Comments on: Seth Godin, charts, and clear communication http://www.lancebledsoe.com/seth-godin-charts-and-clear-communication/ Data junkie. Math geek. Rock star. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lance Bledsoe http://www.lancebledsoe.com/seth-godin-charts-and-clear-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Lance Bledsoe Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:42:00 +0000 http://www.bledsoetech.com/2008/07/seth-godin-charts-and-clear-communication/#comment-367 I can certainly see how someone presenting for a non-technical audience would want to keep potentially confusing "nuances" to a minimum. And if someone is zipping thru a presentation at a 30-second-per-slide pace, that would also argue for simplicity.<br/><br/>But it seems to me that Godin's three laws wouldn't help to simplify this sort of presentation, and in fact might make things worse. Part of being clear is selecting the appropriate chart or graph for the point you're making, and often a bar chart is exactly the right choice. I can certainly see how someone presenting for a non-technical audience would want to keep potentially confusing "nuances" to a minimum. And if someone is zipping thru a presentation at a 30-second-per-slide pace, that would also argue for simplicity.

But it seems to me that Godin's three laws wouldn't help to simplify this sort of presentation, and in fact might make things worse. Part of being clear is selecting the appropriate chart or graph for the point you're making, and often a bar chart is exactly the right choice.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://www.lancebledsoe.com/seth-godin-charts-and-clear-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Jon Peltier Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:25:00 +0000 http://www.bledsoetech.com/2008/07/seth-godin-charts-and-clear-communication/#comment-366 Not only is Seth talking about PowerPoint charts shown to a nontechnical audience, his talks typically fly through slides, so his chart will be visible for maybe 30 seconds. This enforces his 'one message per chart' rule, and probably negates the difference between a pie chart and a bar chart. Not only is Seth talking about PowerPoint charts shown to a nontechnical audience, his talks typically fly through slides, so his chart will be visible for maybe 30 seconds. This enforces his 'one message per chart' rule, and probably negates the difference between a pie chart and a bar chart.

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