Comments on: Try These Tips for Great-Looking Charts

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:44:47 +0000

A couple of the other posters mention Jon Moon’s book. There’s also some e-learning courses which practices what the book preaches:

http://www.jmoon.co.uk/online_courses.cfm

By: Kara

Kara — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:09:29 +0000

Hi Tom, Did you know Garr Reynolds just released Presentation Zen: The Video? Thought you and your readers would like to know.

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By: Gail Poulin

Gail Poulin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:13:22 +0000

Thanks for the post on creating charts. I haven’t been able to master the basics for creating them but can understand the need for simple and direct presentation of data or ideas. What readily available programs do people generally use to create charts?

By: tom

tom — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:11:06 +0000

Tufte’s stuff is good and recommended. However, there is a difference between a presentation and elearning course. For example, a presentation is usually an isolated event where an elearning course can be rewound and repeated.

By: David Monroe

David Monroe — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:43:17 +0000

I highly recommend reading most everything by Edward Tufte. Although it is presented in an academic format, he understands how to best display quantitative information. One can use complexity, but still engage a learner.

I can imagine the U.S. Energy Flow being best suited for an interactive slide that helps the learner through the data – well, and yes, some cleaning up of the slide as well. In other words, you don’t have to sacrifice complexity, but you DO have to think of how to best layer the data to allow the learner to understand the relationships.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:56:10 +0000

Hi, thanks Tom.

Re-enforced my thinking on presenting information. There’s some great content in How to Make an Impact by Jon Moon.

Tony

By: Connie Malamed

Connie Malamed — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:33:08 +0000

Thanks for posting on this important subject. For more great information on graph design based on how we perceive and process information, see Stephen Kosslyn’s “Elements of Graph Design (1996).” I think you’ll enjoy it.

[Ed note: also available or Graph Design for the Eye and Mind (2006).]

Connie
http://theelearningcoach.com/

By: Rina Tripathi

Rina Tripathi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:00:16 +0000

Every time I visit this blog there is beautiful step-by-step learning. The graphs never looks so interesting before. Thanks for all the very interesting posts. I admire the spirit of sharing here.