“We’ll discuss six principles here: proximity, similarity, enclosure, closure, continuity, and connection.” — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Principles Copy Share Image
“Exploratory analysis is what you do to understand the data and figure out what might be noteworthy or interesting to highlight to… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Analysis Copy Share Image
“Concentrate on the pearls, the information your audience needs to know.” — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Audience Copy Share Image
“When you have just a number or two that you want to communicate: use the numbers directly.” — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“Figure 5.10 Add action title and annotation In Figure 5.10, thoughtful use of text makes the design accessible. It’s clear to the… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“3-minute story The 3-minute story is exactly that: if you had only three minutes to tell your audience what they need to… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“Who is your audience? What do you need them to know or do? This chapter describes the importance of understanding the situational… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Communication Copy Share Image
“What would a successful outcome look like? If you only had a limited amount of time or a single sentence to tell… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Communication Copy Share Image
“By combining the visual and verbal, we set ourselves up for success when it comes to triggering the formation of long-term memories… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Memory Copy Share Image
“What do you need your audience to know or do? This is the point where you think through how to make what… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Learning Copy Share Image
“One thing to keep in mind with a table is that you want the design to fade into the background, letting the… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“When we’re at the point of communicating our analysis to our audience, we really want to be in the explanatory space, meaning… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“Generally, diagonal elements such as lines and text should be avoided. They look messy and, in the case of text, are harder… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“My base color is grey, not black, to allow for greater contrast since color stands out more against grey than black. For… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Color Copy Share Image
“Affordances In the field of design, experts speak of objects having “affordances.” These are aspects inherent to the design that make it… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“Here are some action words to help act as thought starters as you determine what you are asking of your audience: accept… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Change Copy Share Image
“Short-term memory Short-term memory has limitations. Specifically, people can keep about four chunks of visual information in their short-term memory at a… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“Especially in live presentation settings, repeated iterations of the same visual, with different pieces emphasized to tell different stories or different aspects… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“I almost always use dark grey for the graph title. This ensures that it stands out, but without the sharp contrast you… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“Highlighting one aspect can make other things harder to see One word of warning in using preattentive attributes: when you highlight one… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“The biggest shift was from a bar graph to a line graph. As we’ve discussed, line graphs typically make it easier to… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Graph Copy Share Image
“On the horizontal x-axis, we don’t need every single day labeled since we’re more interested in the overall trend, not what happened… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Every single day Copy Share Image
“Never again will you simply show data. Rather, you will create visualizations that are thoughtfully designed to impart information and incite action.” — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Data Copy Share Image
“Note how, within each, the preattentive attribute grabs your attention, and how some attributes draw your eyes with greater or weaker force… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“Will you be encountering each other for the first time through this communication, or do you have an established relationship? Do they… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Communication Copy Share Image
“Position on page Without other visual cues, most members of your audience will start at the top left of your visual or… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“If you simply present data, it’s easy for your audience to say, “Oh, that’s interesting,” and move on to the next thing.… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Audience Copy Share Image
“Action titles on slides The title bar at the top of your PowerPoint slide is precious real estate: use it wisely! This… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Real estate Copy Share Image
“Don’t show the second y-axis. Instead, label the data points that belong on this axis directly. Pull the graphs apart vertically and… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“Alignment The single change having the biggest impact in the preceding before-and-after example was the shift from center-aligned to left-justified text. In… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
“Horizontal bar chart If I had to pick a single go-to graph for categorical data, it would be the horizontal bar chart,… — Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Copy Share Image
