{"id":2968,"date":"2013-06-18T11:13:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/?page_id=2968"},"modified":"2015-04-01T23:01:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T06:01:02","slug":"portland-digital-marketing-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/portland-digital-marketing-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"For attendees of Portland Digital Marketing Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"essay\">\n<h3>&#8220;Infographics for increased engagement &amp; sharing&#8221;<br \/>\nan Ignite talk by Nancy Wirsig McClure<\/h3>\n<h4>Claims for the shareability of infographics<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.customermagnetism.com\/infographics\/what-is-an-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\">An infographic <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a> with data on infographics popularity (scroll down)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/alltwitter\/infographics-on-twitter_b26840\" target=\"_blank\">Another infographic <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a> with data on infographics popularity (I&#8217;m not sure about the validity of all their sources)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/moz.com\/blog\/what-kind-of-content-gets-links-in-2012\" target=\"_blank\">What Kind of Content Gets Links in 2012? <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Additional Resources: Conceiving and executing infographics<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visual-literacy.org\/periodic_table\/periodic_table.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dmc-viz-methods.png\" alt=\"Periodic Table of Visualizations (thumbnail)\" style=\"float: right; padding-left: 12px;\" \/><strong>Types of visualizations:<\/strong> an interactive diagram <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a>&#8230; Visit the site and roll your cursor over a type (which only works on non-touch devices!) and see an example pop-up. This merits close study because the rows and columns show the relevance of different visualization types.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courses on lynda.com<\/strong> ($25\/month unlimited access to online video courses)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynda.com\/Infographics-tutorials\/Infographics-Visualizing-Relationships\/89312-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Infographics: Visualizing Relationships <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a>&#8230; 50-minute walkthrough of conceptualizing and drawing a diagram of many-to-many relationships between entities (a.k.a. a network graph as a radial chart)\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynda.com\/Infographics-tutorials\/Infographics-Planning-and-Wireframing\/89311-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Infographics: Planning and Wireframing <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a>&#8230; 40-minute walkthrough of several example infoogrampics &#8211; a few with a brief discussion of choices made, and how one was developed from idea through layout.\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynda.com\/Illustrator-tutorials\/Creating-Infographics-Illustrator\/119011-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Creating Infographics with Illustrator <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a>&#8230;Mordy Golding brilliantly distills basic ideas for approaching an infographic in 20 minutes, followed by 4 hours of Adobe Illustrator step-by-step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Additional Resources: What makes a quality infographic?<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2011\/10\/14\/the-dos-and-donts-of-infographic-design\/\" title=\"The Do\u2019s And Don\u2019ts Of Infographic Design\" target=\"_blank\">The Do\u2019s And Don\u2019ts Of Infographic Design <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a> (Smashing Magazine 2011)&#8230; A Seattle infographics design agency suggests ways to use visuals to make numbers look snazzy. <span class=\"mynote\">I personally dislike almost all these examples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2011\/10\/21\/the-do%E2%80%99s-and-don%E2%80%99ts-of-infographic-design-revisited\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Do\u2019s And Don\u2019ts Of Infographic Design [Revisited] <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a> (Smashing Magazine 2011)&#8230; A long-time, published visualization expert suggests avoiding all that &#8220;decor&#8221; and use visuals to clarify. <span class=\"mynote\">Oh yeah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kathyschrock.net\/pdf\/Schrock_infographic_rubric.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A teacher&#8217;s rubric for evaluating students&#8217; infographics projects <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a>&#8230; useful for any of us!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www-personal.umich.edu\/~jpboyd\/sciviz_1_graphbadly.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How to Graph Badly <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a>&#8230; a dry-looking academic paper, but nice content.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/klientboost.com\/infographics\/the-top-10-worst-infographics-ever-created\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Top 10 Worst Infographics Ever Created <span style=\"font: normal 14px 'FontAwesome'; color: #ccb5a8;\">&#xf0a9;<\/span><\/a>&#8230; Some mistakes to avoid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Infographics for increased engagement &amp; sharing&#8221; an Ignite talk by Nancy Wirsig McClure Claims for the shareability of infographics An infographic &#xf0a9; with data on infographics popularity (scroll down) Another infographic &#xf0a9; with data on infographics popularity (I&#8217;m not sure about the validity of all their sources) What Kind of Content Gets Links in 2012? 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