Presenting Data Effectively: Communicating Your Findings for Maximum Impact

Make an impact with your research data! Focusing on the guiding principles of presenting data in evidence-based ways so that audiences are effectively engaged and researchers are better understood, Presenting Data Effectively offers the best communication strategies available to those working with data. With this accessible step-by-step guide, anyone--from students developing a research poster for a school project to faculty and researchers presenting data at a conference--can learn how to present and communicate their research findings in more interesting and effective ways. Author Stephanie Evergreen draws on her extensive experience in the study of research reporting, interdisciplinary evaluation, and data visualization, as well as from diverse interdisciplinary fields, including cognitive psychology, communications, and graphic design, to extract tangible and practical data-reporting communication lessons and insights. She then demonstrates how to apply those principles to the design of data presentations to make it easier for the audience to understand, remember, and use the data.

About the Author :
Dr. Stephanie Evergreen is an internationally-recognized speaker, designer, and researcher. She is best known for bringing a research-based approach to helping researcher better communicate their work through more effective graphs, slides, and reports. She holds a PhD from Western Michigan University in interdisciplinary evaluation, which included a dissertation on the extent of graphic design use in written research reporting. Dr. Evergreen has trained researchers worldwide through keynote presentations and workshops, for clients including Time, Verizon, Head Start, American Institutes for Research, Rockefeller Foundation, Brookings Institute, and the United Nations. She is the 2015 recipient of the American Evaluation Association's Guttentag award, given for notable accomplishments early in a career. Dr. Evergreen is co-editor and co-author of two issues of New Directions for Evaluation on data visualization. She writes a popular blog on data presentation at StephanieEvergreen.com. Her books Presenting Data Effectively, first edition, and Effective Data Visualization, both hit #1 on Amazon bestseller lists.

Review :
"This book will not only improve my work but has already contributed to improving the evaluation profession through more effective and credible data presentations...she [Evergreen] delivers a narrative full of humor, personal stories, and convincing rationale for adopting new practices...she continued to hold my attention when she used specific American Psychological Association and Modern Language Association guidelines as support for or comparison with the practices she was suggesting." --Nancy Franz, American Journal of Evaluation "With a growing interest in the field of data visualisation, Stephanie Evergreen's book on presenting data effectively can be described as a timely entry into the topic for the evaluation field....[she] immediately makes her position and passion for data presentation clear with strong words to convince the reader of its importance...her first book is an accessible and engaging read for the new evaluator, or even for the more established evaluator looking to finesse the way they present data in reports and presentations." --Alicia McCoy, Evaluation Journal of Australasia This book will not only improve my work but has already contributed to improving the evaluation profession through more effective and credible data presentations...she [Evergreen] delivers a narrative full of humor, personal stories, and convincing rationale for adopting new practices...she continued to hold my attention when she used specific American Psychological Association and Modern Language Association guidelines as support for or comparison with the practices she was suggesting." --Nancy Franz, American Journal of Evaluation" With a growing interest in the field of data visualisation, Stephanie Evergreen's book on presenting data effectively can be described as a timely entry into the topic for the evaluation field....[she]immediately makes her position and passion for data presentation clear with strong words to convince the reader of its importance...her first book is an accessible and engaging read for the new evaluator, or even for the more established evaluator looking to finesse the way they present data in reports and presentations." --Alicia McCoy, Evaluation Journal of Australasia" This book will not only improve my work but has already contributed to improving the evaluation profession through more effective and credible data presentations...she [Evergreen] delivers a narrative full of humor, personal stories, and convincing rationale for adopting new practices...she continued to hold my attention when she used specific American Psychological Association and Modern Language Association guidelines as support for or comparison with the practices she was suggesting."--Nancy Franz, American Journal of Evaluation" "This book will not only improve my work but has already contributed to improving the evaluation profession through more effective and credible data presentations...she [Evergreen] delivers a narrative full of humor, personal stories, and convincing rationale for adopting new practices...she continued to hold my attention when she used specific American Psychological Association and Modern Language Association guidelines as support for or comparison with the practices she was suggesting."--Nancy Franz, American Journal of Evaluation