Did I Plagiarize? French Version
I’m happy to announce that my popular infographic, “Did I Plagiarize” is now in French! Please check out the other languages we have published this poster into: English (Original) Spanish Chinese Indonesian
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How To Build A Professional Image For Your Brand
In a time where there is so much competition and businesses of all shapes and sizes, it is understandable that consumers are wary when choosing a brand. You often hear stories of people using small businesses only to have a dreadful experience, whether this is their order never arriving, non-existent
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Three Imperative Interview Questions That You Are Almost Certainly Forgetting to Ask
This article was written by one of our amazing contributors! Content may include promotional links. The majority of business owners turn to those ‘old faithful’ interview questions when it comes to finding and hiring the best new talent. ‘Where do you see yourself in five years?’ and ‘Why do you
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3 Reasons It’s Essential to Understand the Power of Narrative
This article was written by one of our amazing contributors! Content may include promotional links. There are many different ways in which people try to communicate complex ideas, sell services and market themselves, and convince others of their own viewpoints. Perhaps the most obvious and straightforward approach to take is
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Emotions Matter! Design Information for Visceral, Behavioral, and Reflective Reactions
The information design rule I’m capturing today is critical: design for how people feel. Even in business and professional settings, it’s important we get in touch with our feelings. Or, more importantly, it’s important we understand how our audiences’ feelings will be affected by what we create. It’s not uncommon
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Use Pictures. Always. Why the Picture Superiority Effect (PSE) Matters
People like pictures. A lot. And there is overwhelming research-based evidence to suggest that it’s not just a personal preference or that it is a cultural phenomenon. The human brain loves pictures. It processes pictures faster than any other form of communication and it remembers pictures far, far more than
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People Don’t Read Like They Used To: Seven Ways to Write for How They Read
It’s not exactly news anymore: people just don’t read like they used to. To be an effective writer-communicator these days, we need to learn how to adapt. In the olden days, we used to sit and read the same piece of content for extended periods of time (and by “extended,”
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5 Ways Your Small Business Can Use Infographics
By Victoria Green Guest Contributor Infographics burst onto the scene a few years ago and have remained popular ever since. This type of content combines images and text to great effect, and you have no doubt seen hundreds of them all over the internet. But have you ever considered using
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Why Every Business Professional Needs to Know Dieter Rams’ 10 Principles of Design
You’re a business professional. And, perhaps unexpectedly, your job requires you to create communication designs all the time–PowerPoint presentations, data visualizations, sales reports, user’s manuals, web pages, instructions, marketing collateral, fliers, business cards, you name it. But chances are pretty good that, unless you specifically took courses in graphic design
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Why Every Business Professional Needs to Be a Designer
Design isn’t just for graphic designers and marketing gurus. If you’re good at design, you’ll succeed in ways you never thought possible. Business professionals: we live in age where there is no excuse to not be more design-conscious. And it has never been more important that you become so now.
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