Visual Literacy has a very interesting page called the periodic table of visualization. It is very similar to the periodic table of the elements, but might be a tad more applicable to the everyday business analyst.

The site is a comprensive look at a huge number of different ways to visualize information, ranging from the artsy (such as the graphic facilitation) the the mundane (pie chart) to the technical (entity-relationship diagram) to the silly (knowledge map).

The UI is very good, and examples of each different type of visual tool, and a nice overall classification of the different types of visual tools. This could be very helpful if you are stuck trying to figure out how to communicate information but don’t know exactly where to start.

Take a gander …

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