Practical Reporting
@practicalrep
Practical Reporting is the consultancy of Nick Desbarats @nickdesb, delivering data visualization and dashboard design training globally.
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My latest blog post: "Choosing a chart type is harder than you think." Agree? Disagree? Let me know! practicalreporting.com/blog/2023/5/21…
Early bird prices for my June #dataviz and #dashboarddesign workshop end on Apr30! This workshop may sell out, so register soon if interested. Discounts available for participants from lower-income countries. Hope to see you (online) there! practicalreporting.com/jun-2023-onlin…
Chart creators often try to make unclear charts clearer by labelling all the values in the chart. This sounds like a good idea in theory, but, in practice, it just forces more cognitive effort onto the reader. More in my latest blog post here: practicalreporting.com/blog/2023/1/10…
Early bird prices end on Dec16 for my January #dataviz and #dashboarddesign workshop (already >50% sold out!) Discounts of up to 75% available for participants from lower-income countries. Hope to see you there (online) next month! practicalreporting.com/jan-2023-onlin…
A few yrs ago, I realized that bullet graphs have some significant downsides and I switched to an alternative called "action dots". What, exactly, are the downsides of bullet graphs? Full deets in my latest Nightingale article: nightingaledvs.com/why-i-stopped-… Disagree? Lemme know!
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Why I Stopped Using Bullet Graphs (and What I Now Use Instead) - Nightingale
Action dots are more informative, easier to understand, faster to visually scan, and don’t have any of the downsides of bullet graphs.
New open-registration #dataviz and #dashboarddesign workshop just announced for Jan 2023! Discounts of up to 75% available to participants from lower-income countries. I hope to see you (online) there! practicalreporting.com/jan-2023-onlin…
Just a few spots left in this month's #dataviz and #dashboarddesign open-registration workshop! For this one, discounts of up to 75% are available for participants from lower-income countries. Hope to see you (online) there! practicalreporting.com/sep-2022-works…
Early bird discount for next month's open-registration #dataviz and #dashboarddesign workshop expires in five days! Still some spots left... Hope to see you (online) there! practicalreporting.com/sep-2022-works…
New blog post: “Are line charts liars?” Would love to hear thoughts/objections from fellow peeps who think way too much about line charts (looking at you, @DataRevelations @eagereyes @VizWizBI @acotgreave @DataRemixed 🙂) practicalreporting.com/blog/2022/6/2/…
New Practical Charts and Practical Dashboards workshop just announced for Sept 2022! For this workshop, I'm reducing fees by up to 75% for participants from lower-income countries to make it more accessible. Hope to see you there! practicalreporting.com/sep-2022-works…
Wanna watch a commercial? Finally found the time to create a 14-minute video "preview" of my Practical Charts course to help people decide if the course is right for them. Enjoy! youtu.be/S6F4KrZp7ZY
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Still some spots left for next month's live online dataviz and dashboard design workshop at EMEA-friendly times of day. Hope to see you there! cgi.com/no/nb/cgi-acad…
Ever struggled to decide how many bins a histogram should have? My take on this tricky design question is a little different than most (shocker, I know). Let me know if you disagree, though! practicalreporting.com/blog/2022/4/1/…
Live online dataviz & dashboard design workshop at Europe/Middle East/Africa-friendly times of day just announced for May 2022! Info/registration: cgi.com/no/nb/cgi-acad…
I love #dataviz but, TBH, the field is a bit of a mess. I've attempted to bring the wide variety of DV terms, visuals, skills, books & software into a single graphic that shows how they all relate to one another. Tall order, I know. Thoughts? nightingaledvs.com/a-map-of-data-… #mapofdataviz
Still some spots left in next month's open-registration data viz and dashboard design workshop. Early bird discount ends Friday. Hope to see you (online) there! Info/registration: practicalreporting.com/feb-2022-works…
Does data visualization have rules? Or is it all just "it depends"? New article just posted in @DataVizSociety's Nightingale magazine. nightingaledvs.com/does-data-visu…
Confused by definitions of data visualization, data storytelling, dashboards, and whether you even need dashboards? Join me for an informal discussion with @DataRevelations @abmakulec @sarahlovesdata @analyticshero @akrackov on Friday at noon EST!
New blog post: “Do I need to include zero in my chart’s scale? (It’s surprisingly complicated...)” Experts have been debating this question for decades at least; I dare to hope that this (very long) post will finally provide a definitive answer. practicalreporting.com/blog/2021/12/4…
Next week's "Practical Charts" course is sold out, and there are <5 spots left for "Practical Dashboards". Didn't get a spot? No worries, new workshop just announced for Feb: practicalreporting.com/public-trainin…
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