DataFam Roundup: January 8–12, 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: 

• Bitfern: Getting started with Tableau Prep

• Allen Hillery, The Data Leadership Collaborative: Can We Prevent Digital Discrimination?

• Jason Khu, The Tableau Student Guide: Actuarial Studies (Quantitative Data Science), Commerce (Information Systems)

• The Data Leadership Collaborative: Most Read DLC Articles of 2023

• Matt Francis, Matt's World of Viz: How a Rubber Duck Can Improve Your Tableau Viz

• Glenn Exton, The Data Leadership Collaborative: Seven Ways to Get Moving with a Data Literacy Program

• Donna Coles: Can you create a time-focused Gantt chart?

• Mehras: #TinyTableauTip

• Whitney: #TinyTableauTip

• Dawn Harrington, Tech Tips Girl: Creating a Hogwarts Drill-Down Organizational Hierarchy

• Deepak Holla: When and why does a standard FIXED LOD expression behave like a Table-Scoped LOD expression?

Team Tableau

• 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

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

• 2024 Iron Viz Qualifiers: Top 10 Results January 17, 2024, 9:00 AM (PT) Virtual Event - Find out the top 10 Tableau Public visualizations, including the 3 finalists selected to compete in the 2024 Iron Viz Championship.

• 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:

• Adrian Zinovei: Waterfall_Charts

• Krishma Shah: Ramen Culture

• Bo McCready: Michigan 34, Washington 13: The 2024 College Football National Championship Game

• Sam Epley: #B2VB 2024 Week 1: Average vs. Minimum MLB Player Salaries

• Lawrence Durbin: #B2VB - Week 1 - What is the 2023 Buying Power of MLB Salaries?

• Serena Purslow: MLB Salaries | B2VB 2024 w1

• Moo Wootten: Rhythm-ilton - The Flow of Hamilton

• Tobiloba Babajide: Datafrik Hotel Dashboard

• Sara Hamdoun: HR - Number of Leavers

• Deepak Holla: Best of the Best Top 5 Stats of ICC Mens CWC 2023

Community Projects

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 1: Build a Line Chart

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization. 
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2022
Week 2: Can you recreate this drillable bar chart?

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep. 
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 2: Average Price Analysis

DataFam Con 

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms. 
Web: DataFam Con
Twitter: #DataFamCon
January 2024: Award-Winning Pictures

EduVizzers 

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
January 2024: The State of School Feeding Worldwide

Games Night Viz 

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
Twitter: #GamesNightViz
November 2023: Disney's Stacked Bar

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