{"id":7742,"date":"2018-04-04T17:21:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T20:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/?p=7742"},"modified":"2022-10-18T08:40:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:40:41","slug":"how-to-make-an-infographic-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/how-to-make-an-infographic-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make an infographic #7 A challenge to summarize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the seventh\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post in the series\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/how-to-make-an-infographic-2\/#.Wu81u9MvxQJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0How to make an infographic.<\/a>\u00a0If you missed the last post, you can\u00a0read it here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I know, as a scientists we\u00a0often have lots of content to show. Which makes very difficult the process of create slides for a 10-minutes oral presentation, a poster for a congress or a graphical abstract to communicate our research.<\/p>\n<p>But, actually, it&#8217;s possible to<a href=\"https:\/\/venngage.com\/blog\/how-to-summarize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> summarize information<\/a> and lots of data into a beautiful and eye-catching infographic.<\/p>\n<p>To do that, first of all, you need to keep in mind that you shouldn&#8217;t (and can&#8217;t) show everything of everything. That&#8217;s the main idea of summarize, you need to establish priority. I know that this isn&#8217;t easy sometimes, but I am here to help you with that.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve challenged myself to prove my point. I&#8217;ve made a single-page infographic to summarize all these posts of the serie &#8220;How to make an infographic&#8221;. The goal is to create an informational material to be a handy guide to Mind the Graph readers.<\/p>\n<p>So, in this post you will follow my creation process.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>If you want to make your infographic too, learn the best tips with our free ebook. Just click the button below:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" style=\"border-radius:50px;background-color:#dc1866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U<strong>ltimate guide to create presentations and graphical abstracts<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s review all steps and make a brief:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01. Define the goals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Target public<\/li><li>Burning problem<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>02. Choose the infographic type<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>03. Draw a sketch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>04. Design: Colors, typography, size<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>05. Review: paragraphs, alignments, spacing, edit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now,&nbsp;Hands on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>01. My goal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Create an infographic to be a handy guide, summarizing the content of the posts serie &#8220;How to make an infographic&#8221;.&nbsp; Furthermore, the text should have 300 words or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01.1. Target public: Mind the Graph readers, scientists, who want to learn how to make an infographic. The readers have different experience levels in creating infographics and graphical abstracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01.2. Burning problem: How to make an infographic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporting questions: What is an infographic? How to summarize a lot of data? What I need to prioritize? How split up the information into small paragraphs and secondary headlines?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Probing questions: Why scientists should make infographics? How to improve scientific communication?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>02. Choose the infographic type<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to create an informational infographic, as a guide. The size will be 1500&#215;1500. I&#8217;ll use an action (to show process, sequence) and an arrangment (highlight groups, order) model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>03.&nbsp; Sketch<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, put your content into your template<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_27132-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"how to make an infographic\" class=\"wp-image-7755\" title=\"how to make an infographic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_27132-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_27132-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_27132-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_27132-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_27132-1.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"preview_26951 (1)\" class=\"wp-image-7756\" title=\"how to make an infographic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-1.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>04. Design<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Colors, typography and illustrations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-6-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"preview_26951 (6)\" class=\"wp-image-7758\" title=\"how to make an infographic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-6-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-6-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-6-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-6.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3>05. Review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-7-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"preview_26951 (7)\" class=\"wp-image-7763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-7-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-7-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-7-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/preview_26951-7.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So, this is my final result. I hope you liked it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How to make an infograpic<\/em>&nbsp;post series by Mind the Graph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/how-to-make-an-infographic-2\/#.WuBs2dPwZQI\">Post #1 \u2013 Communication in science<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/how-to-make-an-infographic-3\/#.WuBscNPwZQI\">Post #2 \u2013 Make your data Awesome<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/how-to-make-an-infographic-4\/#.WuBsd9PwZQI\">Post #3 \u2013&nbsp;The right kind of chart<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/how-to-make-an-infographic-4-2\/#.WuBsd9PwZQI\">Post #4 \u2013 Let\u2019s talk about colors!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/how-to-make-an-infographic-5\/#.WuBsetPwZQI\">Post #5 \u2013 Less is more: minimalist infographic design<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/how-to-make-an-infographic-6\/#.WuBse9PwZQI\">Post #6 \u2013 Mistakes to avoid in science communication<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/how-to-make-an-infographic-7\/#.WuBsfNPwZQI\">Post #7 \u2013 A shortcut summary to GET IT DONE<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The posts&nbsp;are a guide, made by our designers. They make the&nbsp;amazing illustrations and templates you see on our platform. Also, you can get for free our ebook.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/content.mindthegraph.com\/learn-how-to-make-science-infographics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn how to make science infographics and improve your presentations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the seventh\u00a0post in the series\u00a0\u00a0How to make an infographic.\u00a0If you missed the last post, you can\u00a0read it here. I know, as a scientists we\u00a0often have lots of content to show. 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