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Diffusion Do & Don’tsYour turn

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Benefits

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Understandable Broad Audience Scannable

Attractive Easy Remembered Shareable

How toStart

Explain-it-at-the-bar Method

Write, scrap, rewrite, draw on paper

! Convey a story ≠ whole study

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How toUseful Tools

PikToChart.com TheNounProject.comMake infographics!Free & premium options

Find & download iconsFree & premium options

Google.com Pixlr.comSearch your topicFind imagesTotally free

Free Photoshopstyle-editorCut, resize, recolor, … images

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How toHeader

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‘Catchy’ title

Image

(Your name)

How toCharts

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Stick to a logic

Adapt graphs to the topic

Be consequent in color & style

Accuracy > Beauty

How toFooter

Affiliation

Contact details

Additional information

Reference

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How toTheNounProject.com

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Diffusion

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Researchgate Conferences Pinterest

DiffusionMy Infographic

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Your turnTaylor Swift Study

8/10 People who listen to Taylor are more happy afterwards

Top 3 things people like about TS are:

1. Lyrics (M = 4.5, SD=.7)

2. Videoclips (M = 4.0, SD=.9)

3. She’s so famous but still like sweet and accessible (M=3.1, SD=.3)

Countries that listen most to TS are: USA, Mexico & Japan

Listeners TS: 55% Men, 43% Women, 2% other

Over time increase/decrease in love songs written by Taylor

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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Do & Don’ts

- Pie charts

- Too long

+ QR codes

+ Twitter account info

+ Transparent images

+ Google your topic for ideas

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Thanks!@EvertVdBr

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