Data
How to turn program data into insight, not just compliance reporting. Dashboards, visualization, and honest interpretation.
Storytelling with Data
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic · book
how to build a chart that actually moves a board or a funder, instead of burying the point.
Data Feminism
Catherine D'Ignazio & Lauren Klein · book
how data can reinforce or challenge injustice: the most social-work-shaped data book there is. free to read.
Calling Bullshit
Carl Bergstrom & Jevin West · site
spot the bad statistics in reports and advocacy before you repeat them.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Edward Tufte · book
the classic on showing numbers honestly and clearly; dense, but foundational.
Datawrapper
Datawrapper · tool
make clean, honest charts for a report in minutes; free, no design skills needed.