Many times I've walked into a room with a presentation going on and found a nice chart being shown. Well as nice as it was, 8 out of 10 times the style of the chart had no connection to the information being displayed. This leads to confusion and less understanding of said presentation.
So here's a nifty little chart showing how to correlate what you're presenting to how you're presenting it. While you may underestimate the value of doing so, a glance at the chart below will change your mind; and hopefully your future presentations, especially if you're a student working with professors who don't have time for good analysis of your work (making a chart invaluable) or working in a corporate environment, where you have to deal with idiots who have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. A good chart can change that, mark my words; and throwing in random statistics won't hurt either.
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| Chart styles and their appropriate uses |
While we're on the topic of presenting information, here's a little extra: Fonts. No one wants to read a report written in comic sans or a billboard in ghotic. And no, do not use helvetica unless you're a hipster; it's not cool and will never be.
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| 1 poster sized graphic design bible right here |
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