DataFam Roundup: May 17 - May 21, 2021

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

Dig into the latest DataFam Roundup—a weekly blog post that brings together what’s trending in the community 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 

Creating Animated Line Charts in Tableau

Creating Animated Line Charts in Tableau, Marc Reid

Dive into content created by the Tableau Community: 

Upcoming events

May 26, 2021: Ahmedabad Fireside Chat with Francois

May 26, 2021: Ahmedabad Fireside Chat with Francois

Join an upcoming Tableau User Group event:

Check out all the virtual Tableau User Group events here.

Zero to Zen Watch the recordings of Tableau Zen Master Jim Dehner's 5-part series where he shares the five foundational concepts he learned on his journey from spreadsheets to Tableau.

Vizzes

Socialviz Crows3Map Project Mari Takashima Viz Author: Mari Takashima

Socialviz Crows3Map Project Mari Takashima

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Check out some inspirational vizzes created by the community: 

Community Project Updates

Tableau Community Projects

 

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
Week 20: What animal could you beat in a fight?
 

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization. 
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2021
Week 20: Can you compare Same Day to a Selected Date?
 

Sports Viz Sunday

Create and share data visualizations using rich, sports-themed data sets in a monthly challenge. 
Web: Sports Viz Sunday
Twitter: #SportsVizSunday
May 2021: Kentucky Derby 
 

Iron Quest

Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge. 
Web: Iron Quest
Twitter: #IronQuest
April 2021: Diversity in Entertainment
 

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises. 
Web: Storytelling with Data
Twitter: #SWDChallenge
May 2021: how we've grown
 

Project Health Viz

Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month. 
Web: Project Health Viz
Twitter: #ProjectHealthViz
May 2021: Registered Nursing Labor Stats (1998-2020)
 

SDG Viz Project

Visualize data about Sustainable Development Goals provided by the World Health Organization. 
Web: SDG Viz Project
Twitter: #TheSDGVizProject
Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions 
 

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep. 
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
2021 Week 20: Controlling Complaints
 

Real World Fake Data

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Real World Fake Data
Twitter: #RWFD
Dataset #11: Hospitality
 

Viz 2 Educate

Each month, create vizzes on global education syllabus topics as resources for teachers worldwide.
Web: Viz 2 Educate
Twitter: #Viz2educate
April: Arts & Music
 

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
April 22 - May 20, 2021: Crowd2Map
 

Diversity in Data

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