DataFam Roundup: September 30 - October 4, 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: 

• Sean Miller: A Tableau Visionary’s Takeaways from Dreamforce 2024: AI, Tableau, and the Future of Analytics
• The Flerlage Twins: Dual-View Trend Chart (Guest Post from Kasia Gasiewska-Holc)
• Neil Richards: Data Art with Tableau · On Data And Design
• herdata: Announcing the Tableau Data Art Gallery: A Celebration of Creative Expression
• The Data Leadership Collaborative: The Future of the CDO: Community Roundtable
• Ray Givler: How Tableau Decides Where to Store Worksheet Cards
• Lisa Trescott: Behind the Viz: Mean Girls
• Robert Rouse, Action: The Design of Everyday KPIs #3: Merging Data Silos with a KPI Layer
• Deepak Holla: Understanding Tableau Concepts: Understand discrete and continuous fields
   

Team Tableau content 

• Congratulations and Welcome to the 2024 Tableau Ambassadors
• Data Literacy Basics Everyone Should Know
• How To Spot Misleading Charts: Know the Source
• Featured Authors: 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month Edition
• Advocacy Through Human-Centered Data Visualization

Upcoming events and community participation

• Dreamin' in Data Dreamin’ in Data is the first Salesforce Community Conference purpose-built to help showcase the entire journey of your organization’s data, from Salesforce (your CRM), through integrations with other applications (using MuleSoft), and finally to analysis and determining the story your data is telling (using Tableau) – ultimately to help your organization make smarter decisions faster and stay ahead of your competition. 
• Mark your calendars and join the Data Book Club as we explore, Chart Spark by Alli Torban, and the book's key themes and practical applications in our professional and personal lives. We will be meeting virtually starting August 2nd at 11am CT, but we also have a Slack space to discuss the book asynchronously as well as share notes, ideas, and resources!
• CRM Analytics Community Office Hours! Have CRM Analytics questions? Want to know how to work with data? Want to learn something new? Have visualization ideas you want to share or need feedback on? Want to just hang out with a bunch of us? Come join us (virtual)!
• DataFam Birthday Roundup! In the effort of continuing support for one another, we thought it would be fun to gather data on DataFam birthdays! If you're willing, could you let us know which day you celebrate your birthday? Just go ahead and pick the day from this year's calendar, since it's a leap year and all possible days are available to choose from!
• Mentorship Program by the Data Visualization Society
• Women in Dataviz Virtual Coffee Breaks: Held every sixth Thursday morning and every sixth Wednesday afternoon in the EST time zone, Virtual Coffee Breaks are a casual networking event. Feel free to drop in and out as you need toduring the hour, and stay for as little time or as long as you want.

Visualizations

Waqar Ahmed Shaikh: How Many Hours Europeans Work Each Week in  2023

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:

• Waqar Ahmed Shaikh: How Many Hours Europeans Work Each Week in  2023
• Lisa Trescott: Mean Girls By the Numbers
• Ojoswi Basu: LinkedIn Analytics
• Prasann Prem: The Color of Sleep
• Tamaball3: mom2024w40

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
X: #B2VB
Week 19: Show Top N

Workout Wednesday

Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization. 
Web: Workout Wednesday
X: #WOW2022
Week 40: Vrroom

Preppin' Data

A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep. 
Web: Preppin’ Data
X: #PreppinData
Week 38: Preppin' Consultancy Ranks

Makeover Monday

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Makeover Monday
X: #MakeoverMonday
Week 39: Historical Performances of Indices

Visual Climate

Collaborate and share climate data.  
Web: Visual Climate
X: #VisualClimate
Gender Equality_ Women Entrepreneurship Participation

DataFam Con 

A monthly challenge covering pop culture and fandoms. 
Web: DataFam Con
X: #DataFamCon
September 2024: Live Long and Prosper with Star Trek

EduVizzers 

A monthly project connecting real education data with real people.
Web: Eduvizzers
September 2024: Global Hunger Index (GHI)

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
X: #VizforSocialGood

Games Night Viz 

A monthly project focusing on using data from your favorite games.
Web: Games Nights Viz
X: #GamesNightViz
September 2024: Press Start

Iron Quest

Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge. 
Web: Iron Quest
X: #IronQuest
Iron Quest – Maps II

Storytelling with Data

Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises. 
Web: Storytelling with Data
X: #SWDChallenge
July 2024: graphing for—or with—kids

Project Health Viz

Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month. 
Web: Project Health Viz
X: #ProjectHealthViz

Diversity in Data

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

Sports Viz Sunday

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

Real World Fake Data

Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Real World Fake Data
X: #RWFD
2024 - Admin Insights

Data Plus Music 

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