DataFam Roundup: January 29–February 2, 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: 

• Frederic Fery: How Tableau Changed My Life

• Dawn Harrington: Tiny Tableau Tips

• Luke Stanke, The Data Leadership Collaborative: The Essential Link between Data Literacy and Data Ethics

• Todd Bishop, GeekWire: An inside look at Tableau: What’s the future of the ‘DataFam’ at Salesforce?

• Megha Narang: Journey to becoming a Tableau Ambassador - Steps, skills & Insights!

• Steffen, Tableau Adventurer: How to put a ratio above a side by side bar chart built from two different measures

• Jim Dehner: Filter 101

• Jacqui Moore and Jeff Skoldberg: Ask Us Anything Analytics! 

• Andy Cheung: I made my own Spotify Wrapped 2023 using Python and Tableau

• Maya Mikhailov, The Data Leadership Collaborative: A 5-Step Framework to Do Machine Learning Right

• Sean Miller: #B2VB Tableau Live Stream - Scatterplots

• Neil Richards, Sarah Nell-Rodriquez, Be Data Lit: Honest Careers: Navigating the Tech Evolution from the 90s to Now with Neil Richards

• Alex Waleczek: Think Like a Hacker 

• Damola Ladipo, The Flerlage Twins: A Journey Through The Design Process

• Autumn Battani: Dynamic Font Color Hack in Tableau

Team Tableau

• What is Tableau Public? | DataFam Explained

• Cinematic Insights: The Art of Movie Analytics

• Practice and Grow Your Data Skills with Tableau Community Projects

• Transforming Ideas into Features: Tableau's Commitment to Community-Driven Innovation
• How Victor Muñoz Landed a Data Visualization Gig Using Hire Me

Upcoming events and community participation

• Are you ready for another Salesforce Career Show episode? Join us for our live recording January 31st at 2:30pm PST/5:30pm EST. Adam Mico will be our guest to discuss AI, how to amplify visual storytelling, and more!

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

• Conversations with Women in Dataviz

• 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:

• Tamás Varga: The cheapest countries to study in Europe 2023

• Alice McKnight: Banned: Books by Black Authors 2013 - 2022

• Ian Cedric Io: tripleS: Korean Pop Music and Blockchain

• Diana Kung'u: Cost of Higher Education in EU #MoM2024|W5

• Aakarsh R: The Cheapest Countries to Study in Europe | #MakeOverMonday

• Chimdi Nwosu: #MakeoverMonday2024 Wk 5 - The Cost to Study in Europe
   

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 2: Build a Scatter Plot

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization. 
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2022
Week 5: Excel at Tableau Interactivity with Dynamic Zone Visibility

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep. 
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 5: Getting the right data

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
January 2024: upskill with UpSets

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