Who are the Tableau Forums Ambassadors?

Tableau Ambassadors teach and share while fostering a positive and supportive space within the data community. They give credit where credit is due, and prioritize inclusivity in everything they do. They shine a spotlight on new voices, innovative ideas, and make the communities around them better. Tableau Ambassadors serve one-year terms in one of seven branches: Forums, User Groups, Student, DataDev, Public, Social, and CRM Analytics.

What do Tableau Forums Ambassadors do?

The Forum Ambassadors are the stewards of the Tableau Forums. They generously commit their time and energy to answering questions from fellow Tableau users in the Forums. 

Collectively, they account for over seventy percent of the Best Answers. When an answer is selected as a Best Answer, a checkmark appears next to it so that other users with the same query can quickly spot it. They moderate content and ensure that the incoming posts adhere to the Tableau Community’s Code of Conduct.

Ambassadors accrue reputation points in the Forums by writing posts, sharing content, and solutions being marked as Best—they are often the top-ranked users in the Forums Leaderboard. The Forums Ambassadors participate in regular events, such as bi-monthly Expert Sessions where they take a ‘hackathon’ approach to brainstorming the Unanswered Questions. 

Forums Badge awarded for participating in Expert Sessions.

How can Forums Ambassadors support my Tableau journey?

Tableau Forums Ambassadors have a broad variety of expertise which include: 

• getting started with Tableau Desktop
• resolving calculation questions
• upgrading Tableau Server and more

They explain complicated topics in an easy-to-understand manner. 

To connect with the Forums Ambassadors, learn more about them here and follow their activity in the Community Forums. Spend time in the Forums to see what problems they have helped solve and what tips they have shared. 

With over 195k questions, the Tableau Forums is the place to get your Tableau questions answered and collaborate with Ambassadors to help you get the most out of Tableau. Every day, Tableau Forums Ambassadors discuss best practices, share knowledge, and work together with other users. 

Forums Ambassadors regularly hear wonderful feedback from Tableau users sharing their gratitude about their questions being answered in the Forums.

Tableau Forum Ambassador Wordcloud by Tableau Forums Ambassador Katie Kilroy. This visualization is based on 'thank yous' in the Forums from users to the Forums Ambassadors

Meet the 2024 Tableau Forums Ambassadors

Headshots of the 48 members in the 2024 Tableau Forums Ambassadors cohort.

This year’s cohort consists of 54 Ambassadors from a variety of industries such as healthcare, finance, business technology, and retail. Meet the 2024 Tableau Forum Ambassadors.

Johan de Groot, Visualization and Analytics Consultant at Antichaos, The Netherlands

 

“Being recognized as an Ambassador within the Tableau Community is a great honor to me. On the one hand it’s about helping people, but maybe even more it’s about motivating others to help each other. Being an Ambassador has given me the opportunity to meet even more amazing people within our Community, being inspired by them and hopefully being able to inspire and help others within the DataFam.”

Johan is a visualization and analytics consultant. Since he discovered Tableau in 2006 he has been using it to forge elaborate visualizations, extensive dashboards, and do thorough data preparation. In addition to creating professional dashboards and supporting companies that use Tableau, Johan also teaches people how to use Tableau, be creative with their data, and present and analyze that data comprehensively. He blogs, is one of the hosts of the Dutch Tableau User Group, and can often be found on the Tableau Forums helping members of the community with all things Tableau.

How do you become a Forums Ambassador?

Tableau Forums Ambassadors enjoy helping others and are passionate about Tableau. While Forums Ambassadors give back to the DataFam Community in many different ways, the main thing they all have in common is they are active Tableau Forums users who do their best to share their Tableau expertise with others. If you are interested in becoming a Tableau Forums Ambassador, check out the advice from the pros.

“For newbies, the Forum could be one of their first gateways on their Tableau learning journey. Guide them as you wanted to be guided when you started learning. Imagine yourself in their situations & look from their perspectives.” 

- Budi Lubis (Forums Ambassador)

“If you want to answer questions in the Forums, there’s no time like the present! Create your Forums profile, find the Topic boards that fit your area of expertise, and start answering.” 

- Diego Martinez (Forums Ambassador and Tableau Visionary) 

New Tableau Forums Ambassadors are selected annually. Interested in applying? Sign up to receive an email notification when 2024 applications open.