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#datanerds: Six Steps to Great Graphs and Charts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Gemma Correll – I Love Charts. Note from Beth: I just knew that I was going to start obsessing about charts and graphs after my Excel spreadsheet obsessions started. What better way than in Excel. Step 1: Which Chart is Best? If your data adds up to 100%, you might choose a pie chart.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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When we started the company, we had over $1 million worth of business doing slides. I sat down with the staff and told them we had to be out of the slide business within the next 18 months. Use Data to Drive Decisions The fancy graphics and charts that technology makes available aren’t show ponies. We changed our entire model.

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Pecha Kucha

NCE Social Media

How it differs from your traditional PowerPoint presentation is that the speaker uses 20 slides and has 20 seconds per slide to speak. The slides are set up to auto-run so they advance automatically. Then after the 6:40 is up (20 slides x 20 seconds = 6 minutes 40 seconds) the presenter sits down. That’s it.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The ideas can be captured on a flip chart or participants can write them down on sticky notes and post them on a wall. Write them on a flip chart, white board, or slide so everyone can see it. Write the initial topic on a flip chart, whiteboard or slide where everyone can see it. see above). You can set a timer.

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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. You have to slow down to create the charts and you really how to think about the “show step.” Better Method: Create Visualizations of Important Data and Pull Together On One Slide.

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4 proven strategies to increase revenue at your association

Nimble AMS

Use videos, charts, games, slide decks, checklists, and interviews within your training courses to engage members and keep them coming back for more. . To take your learning program to the next level, you’ll need to ensure you offer engaging learning courses. Offer non-member pricing for training.?

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6 Tips for Nonprofit Professionals on Speaking Brilliantly with Your Slides

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Looking at your entire presentation from their perspective will not only encourage you to cut any excess information, but also help you to design more compelling slides. Eileen on energy levels: “You want to change up the sound of your voice and the visual variety of the slides, so people stay with you. Well, that depends.

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