19 Flowcharts That Will Actually Teach You Something
Flowcharts — we’ve all seen them, and we’ve all made one. They’re everywhere from government websites to the backs of receipts. You’ve probably found cause to use one for your content every now and again, as well.
But most flowcharts suck. The visual components are terrible to look at. The layout is hard to follow. The progression doesn’t make sense, or people are jamming way too much info into one chart. Before you know it, you’ve got something that just looks like a pile of spaghetti.
Here’s a secret: that’s probably not the flowchart’s fault. Flowcharts can be a great way to synthesize information and are a valuable takeaway from a piece of content. So where are you going wrong? What can you do better? When should you actually take the effort to make a decent flowchart instead of just writing something out?
Within the 19 examples of flowcharts that we’ve gathered here today are the answers to your questions. Read on.