DataFam Roundup: February 19–23, 2024

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. 

Community Highlight

To recognize new and consistent Tableau contributors—we’re excited to have a section within the weekly DataFam Roundup called the Tableau Community Highlight. Find out how to get involved. 

DataFam content 

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community: 

• Matthias Giger: Resolved Issues Tableau Desktop, Prep and Server

• Adam Mico: 

  • The DataViz Screenshot Critique GPT!

  • Unveiling VizCritique Pro GPT

• Aaron Lower: Tableau Migration | Migrate to Cloud

• Chitrang Dave, The Data Leadership Collaborative: 5 Crucial AI Skills for Today’s Data Leaders

• Paula Muñoz: Du Bois Visualization Challenge 2024 - Original Plate 12

• Marc Reid: Line String Buffers
   

Team Tableau

• What are Tableau User Groups? | DataFam Explained

• Featured Authors: Black History Month Edition 2024

• Top 3 Visualizations, Iron Viz: Student Edition 2024

Upcoming events and community participation

• 2-day virtual Tableau training, February 17-18, 2024 by Tedy Iskandar

• Data Careers Summit: February 2024

• Lights, Camera, Action: Tableau and IMDb Launch Data Visualization Campaign for Movie Lovers 

• READY TO SUPERCHARGE YOUR DATA SKILLS? The Information Lab has free, on demand training courses will help you to make sense of your data and take you from zero to data hero. Developed by our industry leading trainers, our expansive courses cover the basics to intermediate levels of Tableau, Alteryx and Tableau Prep! You can take advantage of the whole course or simply choose the modules you need to brush up on your skills. Start your data journey today by simply selecting your training course below.

• Demystifying the way to learn Data Visualization! Are you looking for a way to learn Data Visualization and feeling lost? We all have been there and I am going to help you understand the fundamentals and look for a way to learn data visualization.

• Viz Collab: Hello everyone! I’m excited to be opening #VizCollab back up for another round of matches! In the last year I matched around 40 people for some amazing vizzes, including Viz of the Days and a viz that was featured in a local publication. So if you want to find a collaboration partner sign up.

Vizzes

See the latest Viz of the Day, trending vizzes, featured authors, and more on Tableau Public.

Check out some inspirational vizzes created by the community:

• Dawn Harrington: Beginner to Pop
• Dennis Kao: San Diego 1
• Alice McKnight: First Black Graduates of State Flagship Universities
• Sam Epley: #MakeoverMonday 2024 Week 8: Which Text-to-Image Models are Most Popular by State?

• Uduak Afang: Generative AI Google Search Trends in America #MakeoverMonday wk8 - 24

• Shangruff Raina: Generative AI Search Trends in the USA || #MOM2024 Week8
• Ian Cedric Io: My Year In Books
• Huma Gonen: Olympics_data_viz_project
   

Community Projects

Recreations of W.E.B Dubois's Data Portraits

Recreations of W.E.B Dubois's Data Portraits
Web: W.E.B. Dubois's Data Portraits
Twitter: #DubiosChallenge

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: Build a Bar Chart

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization. 
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2022
Week 8: Can you create an area chart tile map?

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep. 
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 7: Prep Air Loyalty

DataFam Con 

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms. 
Web: DataFam Con
Twitter: #DataFamCon
February 2024 Challenge: Unveiling Romance

EduVizzers 

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
February 2024: SPP compared to SPS Kindergarteners | City of Seattle Open Data Portal

Games Night Viz 

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
Twitter: #GamesNightViz
Season 2: With great power comes great vizzes

Iron Quest

Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge. 
Web: Iron Quest
Twitter: #IronQuest
White Space

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises. 
Web: Storytelling with Data
Twitter: #SWDChallenge
February 2024: recommended reading

Project Health Viz

Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month. 
Web: Project Health Viz
Twitter: #ProjectHealthViz
October 2023: Customizing Shapes with Opacity in Tableau

Diversity in Data

An initiative centered around diversity, equity & awareness by visualizing provided datasets each month. 
Web: Diversity in Data
Twitter: #DiversityinData
November 2023: Disney Demographics

Sports Viz Sunday

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

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 6: HR Cross-Function Mobility

Makeover Monday

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Makeover Monday
Twitter: #MakeoverMonday

Data Plus Music 

A monthly project visualizing the data behind the music we love!
Web: Data Plus Music
Twitter: #DataPlusMusic