Effective dashboard design delivers on the promise of targeted, accessible, and actionable information for organizations looking to maximize their profits. Through good, bad, and very ugly examples, you will learn about practical design techniques and challenges that dashboard designers face today. [Presented on SXSW Interactive 2010]

1. EFFECTIVE
DASHBOARD
DESIGN
why your baby is ugly

2. #whybabyisugly
@hursman
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3. “ A dashboard is a visual
display of the most
important information
needed to achieve
one or more objectives,
consolidated and
arranged on a single
screen so the
information can be
monitored at a glance.
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4. CREDIT: MICROCHARTS FROM BUENA VISTA SYSTEMS

5. supercute
DESIGN
TECHNIQUES
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18. CREDIT: MICROCHARTS FROM BUENA VISTA SYSTEMS
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36. TRY AGAIN??
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37. CREDIT: STEPHEN FEW, PERCEPTUAL EDGE
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CREDIT: MICROCHARTS FROM BUENA VISTA SYSTEMS

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@hursman
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50. RESOURCES
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51. Aaron Hursman Dashboard Spy
http://aaron.hursman.com http://dashboardspy.com/
Perceptual Edge (Stephen Few) Dashboards by Example
http://www.perceptualedge.com/ http://tinyurl.com/6kktla
Edward Tufte Many Eyes
http://www.edwardtufte.com/ http://tr.im/RU0s
BonaVista (MicroCharts) Tableau Software
http://www.bonavistasystems.com/ http://tr.im/RTZY
Juice Analytics Junk Charts
http://juiceanalytics.com/ http://tr.im/RU05
Jorge Camoes Charts Bad Charts & Dashboards
http://charts.jorgecamoes.com/ http://tr.im/RU0h
Dashboard Insight Dundas Data Visualization
http://www.dashboardinsight.com/ http://dundas.com/
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