Guest posting from Mr. Dana Bres, P.E. Mr. Bres recently retired at Senior Advisor for Disaster Response at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
He wishes he had done more to promote effective information briefings when in office. He shares this advice: Communicating quantitative information. Document is 1 1/2 pages long.
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Great information. Thanks for sharing.
The only thing I would add to this excellent note is that charts and graphs are important tools in presenting numeric data, i.e., one graph is worth a thousand statistics.
I agree. Graphics can be very helpful.
Without a doubt. The graphics that Gov Cuomo uses certainly improve understanding and decision making. Thanks