20 19 20 20 20 19 19 19

DeltaGraph $129 per license Installed, Mac or Windows

Google Docs Spreadsheet Free Online at docs.google.com

Many Eyes Free Online at manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com Also consider: Google Docs Swivel Business

What Kind of Information Do You Have? Location Data

Pins on a Map Consider Google Maps or Google Earth Yadkin Riverkeeper’s Google map showing what they consider to be “pollution sites” created by Alcoa, a large corporate producer of aluminum.

Thematic MappingDefault map format – copyright Microsoft Consider Microsoft MapPoint or Golden MapViewer

What Kind of Information Do You Have? Conceptual

Flow Chart/Decision Tree

Hierarchical Chart

Process Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Relationships

Mind Map A Graphic Guide to Facebook Portraits BY DOOGIE HORNER http://www.fastcompany.com/1692957/facebook-profile-picture-flowchart

Tools for Conceptual Visualizations

Omnigraph

Gliffy

PowerPoint

FreeMind Also consider Mindmeister or PersonalBrain

Bringing them Together

InfographicsPrinceton Universitywww.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics

More InfographicsBy M+R Strategies, From NTEN Change Journal http://www.nten.org/ntenchange

Dashboardshttp://dashboard.imamuseum.org/

Other Resources• Visual.ly• Periodic Table of Visualization Methods• Infosthetics.com

Questions?

Upcoming Idealware Seminars 7/19: Choosing a Low Cost Donor Management System 7/21: Getting Started with Mobile Outreach 7/28: Telling Your Story with Blogs, Photos and Videos 8/11: Measuring Your Social Media Strategy More at www.idealware.org/online-training

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