Oh, and sometimes the person eating the chips has a loud dog.
Presentation White Space
I drew this one with just the sillyness in my head, but then I thought more about it. I think presentation white space is the banter you have with your audience at a time when you could be presenting. And the quiet moments, the pauses, and any time spent laughing together. Those moments do indeed […]
Hey academics, people don’t trust you.
A guest post (by William Faulkner, João Martinho, and Heather Muntzer) put up on my friend Stephanie Evergreen’s blog sparked a big discussion in the comment section. I’ll paraphrase a little… Stats People – You don’t understand anything. Confidence intervals really stand for blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So this is […]
Speaking Developer, inspired by @wesadvance
This cartoon was inspired by developer Wes Vance of Apollo Studios. I asked him to explain one his biggest challenges working as a web developer. He answered with the challenge developers face in talking tech with their clients. It helped inspire the above. The client won’t know unless we teach them. It’s much easier to […]
Evaluation after the parade, inspired by @jasonravitz
Jason Ravitz, who is an Evaluation Manager for K-12 Outreach at Google, got in touch to offer an idea that inspired the cartoon up top. What do you think of my attempt? Here is his original suggestion, do you like any of his captions better than the one I chose? KEY IDEA: Evaluation should be […]
An Evaluation Christmas Carol
Evan Scott’s day started just like most other days. At his desk, staring at a clogged email inbox and a stack of papers filled with things that somehow or another needed his attention. If he had known just how much paperwork was involved he might have ignored his desires to devote a career towards helping […]