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3 Simple Ideas to Level Up Your Dashboards

30 min
Jun 30, 2026 3:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)

In this video

What you'll learn

Design for the glance

A dashboard should be designed to work (somewhat) at a glance. We'll show why, even when it's complex.

Apply a storytelling POV even for dynamic data

How can you tell stories when the data is dynamic? Little choices can make a world of difference.

Color is hard, but simple changes solve problems

We'll discuss the simplest way to overcome some of the challenges of designing with color.

Why this topic matters

Dashboards are everywhere. And as AI makes it easier and easier to generate them, they'll be even more ubiquitous. But most dashboards fail because they're often created when they're not really needed, or they're poorly designed. Just a few small tweaks can make a useless collection of facts into a data dashboard that delivers impact and enables decision-making.

You'll learn from

Bill Shander

Bill Shander

Author, educator, information designer

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