Real Time Charitable Giving Report I ran across this report this cool report by Pew Internet last week, and it inspired me to play around with the key findings to create a infoposter with them. Here it is: (Click the image to view larger version.) To view
Read more →I’m excited to participate in my first Blog Action Day. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. The event aims to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion around an important issue
Read more →That was the puzzled response I received time and again yesterday when I mentioned the word infographics. Surprisingly, I was at the Minnesota Nonprofit Communications and Technology Conference. In fact, the only mention I heard of the word during the whole conference was in passing during Amy
Read more →You know you are a nerd when you are excited to watch the “enhanced” State of the Union. But I have to admit I was quite impressed with this first time enhanced SOTU webcast hosted on WhiteHouse.gov last night. In addition to making the speech easier to
Read more →I am always looking for design inspiration. When I ran across the website Mapping the Measure of America the other day I thought it was worth sharing with you as well. In addition to some interesting content, I liked the map and dashboard interface. I thought the
Read more →This post is just for fun, but thought it would be appropriate with the recent welcoming of a baby boy into our family and going through the name selection process. Choosing a baby name can be a challenging and somewhat daunting task. Not to mention one that
Read more →These examples were posted by Stan Schroeder on the Mashable blog this spring. I thought they were interesting infographic examples, so I thought I’d pass them along if you have not seen them yet. Click here read the original article on the Mashable blog. Below are also
Read more →This week I thought I would pass along an example of a nicely composed visual summary as a way to summarize my June tips on the topic. It was created by the organization called Big Duck out of Brooklyn, New York, which specializes in communications work for
Read more →If you are looking for a good resource to see how others are creatively portraying complex information on current issues, I would recommend checking out the online GOOD Transparency page –“a graphical exploration of the world around us.” It is also interesting to browse through the discussions
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