MM_2019_W6 | Makeover Monday recording key points | Couple 'other greats' this week


MM_2019_W6

This week there was very basic data so really just kept the viz simple.  I just created 3 bar inside of bar charts and then presented a title about each of the data points.  The formulas were pretty straight forward in the viz's.

Two story points that Eva and Andy consistently talk about both in the  MM reviews as well in their #MakeOverMonday book are keep the dashboards simple (I think people struggle with doing that) as well as tell the story.  There definitely were some favorites of mine as I looked at some of the submissions this week but sticking to the simple was my mantra for the week.

During the #MMVizreview; Andy and Eva did a demo at the end.  At about the 1:04 mark; Eva shows how to do a simple Bar inside of Bar chart.  After that Andy reviews BAN (big (*& numbers), which I think is always helpful. So take a listen here even if you just go to the 1 hour mark.

Here are some of my favorites for this week;
  • Nathan Adams; nice representation of BAN's, Waffles and bar. I like how he used different ways to represent that data.
  • Brian Scally; love the firecracker type design and nice and simple 
  • Anna Foard; Anna consistently tells a great story and I really do like waffle charts in general.
  • Katie Bridges did a really cool thing by making the viz look like a pamphlet or infographic and told a great story
 
 
 

Here's a link to my viz but  pretty boring this week.

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