A Place I’ll Remember – July 2023
A Place I'll Remember Today, my computer is giving me fits a little bit. And today, I’m so grateful I have the skills to work my way through it. So, how fitting that today I am highlighting E2D, a Charlotte North Carolina based program...
When Two Are Better than One
Redesign Your Data When are 2 (or more) charts better than 1? Last time I talked about cleaning up crowded legends by simplifying your data and direct labeling. “Small multiples” are another great solution for crowded economic...
A Place I’ll Remember – June 2023
A Place I'll Remember Maybe because like all of us I am overwhelmed with information, I’ve been paying a lot of attention lately to how website navigation is designed in our economic development world. One theory is that the overall...
Have your Legends gone Wild?
Redesign Your Data I’ve been reading and making a lot of charts lately , and it’s made me remember the limitations of legends. This is another area where the default settings on your spreadsheet program may not be serving you well. My...
A Place I’ll Remember – May 2023
A Place I'll Remember In the Golden Triangle of Mississippi local construction-related companies have come together as FORGE, dedicated to exposing kids and parents to opportunities in their industry, their companies, and their community. ...
What a Difference an Axis Makes
Redesign Your Data I’ve been thinking a lot about Labor Force Participation Rates in preparation for a couple of workforce class sessions I’m preparing, and as we nerds do, I got to playing with the data. As I was looking at...
A Place I’ll Remember – April 2023
A Place I'll Remember I’m a language-learning junkie, so I love Iowa’s decision to provide grant funding to employers implementing language learning programs in the workplace. $5 million in funding was announced by the governor for this...
Right Chart, Wrong Audience?
Redesign Your Data If you are working with data visualizations for economic development, remember that the perfect design isn’t perfect if you use it with the wrong audience. Take unemployment – a downward trending graph,...