Steve leads outreach for Tableau Software’s public affairs efforts, including the Tableau Foundation’s efforts to encourage the use of facts and analytical reasoning to help solve the world’s problems. As Tableau Foundation’s partners develop new ways of doing good with data, Steve and the social impact team help share what we are learning with the world.
How data is helping Pearl Jam band with the Seattle Community to tackle homelessness
October 11, 2018 • By Steve Schwartz
We banded together with Pearl Jam and All Home to address the problems around homelessness and shine a spotlight on solutions that are making a difference.
United Nations agencies on the frontiers of data with Tableau
April 10, 2018 • By Steve Schwartz
In honor of becoming the first US-based enterprise software company to sign a master global software agreement with the United Nations, we thought we'd take a look at some of the ways visual analytics are being used across the UN system.
Five #DoGoodData events we’re looking forward to this year
January 25, 2018 • By Steve Schwartz
The Tableau Foundation has exciting events on its horizon! Here’s a quick look at five gatherings of data do-gooders we’re excited about in 2018.
Five cities, infinite possibilities: Tableau Foundation announces 2017 community grants
September 28, 2017 • By Steve Schwartz
Data people are inherently problem solvers--problems that may be on the other side of the globe or right in our own backyards.
Africa’s homegrown data revolution
August 16, 2017 • By Steve Schwartz
Mobile phone technology prompted an evolutionary leap in Africa’s development, skipping over landline technology, to connect people faster and cheaper than anyone imagined.