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  • Excel charts: Pie charts

    This webpage, written by Jorge Camoes for ExcelCharts, outlines the arguments for and against using pie charts and then provides detailed advice and some dos and don'ts for using them.
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  • ROMA: A guide to policy engagement and influence

    This online guide, written by John Young, Louise Shaxson, Harry Jones, Simon Hearn, Ajoy Datta and Caroline Cassidy for the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), has been designed to support users to understand, engage with a
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  • Sketchnoting 101: How to create awesome visual notes

    This guide by Matthew Magain outlines his process and tips for creating sketch-notes (what BetterEvaluation calls graphic recordings). 
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  • Sketcho frenzy: The basics of visual note-taking

    This is a short (3-minute) video by Claudine Delfin about the benefits of visual note-taking. It's also a good example of a video that has been created from a visual note-taking process.
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  • Canva

    Canva is a very simple, free to use, online infographic creation platform. It has a drag and drop interface and a range of templates that you can adapt.
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  • Learning about Theories of Change for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Research Uptake

    This practice paper from IDS captures lessons from recent experiences on using ‘theories of change’ amongst organisations involved in the research–policy interface.
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  • Talking about visuals: A discussion with graphic recorder Katherine Haugh

    Often referred to as 'visual note-taking', graphic recording is a method that merges data collection and reporting to create a visual record of a discussion.
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  • Digital dividends in natural resource management

    The report sets out research findings on the "digital dividends" of various types of technology on natural resource management in low and middle-income countries.
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  • Understanding influence: the episode studies approach

    In this chapter from the book, The Politics of Trade, published by the International Developm
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  • Infographics

    An infographic (short for 'information graphic') represents data visually so that the information is able to be quickly and easily understood.
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  • Graphic recording

    Graphic recording is the translation of conversations into images and text on large sheets of paper during meetings and events.
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  • Episode studies

    Episode studies are an excellent way of investigating the influence of research on policy.
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