Design Principles and Use Cases for Leadership-Ready Dashboards

With the proliferation of data in the research enterprise, there is a growing need for leadership to have streamlined ways to ingest data to support informed decision making. This session will showcase best practices for designing dashboards tailored to university leadership, specifically within the context of sponsored research data. The presentation will outline the steps for creating customized dashboards for various leadership audiences. Additionally, the session will emphasize good visual design principles, including tips for effective visual processing, examples of useful visuals and impactful metrics, digital accessibility resources, and improving data accuracy. Speakers will conduct live demonstrations of Tableau and Power BI dashboards, guiding the audience through the process of asking and answering key questions from university leadership about sponsored research activity.