Jason is Tableau Foundation’s program manager. Previously, Jason ran Tableau’s academic programs, acting as a PM, trainer, and marketer. Before joining Tableau in 2012, Jason worked with data at a healthcare marketing agency, asking the question “why am I not using Tableau for this?”
Build your own Living Annual Report with this Tableau template
February 20, 2018 • By Jason Schumacher
Dive into Tableau Foundation's Living Annual Report, a live snapshot of Tableau Foundation’s activities and financials, and learn how to create your own.
How the Tableau Foundation built its Living Annual Report
October 19, 2016 • By Jason Schumacher
The Tableau Foundation's Living Annual Report is a take on the traditional, glossy printed annual report. We share the methodology and design tips from ours to foster greater conversations about transparency and reporting for those working in social good.
Do Good Data Founder to Nonprofits: Join the Data Discussion
March 20, 2015 • By Jason Schumacher
How can data scientists nudge nonprofits to embrace the numbers and the insights within? Start small, says Do Good Data conference founder Andrew Means. Find something you can see through, from start to finish.
Teaching with Tableau: Innovative economic education in practice
July 22, 2014 • By Jason Schumacher
This past June, Jessica Hennessey, an assistant professor of economics at Furman University used a Tableau for Teaching travel grant to speak at the American Economic Association Conference. She then recapped her experience for us and how Tableau changed her teaching experience. If you've ever wondered how Tableau is being used in education to enhance student learning, read on! And if you want to get a travel grant for your next academic conference, contact our Tableau for Teaching team for more details.
Finding Careers in Analytics: One Student's Story
April 17, 2014 • By Jason Schumacher
"When I went into my current job, they sat me down and said 'look, we just want you to do what you've already done, what you've learned in school with Tableau, that's exactly what we want you to do here.'" Mike Thurston is one of many students who have kickstarted their careers with the Tableau skills they built in school.
Mike started using Tableau in one of his HR Analytics courses at Utah State University. Using Tableau in this course allowed him to build out a portfolio of examples of the types of analyses he had built in Tableau. Mike had been using a free copy of Tableau Desktop – which Tableau offers through the Tableau for Students program.