How to use information design

Information design for Advocacy - An introduction to information design, John Emerson, 2008

Here are just a few ways you can use information design:

Tell your story

• To your constituencies
• To funders
• To government officials
• To the media
• To other organizations
• To the general public

Analyze your data

• Discover hidden patterns
• Find trends in changing systems

Make a plan

• Analyce relationships of power
• Illustrate social networks
• Find out where your issue has the most impact
• Project future trends

Make information visible

• Show influence and causality
• Illustrate the consequences of specific choices
• Compare and contrast

Simplify and Clarify

• Illustrate analysis of an abstract idea
• Show the flow of a process or changing system
• Make your conclusions visible and easy to navigate
• Show structure and order in apparently chaotic data