I have been a proactive participant in the DataFam community since 2020. I share innovative data visualization (DataViz) creations on my Tableau Public portfolio. I contribute to DataFam conversations on DataViz, qualitative data research, UI design, and visual analytics on various social media platforms. I also developed in-person and virtual training curricula for Tableau users. When prompted by the dashboard creators, I provided helpful feedback on the Tableau dashboard design.
The following are the lists of my contributions to and recognitions from the DataFam.
Presentations
Dashboard Design
- Dashboard Design Tips: Information Buttons & Toggle Switches (w/ bonus content)
@ California Community Colleges TUG (Dec 2024)
Video | Slides | Workbook | Free icons | Song 1 | Song 2 | More - Dashboard Design Tips: Information Buttons & Toggle Switches
@ Tableau Conference (Apr 2024)
Video (YouTube) | Video (Salesforce+) | Slides | Workbook | Free icons | More
*The 9th most liked topic out of 200+ topics in the session catalog
*Presented twice, the first streamed on Salesforce+
*194% live attendance rates (747/384) in combined!
*Most viewed conference session on Tableau’s YouTube channel in 2024 - Custom-Shape Buttons on Tableau Dashboard
@ Florida TUG (Oct 2023)
Video | Slides | Template | More - Tableau x Figma: I. Creative Ways of Leveraging Figma in Tableau Dashboard Development; II. Figma vs. MS PowerPoint
@ Higher Education TUG (Aug 2023)
Video | Dashboard | More - Tableau Public as a Qualitative Research Tool
@ University of Central Florida (Aug 2023) - Dashboard Design Tips: Creative Uses of Images
@ Tableau Conference (May 2023)
Video | Dashboard | Slides | More
*600+ attendees favorited the session, 300+ attended
*Most viewed conference session on Tableau’s YouTube channel in 2023 - Tableau x Figma: Creating an Annotation Layer for a Dashboard
@ Analytics TUG (Mar 2023)
Video | Dashboard | Template | More - Tableau x Figma: Creating a Background Image for a Dashboard
@ Denver TUG (Mar 2023)
Video | Dashboard | Template | More - Tableau x Figma: 3+ Creative Ways of Leveraging Figma in Business Dashboard Design
@ Tableau 故事慧 (Jan 2023) *in Mandarin
Video | Dashboard - Tableau x Figma: Leveraging Figma in Business Dashboard Design
@ Florida TUG (Aug 2022)
Video | Dashboard | Template | More
*Most viewed regional TUG video on Tableau’s YouTube channel in 2022
Magic & Mechanics Behind My Tableau Public Vizzes
- Data + Movies & My Everything Bagel Viz
@ DataFam Explained (impromptu, Apr 2024)
Challenge | Viz - Everything Everywhere All at Once: Cast’s Movie Legacy
@ DataPride TUG (Mar 2024)
Video | Viz | Resource - US Higher Ed Institutes w/ Data Analytics Program
@ Tableau Public TUG (Jan 2024)
Video | Viz | Resource - Visualizing Distributions
@ Madison TUG (Jul 2023)
Viz - Great Divide on Homosexuality Acceptance, Visualized via a Ternary Plot with Reference Lines
@ DataPride TUG (Jul 2022, 1st meeting)
Video | Viz
Tableau-Based Animation Research
- Deconstruction & Evaluation of a Scientific Animation Using Tableau
@ Chemistry Seminar, University of Central Florida (Aug 2023)
@ Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Purdue University (Jul 2021) - Evaluating a Biomedical Animation as a Learning Medium
@ Gordon Research Conference: Visualization in Science and Education, Maine (Jul 2023)
Poster - Deconstruction and Evaluation of a Biomedical Animation Using Tableau
@ Biomedical Communication Unconf, University of Toronto (Nov 2021) - How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Representation in Conveying the Intended Information
@ Gordon Research Conference: Visualization in Science and Education, Maine (Jul 2019) - Evaluate and Refine an Educational Animation About the Role of Actin Cytoskeleton in Cell Motility
@ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy, Purdue University (May 2019)
Other Topics
- From Chemical to Visual Solutions: My Journey to Becoming a Visionary
@ Asian & Pacific Islanders TUG (Aug 2024, 1st meeting)
Video - Power Up Your Analytics Skillset with Tableau Public
@ Discover Financial Service’s Tableau Day (Jul 2024)
Blog - My Three Favorite Tips at Tableau Conference
@ Chicago TUG (Nov 2021)
Video | Viz
*Demo of Tips 1 & 2 were not shown in the video due to an editing error
Recognitions
Titles & Awards
- Tableau Visionary (2024)
- Tableau Public Ambassador (2022 – present)
- Tableau Featured Author
(2021, 2023*, 2025*, *as a Public Ambassador) - “Biggest Growth” Vizzies Award (2023)
- Tableau’s Next (2022)
Vizzes of the Day
- Talk Data Podcast to Me (Oct 2024)
- Nutrition Values of Dim Sum Dishes (Feb 2024)
- Data Analytics Programs in the US (Aug 2023)
- Visualizing Distributions: Box Plots & Some Better Alternatives (Apr 2023)
- Back 2 Viz Basics Dynamic Pixel Art (Jan 2023)
- Star Trek Episode Breakdown (Aug 2022)
DataFam RoundUp Features
- Power Up Your Analytics Skillset with Tableau Public (Jan 2025)
- Talk Data Podcast to Me (Sep 2024)
- Nutrition Values of Dim Sum Dishes (Feb 2024)
- Evaluating a Biomedical Animation as a Learning Medium (Aug 2023)
- Dashboard Design Tips: Creative Ways to Use Images (Jul 2023)
- How to Assemble THIS Tableau Dashboard In 12 Minutes (Demo) & Great Divide on Homosexuality Acceptance (ternary plot w/ reference lines) (May 2023)
- Tableau x Figma (Apr 2023)
- #B2VB Dynamic Pixel Art (Jan 2023)
- Hail to the End of a Year (open-vs-closed overlapping bar chart) (Sep 2022)
- Zach Bowders, Data+Love: Dr. Kevin Wee (Jul 2022)
- Part-to-Whole Waterfall Chart That Shifts & Slides (Jun 2022)
- KPIs w/ Color-Changing Tiles + Sentence-Structured Controls (Mar 2022)
- My Three Favorite Tips from Tableau Conference 2021 #data21 (Nov 2021)
- How to Create A Before-Vs.-After Matrix Bubble Chart (Jul 2021)
- Shift of EU Energy Sources from Fossil Fuel to Renewable Sources (Feb 2021)
Makeover Monday Favorites of the Week
- Seasoned NBA Referees’ Fout Calls Statistics (Apr 2021)
- Know Your Beans (Apr 2021)
- Five-Decade Production Changes of the Most Valuable Crops Worldwide (Mar 2021)
- Women’s Share of National Parliament and Government Seats in Europe (Mar 2021)
- What’s the Point of Valentine’s Day? (Feb 2021)
- Gender Inequality in New HIV Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa (Jan 2021)
- Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting (Dec 2020)
- Diverging Views of the Germany-US Relationship (Dec 2020)
- Shift of the US Advertising Spending Focus (Nov 2020)
- US Apparel Order Collapse (Oct 2020)
Other Features
- Talk Data Podcast to Me
@ Flerlage Twins’ Favorite Vizzes of 2024, Rank #9 (Jan 2025) - Nutrition Values of Dim Sum Dishes
@ Data Visualization: A Handbook for Data Driven Design by Andy Kirk (Nov 2024)
Figure 8.4 (p. 234) & 10.12 (p. 286) - Talk Data Podcast to Me
@ Nastengraph.substack.com (Sep 2024) - From Football Charts to Grief Graphs: How Tableau Sparks Passion for Data Storytelling
@ Salesforce.com (Sep 2024) - Kevin Wee’s Remarkable Path from PhD Scientist to Data Artist Extraordinaire
@ Tableau.com (Aug 2024) - From Instruction to Insight: Exploring the Functional and Semantic Roles of Text in Interactive Dashboards, by Sultanum & Setlur
@ IEEE TCVG (Jul 2024) - The Everything Bagel
@ Data + Movies challenge (Oct 2023 – present)
@ IMDb.com (Jul 2024)
@ Main Keynote & Data Village, Tableau Conference (May 2024) - “What is Tableau Public? | DataFam Explained” (Jan 2024)
- “What is the LGBTQ+ DataPride Tableau User Group?” (Aug 2023)
- B2VB Dynamic Pixel Art Featured in Tableau Public Viz Gallery
@ Tableau Conference (May 2023) - Celebrating Tableau Public Vizzes and Creators at TC23
@ Tableau Conference (May 2023) - “What is Tableau Public’s Viz of the Day?” (Feb 2023)
- “What’s New with TUG?” (Dec 2022)
- “How Tableau Public Transformed Elisa Davis’ Data Viz Career” (Nov 2022)
- “Explore the 2023 Iron Viz Entries” (Nov 2022)
Collaborations
As a Leader
- IronViz Feedback Session
with Sara Barlett & Michelle Frayman (Oct 2024) - Blog Writing
with Salesforce & Tableau staffers (2x, 2024 – present) - Career Panel: No Straight Paths to Data Careers
with DataPride TUG & other panelists (Aug 2024)
Video - Data Viz Career Panel: Insights & Q&A (as a DataViz practitioner)
with Salesforce (via Jessica Lyons, host) & other panelists (Jul 2024)
@ Educator Data Camp Chicago, Tableau for Teaching Academic Programs
Website | Post - Data Viz Career Panel: Insights & Q&A (as a DataViz practitioner)
with Zane Wolf (host) & other panelists (Jun 2024)
@ Unconf Panel Discussion, Outlier
Website | Transcript (unrevised) - Product & Service Development Discussions (as a user & community leader)
with Tableau Visionaries & staffers (3x, 2023 – present) - Datafam Explained: Data + Movies (as an impromptu co-presenter)
with Jessica Lyons (host) & Ant Pulley (Apr 2024)
Viz | Blog | Blog 2 - Tableau Conference Presentation Preparations (as a speaker)
with Lawrence Durbin & Li-Lun Tu (separately, Mar 2024) - Everything Everywhere All At Once: Cast’s Movie Legacy, a Data + Movies project (as an ambassador)
with Salesforce, Tableau & IMDb (Oct 2023)
Viz | Blog | Blog 2 - Chicago DataViz MeetUp Events (as a co-organizer)
with Kevin Ford & Katy Liang (2022 – 2024) & Ashley Dierkes (2023 – 2024)
with Salesforce (via Jessica Lyons) & Chicago TUG (Oct 2023)
affiliated with the Data Visualization Society (2023 – present)
Community | Event | Blog | Video - The Self-Funding Guide to Tableau Conference
with Alex Waleczek (Jun 2023)
Blog
As an Interviewee
- Kevin Wee’s Tableau Journey in Visualization and Innovation, PolicyViz podcast
with Jon Schwabish (Jan 2025)
Podcast episode | Viz - Secrets of the Viz: Stage to Screen (#IronViz)
with Louis Yu (Dec 2024)
Viz | Video - Data Visualization: A Handbook for Data Driven Design
with Andy Kirk (Nov 2024)
Book p. 285 - Ep 66: Kevin Wee – Show Me What You Know, 10 Minute Tuesday podcast
with Sekou Tyler (Oct 2024)
Video | Post - Secrets of the Viz: Nutrition Values of Dim Sum Dishes
with Louis Yu (Jun 2024)
Viz | Video - Community Leader Interviews, Tableau Conference
with Tableau management & researchers (2x, May 2024) - DataFam Interview, Tableau Conference
with Caroline Yam (May 2023) - Tableau Research Projects
with Tableau researchers (6x, 2021 – present)
Published work: Paper | Video | Website - Dr. Kevin Wee, Data+Love podcast
with Zach Bowders (Jul 2022)
Podcast episode
As a Design Advisor/Consultant
- A Decade of Live Music – #IronViz 2025 Entry
by Shazeera Zawawi (Oct 2024)
Viz | Post - The Rise and Fall of the Modern Popstar | IronViz 2025
by Ashley DeLarm (Oct 2024)
Viz | Post - Toughest PGA Tour Courses | #IronViz
by Ken Choi (Oct 2024)
Viz | Post - Olympic Hosting: Global Entertainment or Local Burden? | #IronViz 2025
by Jibril Mohamed (Oct 2024)
Viz | Post - Design a Wireframe | #B2VB 2023 WK 17
by Mehras Abdoli (Jan 2024)
Viz | Post - Celebrating Daily Joys: Finding Love in Everyday Life | #IronViz2024
by Qingyue Lin (Oct 2023)
Viz - Carbs on the Coast | Pacific DataViz Challenge
by Qingyue Lin (Oct 2023)
Viz | Post - The Science of Winning | #IronViz2023
by Varun Jain (Oct 2022)
Viz - Naruto | Data Book
by Muhammad Azhar (Sep 2022)
Viz - #VizForSocialGood | Bridges to Prosperity 2022
by Ken Choi (Jun 2022)
Viz
In Other Capacities
- GamesNightViz 2024 July (as an early feedback provider)
with Louis Yu (primary), Will Sutton, Any Pulley, & Tina Covelli (Jul 2024)
Viz - Back2VizBasics 2023 Week 19 (as a data finder & translator)
with Elisa Davis (primary) & Eric Balash (Sep 2023)
Challenge Prompt | Tweet - DataFam Project (as a participant)
with Jessica Moon & Dennis Kao (Feb 2023)
Viz - Ternary Plot with Reference Lines Template
with Jared Flores (Jul 2022)
Viz | Blog | Video