Creating infographics for more powerful handouts or presentation august2012

Creating Infographics for more Powerful Handouts or PresentationsPresenter: Diana SilveiraNovare Library Services

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Trends in Dieting

4 of 10 people quit diets in 7 weeks

4 OF 10 PEOPLE WILL

QUIT A DIET IN THE FIRST 7

WEEKS

Week 1 Week 2 Week 30

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Percentage of People on a Diet

Source: http://www.nexercise.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/new-years-fail.html

A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words

Picture Source: http://huff.to/LOLTnJ

- What is an infographics?- Where can you find existing infographics?- How can you create your own infographics?

Agenda

http://bit.ly/w3fTtK

Why an Infographic?

Explain Current State

of Affairs

Compare A to B

Evolution of a trend or idea

Simplify the complex

http://bit.ly/yCah7pand http://slidesha.re/xy1vUJ

Benefits of an Infographic

• Easily shareable • Increase your “views” &

“shares”• Easy to understand• Make an impact

Image source: http://bit.ly/LOP3rr

Simplify the Complex

http://visual.ly/improve-your-credit

SOURCES FOR INFOGRAPHICS

Image source: http://bit.ly/LOQ2YA

Visual.ly

http://visual.ly/ and http://bit.ly/zSyhXi

http://www.coolinfographics.com/http://bit.ly/yG4IL8

http://www.smallmeans.com/new-york-times-infographics/ andhttp://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/index.html

http://bit.ly/yStnZ8http://flowingdata.com/category/visualization/Includes tutorials

http://www.good.is/infographics http://bit.ly/y3qML2

http://www.visualizing.org/ http://invent.ge/wcV0Yc

A community of creative people making sense of complex issues through data and design  

http://visualoop.tumblr.com/http://bit.ly/AuVfXP

Image source: http://bit.ly/LOSNJn http://bit.ly/LOSRsN

http://pinterest.com/search/?q=infographics

http://infographiclist.com/ Image source: http://bit.ly/H4ku3X

CREATING YOUR OWN

3 KEYS TO SUCCESS

VISUAL CONTENTKNOWLEDGE

http://bit.ly/xJhAhE

Tips for Good Infographics

• Keep it simple! • Plan and Sketch Before you start• Show don’t tell• Have a point & make it clear• Decide on a color scheme• Research (Variety of sources)• Cite within infographic• Purpose: Convey meaning behind complex

data• Have a simple call to action• Make it visually appealing• Include your URL http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/awesome-free-tools-infographics/

Strengths:• Upload own data or use existing• Variety of Visualization Options

• Publish Interactive visualizations to your own site

Many Eyes (IBM Research)

http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/

• Quick and Easy• Small Sets of Data

• iPhone App – visualization on the go

Daytum

• Click and Drag Graphics• WYSWYG Editor http://creately.com/

PiktoChartFree and Pro versions

Free offers limited design optionshttp://app.piktochart.com/

• $4.99@month/2.99 for students/ Free Trial Availablehttp://www.wolframalpha.com/pro/

• Create interactive maps without Google• 3D maps

• Add symbols, figures, characters

http://kartograph.org/ http://geocommons.com/maps/143445

• Create interactive maps without Google

• Share and embed• Developer API

Wordle

Wordle.net

Need A Cheat Sheet

http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/how-to-create-outstanding-modern-infographics/http://bit.ly/GPmk4G http://bit.ly/LOP3rr

Tools to Create - DIY• Carefully select Fonts and Colors• http://openclipart.org/• Photos• Creative Commons, Dreamstime for free photos

• Photoedit software• Photoshop, GIMP, etc.• PowerPoint or other Presentation Software

Need some graphics/fonts?

http://delicious.com/dee987/fontshttp://medialoot.com/item/vector-infographic-kit/Http://openclipart.org

Need some data• DataMarket.com• Datacatalogs.org• Numberof.net• Gallup.com• Census.gov

Benefits of Video Games

Leads to better teamworkFamilies that play video games together have fun together

Improve early literacy skills

Better Hand/Eye Coordination

New High ScoreSources: http://abcn.ws/w9eYkL http://openclipart.org/, http://bit.ly/PzuL5U

QUESTIONS?

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Diana Silveiradiana@novarelibrary.com

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