DataFam Roundup: August 16 - 20, 2021
Dig into the latest 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.
DataFam content
Ant Pulley: Tips and Tricks from my Twitter Viz
Dive into content created by the Tableau Community:
- Adam Mico: What Makes a Successful Tableau IronViz Visualization (from an IronViz Qualifying Judge)
- Katrina Johnson, Tessellation: How to Build a Click to Drill-down Table in Tableau
- Steve Wexler, Data Revelations: How to visualize Likert scale data in Tableau
- Priyanka Dobhal: Tableau Journey Starter Pack
- Sarah Bartlett, Sarah Loves Data: How to Get Involved on the Tableau Community Forums
- Tim Ngwena, Tableau Tim: One of my favourite small features in Tableau: Describe sheets and fields: Quick tip
- Steve Wexler and Mark Gandy, CFO Bookshelf: Data Visualization for Financial and Business Leaders
- Donabel Santos, sqlbelle: 5 Calculated Field Hacks
- Ant Pulley: Tips and Tricks from my Twitter Viz
Vizzes
Spencer Baucke: The Land Where the Blues Began
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Check out some inspirational vizzes created by the community:
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Spencer Baucke: The Land Where the Blues Began
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Rebecca Gourley: Take a 2,650-mile journey on the PCT
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 33: How’s UCAS Clearing Going?
Workout Wednesday
Build your skills with a weekly challenge to re-create an interactive data visualization.
Web: Workout Wednesday
Twitter: #WOW2021
Week 33: Can you create a moving average chart with a focus on selected subcategories?
Sports Viz Sunday
Create and share data visualizations using rich, sports-themed data sets in a monthly challenge.
Web: Sports Viz Sunday
Twitter: #SportsVizSunday
August 2021: UFC
Iron Quest
Practice data sourcing, preparation, and visualization skills in a themed monthly challenge.
Web: Iron Quest
Twitter: #IronQuest
August 2021: Travel & Vacations
Storytelling with Data
Practice data visualization and storytelling skills by participating in monthly challenges and exercises.
Web: Storytelling with Data
Twitter: #SWDChallenge
August 2021: dashboard stories
Project Health Viz
Uncover new stories by visualizing healthcare data sets provided each month.
Web: Project Health Viz
Twitter: #ProjectHealthViz
SDG Viz Project
Visualize data about Sustainable Development Goals provided by the World Health Organization.
Web: SDG Viz Project
Twitter: #TheSDGVizProject
Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Preppin' Data
A weekly challenge to help you learn to prepare data and use Tableau Prep.
Web: Preppin’ Data
Twitter: #PreppinData
Week 33: Excelling at adding one more row
Real World Fake Data
Create business dashboards using provided data sets for various industries and departments.
Web: Real World Fake Data
Twitter: #RWFD
Dataset #12: Hospitality
Viz 2 Educate
Each month, create vizzes on global education syllabus topics as resources for teachers worldwide.
Web: Viz 2 Educate
Twitter: #Viz2educate
Topic: Microbiology
Diversity in Data
An initiative centered around diversity, equity & awareness by visualizing provided datasets each month.
Web: Diversity in Data
Twitter: #DiversityinData
June 2021: Pride Month
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
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