How to present data without losing your reader’s attention!
Summary: “Information graphics translate data into a visual medium that is easy to understand and engaging. Integrated visuals with text and pictures that strengthen each other are the goal, but hard to achieve.” -Lexie Kane (2018)
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- Honest Information-
- The information included in your infographic needs to be accurate and sourced.
- Make sure you have extra links to your data as well as popular sources.
- This will give the viewer more reason to use your information.
- Minimalism is Key-
- Keep your infographic design simple.
- Use about 3-5 colors that compliment each other.
- Make sure your words don’t crowd the data.
- You essentially want your infographic to show your data in a professional way but also be able to have a 5 year old understand it.
- Interactivity-
- Having an interactive infographic is a great way to get your viewer involved with your presentation.
- Sliding objects and adding preferences to the information they want to see automatically keeps the viewer invested.
- Being able to narrow down what data they want to see is very important. It combines all 3 of these examples into one!
Here’s a website with some good examples of…
“Interactive Infographics”