The good, the bad, and the really bad of data viz
The good, the bad, and the really bad of data viz When I see a really great chart or graph (data visualization or “data viz”) … or a really terrible…
The Engage with Data blog
The Engage with Data blog highlights relevant issues that impact families and communities and sparks discussion about how nonprofits and other organizations can address those issues through evaluation.
When numbers help, and when stories matter more
When numbers help, and when stories matter more I know I talk about data … a lot. But for me, it’s really not about the numbers. It’s not about the…
The scary things that data use is NOT
The scary things that data use is NOT I’m not going to lie, I still have occasional nightmares about high school calculus, even though that was … a lot of…
Nothing like motherhood to change your perspective
Nothing like motherhood to change your perspective It was about 3 days into being a mom that I thought, “How could I have ever asked a mom to go to…
The magic word for family-serving organizations
The magic word for family-serving organizations I recently mentioned to someone how I believe that building your data capacity and being able to tell the story of your impact can…
Choosing the metrics that matter (toddler version)
When I was updating my website recently, I came across a post I wrote when my daughter was a newborn, talking about the metrics that were relevant to me at…