Infographics Made Easy

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1. MADE EASY Infographics Chris Lema

2. The Power of STORY

3. Since we were kids! We’ve been telling stories

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5. You’re Yoda In terms of the story…

6. I said it first….she said it louder Nancy Duarte http://www.ted.com/talks/

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7. The Power of Infographics

8. When you saw this… Remember the Matrix?

9. saw her? How many of you

10. AN INFOGRAPHIC IS A VISUAL DEPICTION OF DATA, DESIGNED TO

    TELL A STORY THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO BE READ & REMEMBERED My Definition

11. Visuals are processed 60,000x faster than anything else in our

    brain. 50% of our brain is “wired” for visuals. An infographic is 30x more likely to be read than a text-based article. By the Numbers 60 k 50 30

12. How to Assemble A Visual Story

13. What point are you trying to make?

14. Find the research to back you up!

15. Sketch out your concept!

16. Where to find The Data

17. DataMarket.com NumberOf.net Census.gov /publicdata/

18. SOURCE Go to the

19. An Example Making the Case for WordPress

20. WORDPRESS Everybody is using

21. COMPETITION It’s killing the

22. PLUGINS There are lots of

23. Already Made Thankfully, the case was http://yoast.com/wordpress-stats/

24. You don’t need to be a designer Infographic Tools

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29. Now it’s time for a DEMO

30. How to Find Me http://chrislema.com Twitter: @chrislema Facebook: /chrislema LinkedIn:

    /in/mrchrislema CHRIS LEMA