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2020
- May 22, 2020 City of East Moline Launches FORWARD™ May 22, 2020
- May 5, 2020 LiveStories Launches FORWARD in Arizona May 5, 2020
- Mar 19, 2020 LiveStories Grant Support Program & Toolkit Mar 19, 2020
- Jan 6, 2020 LiveStories Selected to GovTech 100 for 2020 Jan 6, 2020
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2019
- Dec 5, 2019 10 Excel Tricks Everyone Should Know Dec 5, 2019
- Dec 4, 2019 How to Do VLookups in Excel Dec 4, 2019
- Nov 21, 2019 How to Present Data Well Nov 21, 2019
- Nov 11, 2019 New Veterans Demographics & Data Visualization Hub at State, County, and City Levels from LiveStories Nov 11, 2019
- Nov 7, 2019 Nine Tips for Writing Like a Pro Nov 7, 2019
- Oct 12, 2019 Join LiveStories at IEDC in Indianapolis from Oct 13 - 16,2019 Oct 12, 2019
- Sep 27, 2019 LiveStories Launches Immigration and Citizenship Interactive Data Hub Sep 27, 2019
- Sep 19, 2019 5 Ways Good Design Enhances Your Work Sep 19, 2019
- Sep 11, 2019 Combating the Opioid Crisis: The U.S. Health and Human Services Department Announces a New Round of Funding Sep 11, 2019
- Sep 3, 2019 Client Story: Albany County, New York and the Opioid Crisis Sep 3, 2019
- Aug 19, 2019 Telling Health Stories in States Throughout the U.S. Aug 19, 2019
- Aug 15, 2019 Ask an Epi: Morbidity vs. Mortality Rate Aug 15, 2019
- Aug 12, 2019 Gun Violence Statistics for Massachusetts Aug 12, 2019
- Aug 12, 2019 Gun Violence Statistics for Every State & County Aug 12, 2019
- Jul 30, 2019 National Immunization Awareness Month Jul 30, 2019
- Jun 27, 2019 Healthy Mason County: Bringing Accessible Data to Local Public Health Jun 27, 2019
- Jun 4, 2019 LiveStories Powers Interactive Portal to Explore Well-Being in the Nation (WIN) Measurement Framework Jun 4, 2019
- Apr 23, 2019 National Association of Chronic Disease Directors Podcast Apr 23, 2019
- Apr 4, 2019 Technology and Data in Public Health—A [Very] Brief Millennial Perspective Apr 4, 2019
- Mar 15, 2019 Time to Ditch the PDF Mar 15, 2019
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2018
- Dec 3, 2018 Streamlining health data reporting in Tulsa County, Oklahoma Dec 3, 2018
- Sep 19, 2018 Building an Easily Accessible, Painless-to-Update CHNA in Jefferson County, CO Sep 19, 2018
- Sep 13, 2018 What factors correlate with suicide rates? Sep 13, 2018
- Aug 24, 2018 The State of Housing in America Aug 24, 2018
- Aug 14, 2018 Telling a Story Around Policy Outcomes, Quickly and Efficiently Aug 14, 2018
- Aug 3, 2018 Smoking and Drinking: Trends and Perceptions Aug 3, 2018
- Jul 26, 2018 The Different Faces of Alzheimer's Mortality Jul 26, 2018
- Jul 12, 2018 How the Opioid Epidemic Hits Different Demographics Jul 12, 2018
- Jul 5, 2018 Food Access and SNAP Jul 5, 2018
- Jul 3, 2018 The Burden of Diabetes Jul 3, 2018
- Jul 3, 2018 Increasing Visibility for Substance Abuse Programs in West Texas Jul 3, 2018
- Jul 2, 2018 Trends in Public Health Jul 2, 2018
- May 16, 2018 Product Update: A New, Improved Data Library May 16, 2018
- Mar 7, 2018 Ask an Epi: Crude Birth Rate Mar 7, 2018
- Jan 25, 2018 Fighting the Flu with Fresh Data in Springfield-Greene County Jan 25, 2018
- Jan 19, 2018 Ask an Epi: Incidence vs. Prevalence Jan 19, 2018
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2017
- Dec 18, 2017 Driving Quality Improvement for Contra Costa County EMS Dec 18, 2017
- Nov 27, 2017 Latest LiveStories Update: School Districts in the Data Library Nov 27, 2017
- Nov 21, 2017 A Story of Resilience and Restoration in San Francisco’s Boeddeker Park Nov 21, 2017
- Oct 24, 2017 Latest LiveStories Update: Better Data Discovery Oct 24, 2017
- Sep 29, 2017 Takeaways from Seattle's "A City for All" Hackathon Sep 29, 2017
- Aug 1, 2017 Introducing: The Shifting States of America Aug 1, 2017
- Jul 31, 2017 Telling the Story Behind Infant Mortality Data in Summit County, Ohio Jul 31, 2017
- Jul 26, 2017 Data Story Roundup: July 25 to August 2, 2017 Jul 26, 2017
- Jul 24, 2017 LiveStories Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding Round Jul 24, 2017
- Jul 19, 2017 Data Story Roundup: July 18 to July 25 Jul 19, 2017
- Jul 18, 2017 Takeaways from the 2017 NACCHO Conference Jul 18, 2017
- Jul 11, 2017 Data Story Roundup: July 11 to July 18 Jul 11, 2017
- Jul 6, 2017 Data Story Roundup: July 3 to July 10 Jul 6, 2017
- Jul 5, 2017 Growing Healthy Food in a Remote Alaskan Town Jul 5, 2017
- Jun 21, 2017 Data Story Roundup: June 19 to June 26, 2017 Jun 21, 2017
- Jun 19, 2017 Are people actually reading your PDF reports? Jun 19, 2017
- Jun 13, 2017 Data Story Roundup: June 12 to June 19 2017 Jun 13, 2017
- Jun 8, 2017 How to Use Index and Match on Excel Jun 8, 2017
- Jun 5, 2017 Data Story Roundup: May 29 to June 5, 2017 Jun 5, 2017
- Jun 1, 2017 Exploring California's Opioid Data Jun 1, 2017
- May 30, 2017 How to Do HLookups in Excel May 30, 2017
- May 26, 2017 Memorial Day: Data on Americans Who Served May 26, 2017
- May 9, 2017 A New Look for a New LiveStories May 9, 2017
- Apr 25, 2017 Using Interactive Charts to Communicate Health Findings on Senior Citizens and Opioid Addiction in San Luis Obispo County Apr 25, 2017
- Apr 11, 2017 Introducing: Five Facts Apr 11, 2017
- Mar 28, 2017 How to Make Your Data Stand out on Social Media Mar 28, 2017
- Mar 23, 2017 Five Ways to Fail at Data Visualization Mar 23, 2017
- Mar 21, 2017 How Governments Can Put Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to Work Mar 21, 2017
- Mar 14, 2017 How Citizen Happiness is Built on Respect—and Jobs Mar 14, 2017
- Mar 11, 2017 Open Data Files: The Main Formats Mar 11, 2017
- Mar 7, 2017 Two Keys to Citizen Happiness: Managing Risk and Experiencing Love Mar 7, 2017
- Mar 2, 2017 Our Ten Favorite Sources for Open Data Mar 2, 2017
- Feb 28, 2017 Government and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Can Money Buy Citizen Happiness? Feb 28, 2017
- Feb 23, 2017 What is Open Data? Feb 23, 2017
- Feb 21, 2017 For Governments, Happy Citizens are a Performance Metric Feb 21, 2017
- Feb 16, 2017 Preparing for an IoT Future Feb 16, 2017
- Feb 13, 2017 Webinar: How to Engage Local Communities with Data Feb 13, 2017
- Feb 7, 2017 [E-book] How to Measure Performance When Happiness is Your Metric Feb 7, 2017
- Feb 3, 2017 Bring Open Data to Life, by Putting it in Good Hands Feb 3, 2017
- Jan 26, 2017 Open Data 2.0: Transparency with Focus Jan 26, 2017
- Jan 24, 2017 President Trump and the Data Behind "American Carnage" Jan 24, 2017
- Jan 19, 2017 Smarter City Health Data: Introducing the 500 Cities Project Jan 19, 2017
- Jan 17, 2017 Introducing Our New Support Site: "Getting Started with LiveStories" Jan 17, 2017
- Jan 12, 2017 How Should Governments Communicate with Citizens? Here are 3 Tips. Jan 12, 2017
- Jan 10, 2017 Harnessing the Power of Public Data to Help Local Communities Thrive in San Diego County Jan 10, 2017
- Jan 6, 2017 Happening Now: The Changing States of America Jan 6, 2017
- Jan 5, 2017 Shining a Local Lens on the Opioid Epidemic in California Jan 5, 2017
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2016
- Dec 31, 2016 The Year in Review | The Most Interesting Open Data Articles in 2016 Dec 31, 2016
- Dec 30, 2016 The Future of Open Data, in the Story of an Ancient Library Dec 30, 2016
- Dec 22, 2016 In the Spirit of the Season, Consider the Less Fortunate Dec 22, 2016
- Dec 20, 2016 Customer Story Highlights from 2016 Dec 20, 2016
- Dec 13, 2016 The Most Popular Blog Posts and Resources in 2016 Dec 13, 2016
- Dec 8, 2016 Navigation: New and Improved Dec 8, 2016
- Dec 6, 2016 Media Has Evolved. Government Needs to Catch up. Dec 6, 2016
- Nov 29, 2016 Collaborating in a Data Ecosystem Nov 29, 2016
- Nov 23, 2016 To Engage Your Audience, Tell a Story Nov 23, 2016
- Nov 15, 2016 Make Your Charts Pop Even More with Highlights and Icons Nov 15, 2016
- Nov 8, 2016 How to Avoid Wasting Your Audience's Time Nov 8, 2016
- Nov 4, 2016 Get Organized and Inspired with New Labels and Story Copies Nov 4, 2016
- Oct 25, 2016 Saving Time and Resources in Marin County Oct 25, 2016
- Oct 14, 2016 Publishing a Public Health Dashboard in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Oct 14, 2016
- Oct 13, 2016 Harnessing the Power of Public Health Interventions at UCLA Oct 13, 2016
- Sep 21, 2016 Introducing Our New Story Builder Sep 21, 2016
- Sep 8, 2016 LiveStories Raises $3 Million to Change the Way Governments Work With Data Sep 8, 2016
- Sep 1, 2016 Creating an Engaging and Informative Data Story in Sonoma County Sep 1, 2016
- Aug 29, 2016 More Data. In Less Time. Aug 29, 2016
- Aug 4, 2016 LiveStories Empowers Rapid Responses to Health Crises Aug 4, 2016
- Jul 7, 2016 Using and Attributing Photos with Creative Commons Licenses Jul 7, 2016
- Jul 6, 2016 Free Images Worth a Thousand Words Jul 6, 2016
- May 26, 2016 The Best Health Data Resources Online May 26, 2016
- May 17, 2016 Dashboard Notes, Passcode, and Data Explorer May 17, 2016
- Apr 4, 2016 [Free e-book] Tell Engaging Stories with Data Apr 4, 2016
- Mar 9, 2016 [Webinar] How to Engage Local Communities with Data Mar 9, 2016
- Jan 25, 2016 [Webinar] How to Tell Engaging Stories with Data Jan 25, 2016
- Jan 22, 2016 New Charts. New Opportunities. Jan 22, 2016
- Jan 7, 2016 Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Jan 7, 2016
- Jan 7, 2016 Be a Video Star - 3 Tips to Selecting the Perfect Video Jan 7, 2016
- Jan 7, 2016 How to Clean Data in Excel: 5 Simple Tricks Jan 7, 2016
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2015
- Dec 7, 2015 3 Obstacles Preventing Government Agencies from Being Transparent and Efficient Dec 7, 2015
- Nov 30, 2015 3 Free Design Tools That Can Help You Create Beautiful Reports Nov 30, 2015
- Nov 25, 2015 Local Health Departments in California Nov 25, 2015
- Nov 23, 2015 [Webinar] Telling the Story Behind the Numbers Nov 23, 2015
- Nov 23, 2015 Before You Create a Report or a Story, Answer These 3 Questions Nov 23, 2015
- Nov 23, 2015 Launching Live Chat and Support Forum Nov 23, 2015
- Nov 17, 2015 10 Simple Ways to Make Your Meetings More Effective and Efficient Nov 17, 2015
- Oct 30, 2015 LiveStories Data Maps Just Got a Whole Lot Better Oct 30, 2015
- Oct 29, 2015 Now You Can Discuss Insights with Your Team Oct 29, 2015
- Oct 16, 2015 LiveStories, Public Health Institute, Awarded 1st Place in National Obesity Data Challenge Oct 16, 2015
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