DataFam Roundup: February 14 - 18, 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

Autumn Battani, phData: How to Make Custom Sorting Headers in Tableau

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community:

Allen Hillery & Sarah Nell-Rodriquez, Be Data Lit: All the Data Ladies (with Catherine d’Ignazio and Lauren Klein)
Tyler Garrett: Micro Python Tools in Tableau Desktop
FELIPE DOMINGUEZ TOLEDO: ¿Cómo hacer un diagrama de embudo en Tableau? (How to make a funnel plot in Tableau?)
Ajay Manshani: BUTTERFLY CHART IN TABLEAU | STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL
Gaurav Sahani: Build a Tableau Dashboard | Pokemon Data Analysis
Nir Smilga: Minecraft- Block Dist per Layer - The making
Autumn Battani, phData: How to Make Custom Sorting Headers in Tableau
Pete DeOlympio, Cleartelligence: Doing Moore with Data: Interviewing a Tableau Power Couple
The Flerlage Twins: Ten Tableau Tips & Techniques - Round 4
Brittany Rosenau: The Story of Film — Building my Iron Viz 2022
Matt Francis, Matt's World of Viz: Why Background Colours Matter In DataViz
Jared Flores, WhatTheViz: How I Used Tableau Prep In #IronViz 2022: Put Some Prep In Your Step

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Vizzes

Joshua Preston: Mario's Nemeses #GamesNightViz

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Check out some inspirational vizzes created by the community:

Jacob Turner: Find True Love in SKYRIM
Dennis Kao: Snow Patrol Run - MIDI Analysis | #DataPlusMusic
Han: Endangered species
Joshua Preston: Mario's Nemeses #GamesNightViz
Wendy Shijia 汪士佳: The Entertainer #dataplusmusic
Jeremy Poole: #DATA22 Who is in Town?
Sean Miller - @HipsterVizNinja: MIDI - Jurassic Park
Ervin Vinzon: A Whole New World
Mark Bradbourne (he/him): Queen - Bohemian Rapsody

Community Projects

**DataFam Con *COMING SOON!**

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms. First topic is launching February 21st!
Web: DataFam Con
Twitter: #DataFamCon

**EduVizzers *NEW!**

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
February 2022: Level 1 dataset: Bright Green Future Grant Data
Level 2 dataset: American Community Survey – Mean Income in the Past 12 Months

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 4: Design Some KPIs

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
February 2022: Level 2: Hello World

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization.
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2022

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep.
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 52: Departmental Decemeber - Operations

Iron Quest

Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge.
Web: Iron Quest
Twitter: #IronQuest
February 2022: Re-Viz-It

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises.
Web: Storytelling with Data
Twitter: #SWDChallenge
February 2022: declutter & focus

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
November - December 2021: The countdown to Christmas and New Year!

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
February 2022: Winter Olympics

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

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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