DataFam Roundup: April 4 - 8, 2022

A weekly blog post that brings together what’s trending in the community all in one post.

Welcome! Dig into this week's DataFam Roundup—a weekly blog that brings together community content all in one post. As always, we invite you to send us your content—and the DataFam content from your peers that have inspired you! Find the content submission form here.

DataFam content

Rachel Costa, Nightingale: Data + Women Quarterly: Finding Your Path in the Data & Tech Industry, featuring Alli Torban's visualization

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community:

Brandi Beals: 10 Effective Ways to Engage Your Data Community
Steve Adams: Hone your dashboard Spidey skills and go from zero to Tableau Hero in 25 minutes a week
Marc Reid: How to create a custom Mapbox map and use in a Tableau dashboard
Tim Ngwena, Tableau Tim: Tableau Developer tools: New in Tableau 2022.1
CJ Mayes, What’s Good?: Learn and Share Cycles with Marc Reid.
Andy Kriebel: How to Always Sort a Dimension to the Bottom of a Chart
Rachel Costa, Nightingale: Data + Women Quarterly: Finding Your Path in the Data & Tech Industry
Alex Eskinasy: Tableau multi-language and translation techniques
Lukas Halim, CO data: The New Tableau Specialist Exam
Leah Nguyen: How I transform my data visualisation in form of a story
TAR Solutions: Tableau Color a Heatmap with a Dimension
Dinushki De Livera and Jennifer Dawes: Her Data Talks, Sean Miller

Team Tableau

Christina Gorga: Learn Tableau with the help of the Community: A starter list of data vloggers

Upcoming events and community participation

Stay up to date with the latest and greatest from the Tableau Community. We'll help you along in your Tableau journey, bring your data skills to the next level, and nurture powerful connections.
Sign up to be a panelist for the 3charts@3 Live: A Mystery Chart Show featuring topics like personal finance, energy, healthcare and more!
- April 13: The Contact Center Episode
- Watch the recording: The Coffee Episode
Calling all DataDevs: Join Tableau at TrailblazerDX 2022, April 27–28 in San Francisco—or virtually from anywhere—to boost your skills and celebrate with other builders, creators, and makers.
Your Future in Data Analytics, Maggy (Martina) Muellner: aims to support the next generation of DataFam members in gaining/improving their Tableau skills, support them in making their resume "hire friendly" and give advice on personal marketing on LinkedIn.
Data Book Club, Spring 2022 Selection: Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath

Vizzes

Megan Menth: Inventory

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Check out some inspirational vizzes created by the community:

Megan Menth: Inventory
Priyanka Dobhal, Ashleigh Barty Tennis Career
Marius Nikiforovas: MM 51 (19.12.19) - NBA Defensive Ratings

Community Projects

DataFam Con

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms.
Web: DataFam Con
Twitter: #DataFamCon
February 2022: Toss a Coin to your Witcher …

EduVizzers

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
April 2022:

Level 1 dataset: Austin High School Graduation Rates
Level 2 dataset: Austin Schools Rated as Improvement Required

Back 2 Viz Basics

A bi-weekly project helping those who are newer in the community and just starting out with Tableau. Not limited just to newbies!
Web: Back 2 Viz Basics
Twitter: #B2VB
Week 7: Design a Wireframe

Data Plus Music

A monthly project visualizeing the data behind the music we love!
Web: Data Plus Music
Twitter: #DataPlusMusic
February 2022: MIDI Music Analysis

Games Night Viz

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
Twitter: #GamesNightViz
May 2022: Level 4: The Need for Speed

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization.
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2022
Week 14: Can you track headcount?

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep.
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 14: House of Games Winners

Iron Quest

Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge.
Web: Iron Quest
Twitter: #IronQuest
March 2022: Music Firsts

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises.
Web: Storytelling with Data
Twitter: #SWDChallenge
April 2022: rebrand it!

Project Health Viz

Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month.
Web: Project Health Viz
Twitter: #ProjectHealthViz
January 2022: One Year of Sleep

Diversity in Data

An initiative centered around diversity, equity & awareness by visualizing provided datasets each month.
Web: Diversity in Data
Twitter: #DiversityinData
March 2022: Refugees in Ukraiune and Women in the Global Workforce

SDG Viz Project

Visualize data about Sustainable Development Goals provided by the World Health Organization.
Web: SDG Viz Project
Twitter: #TheSDGVizProject

Sports Viz Sunday

Create and share data visualizations using rich, sports-themed data sets in a monthly challenge.
Web: Sports Viz Sunday
Twitter: #SportsVizSunday
April 2022: Indy 500

Viz for Social Good

Volunteer to design data visualizations that help nonprofits harness the power of data for social change.
Web: Viz for Social Good
Twitter: #VizforSocialGood

Real World Fake Data

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Real World Fake Data
Twitter: #RWFD
Session 2: SAP Concur (Employee Expenses)

Viz 2 Educate

Each month, create vizzes on global education syllabus topics as resources for teachers worldwide.
Web: Viz 2 Educate
Twitter: #Viz2educate
February 2022: Food & Nutrition

Makeover Monday

Join the community every Monday to work with a given data set and create better, more effective visualizations.
Web: Makeover Monday
Twitter: #MakeoverMonday

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