storytellingwithdata

One of our top tips for explanatory communications is to use color sparingly and purposefully to help your audience understand your data and message. Color should be an explicit choice, not something your software applies by default, whether that's a graphing tool or an AI assistant generating your first draft. These tools can build a chart in seconds. They m...

I’m proud to call the Pacific Northwest of the United States my home. Here we have rocky beaches, hidden waterways, uninhabited islands, and mountains as far as the eye can see. Which, admittedly, isn't very far through the fog most times of the year. I hike in Washington’s mountain ranges to take advantage ...

“Can you send me your slides before the meeting?”

This is a totally reasonable request if it happens often in your organization and you’ve planned for it. However, it might trigger mild panic if you were only planning to present the material live. A slide designed to support a spoken presentation is fundamentally different from one created for independent readi...