https://datatherapy.org/2011/10/25/audience-literacy/ tips for empowering people with data from Rahul Bhargava at the MIT Center for Civic Media Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:00:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://datatherapy.org/2011/10/25/audience-literacy/#comment-35 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:00:12 +0000 http://datatherapy.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-35 […] Who – identify your audience as well as you […]

]]> https://datatherapy.org/2011/10/25/audience-literacy/#comment-34 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:29:05 +0000 http://datatherapy.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-34 […] As I mentioned a few times, I think that hand-made charts and pictures are vastly underrated in northern cultures. We have a tendency to think that unless graphics are “professional” looking, they can’t be accurate.  We need to get over this.  Hand drawn things are often easier to engage with, and can help break down any intimidation that a novice viewer may have. They work especially well for the general public, where you need to be concerned about the accessibility of your presentation to audiences with lots of different levels of visual literacy. […]

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