Thanks to everyone who participated in the first and second dataviz challenges! I hope these challenges give you a chance to practice and build upon your Excel and visualization skills. Last time, we made a streamlined version of the basic bar chart by adjusting Excel’s…
Two weeks ago, I challenged readers to re-create the “after” version of a basic bar chart. You can read the full post here. Congratulations to the 9 winners: Molly Hamm, David Napoli, Susan Kistler, Jon Schwabish, Ethan, Mike, Sara Vaca, Samantha Grant, and Kevin Gilds! You’ve…
The first dataviz challenge was a hit! A few of you wanted to participate but weren’t ready to jump into a challenge that required so much Excel elbow grease. So, this second challenge is geared towards beginners like you. Once I build your foundational skills,…
Two weeks ago, I challenged readers to reproduce a circle chart from Innovation Network’s State of Evaluation 2012 report — using only Microsoft Excel or R. You can read the full blog post here. And the winners are… Tony Fujs, Andrea Hutson, Prince Rajan, and…
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m a huge fan of Microsoft Excel (click here if you don’t believe me). I love Excel because it’s nearly free and can accomplish 99% of my data analysis tasks. Sometimes evaluators are hesitant to use Excel. One misconception is…
My favorite part of the American Evaluation Association’s annual conference in October 2012 was officially meeting the evaluators who I’d previously met online – like Karen Anderson, Katherine Dawes, Amy Germuth, Simon Hearn, Susan Kistler, Chi Yan Lam, Chris Lysy, Ehren Reed, Patricia Rogers, Jon Sachs,…
Greetings evaluators! Are you attending the American Evaluation Association’s conference in Minneapolis? If so, I hope we can meet. Here’s where I’ll be during the conference: Wednesday, October 24 Lunch with the lovely Jen Hamilton. Dinner with the Innovation Network team. Thursday, October 25 11 –…