Communicating with graphics—exmples of how to communicate results graphically—how to tell your story with pictures. See also Barbara Felver’s Communicating Effectively with Graphics in this toolkit.
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Brief (three page) summary of points from Barbara Felver’s presentation on "Communicating with Graphics", including questions typically asked by policy makers; principles of effective graphics; and Tufte in brief. (Barbara Felver, September 2002). | Summary - Communicating With Graphics |
Example: In just three pages, using text, graphs and charts, Labor and Industries’ (L&I) Field Services Operations team shows progress on reducing framing injuries. (Stewart Henderson, L&I. Word file is 151 kb, PDF is 100 kb) | Reporting L&I’s Progress on Reducing Framing Injuries |
Example: Another example of communicating performance graphically from L&I. (Stewart Henderson, L&I. Word file is 149k, PDF is 110k). | Communicating Performance Graphically |
Good information design can show multiple dimensions, complex phenomena, and relationships that would not otherwise be apparent. | Edward Tufte is a pioneer of “information design”. Specific resources include his recent writings, courses and books. Information Design, Robert Jacobsen, editor. MIT Press: 1999. Washington State Library: 302.2, INFORMA, 1999. |