檳榔嶼

Meeting today's critical communications challenges
  1. Information overload
  2. 4x4 model

Focus using the KWYs

Understanding visual perception


Using the right data

The power of Story

Headlines bring focus
  - Mistakes :
    1. Neglecting to think of the headline
    2. Not focusing on what's important
    3. You don't set up a story
    4. Multiple headlines and subtitles
    5. Lack of creativity and efforts

Picking the right chart
  - Try different charts


Exploring chart options

Tips for Using Color Effectively
  - Only use color to present something
  - Make everything grey, high one, the most important

Tips for Axes, Labeling, and Legends
  - If you ask audience to focus on everything, they will focus on nothing
  - Put the key in the charts
  - Label 3 or 4 things and high the most important

Setting Scales in Data Visualization
  - Never ever ever ever ever .... start a bar chart from 0
  - Less better than more

Some thoughts about tools
  - D3
  - More tools, Better performance

Sketching and wireframing your data visualizations
  - Use your hand to sketch

What about Leave-Behind?

  - 2 versions of presentation
    1. presentation version : top first important

    2. detail version : others are noise


Re-thinking text-based slides


Re-thinking charts : Simplify
  - No need to label everything
  - Options, all options




The Power of Simplication