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.

A collage of four little images that show Kevin Wee presenting at the 2023 Tableau Conference in a session entitled Dashboard Design Tips: Creative Ways to Use Images. Each little image shows different slide. 1, Title slide; 2, screenshot of the demo dashboard; 3, explanation of one of the custom buttons made of an icon; 4, semitransparent annotation overlay.
I presented at the Tableau Conference in May 2023. Photo credit: Kevin Ford.

The following lists my contributions to and recognitions from the DataFam.


Presentations

Dashboard Design

  • Graphic Design Concepts Used in My Data Infographics (Tableau only)
    @ Newbies TUG (Sep 2025)
    Slides | Video | Workbook | More
  • Graphic Design Concepts Used in My Data Infographics
    @ Sussie Romande TUG (Aug 2025, 1st rebooted meeting)
    Slides | Video | Workbook | More
  • Infographic-ally Speaking: Designing Dashboards for Impact
    @ DataFam TUG (May 2025)
    @ Tableau Conference (Apr 2025)
    Video (YouTube) | Video (Salesforce+) | Slides | Workbook | More
  • Dashboard Design Tips: Information Buttons & Toggle Switches (w/ bonus content)
    @ Disney TUG (Apr 2025)
    @ California Community Colleges TUG (Dec 2024)
    Video | Slides | Workbook | Free icons | Song 1 | Song 2 | More
  • Dashboard Design Tips: Contextual Legends
    @ Financial Services TUG (Mar 2025)
    Video | Slide | Workbook | 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 Tableauโ€™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
  • 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 ๆ•…ไบ‹ๆ…ง (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

  • My 2026 IronViz Qualifier Submission: Dim Sum
    @ Retailer TUG (Jan 2026)
    Video
  • Finding Sparks: Sources of Inspiration for my Tableau Public Vizzes
    @ Bank of America TUG (Dec 2025)
    @ Charlotte TUG (Oct 2025)
    Video
  • 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

Research with Tableau

  • Tableau Public as a Qualitative Research Tool
    @ University of Central Florida (Aug 2023)
  • 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

  • Power Up Your Analytics Skillset with Tableau Public
    @ University of Washington, Bothell (Feb 2025)
    @ Discover Financial Services’ Tableau Day (Jul 2024)
    Blog
  • From Chemical to Visual Solutions: My Journey to Becoming a Visionary
    @ Asian & Pacific Islanders TUG (Aug 2024, 1st meeting)
    Video
  • My Three Favorite Tips at Tableau Conference
    @ Chicago TUG (Nov 2021)
    Video | Viz
    *Demos of Tips 1 & 2 were not shown in the video due to an editing error

Recognitions

Titles & Awards

Vizzes of the Day

  1. Nutrition Values, Energy Sources, and Ingredients of Dim Sum (Feb 2026)
  2. Survey Response Analysis Dashboard (Jun 2025)
  3. Stage to Screen: Broadway Musicals Turned Into Movies (Feb 2025)
  4. Talk Data Podcast to Me (Oct 2024)
  5. Nutrition Values of Dim Sum Dishes (Feb 2024)
  6. Data Analytics Programs in the US (Aug 2023)
  7. Visualizing Distributions: Box Plots & Some Better Alternatives (Apr 2023)
  8. Back 2 Viz Basics Dynamic Pixel Art (Jan 2023)
  9. Star Trek Episode Breakdown (Aug 2022)

DataFam Roundup Features

  1. D28 Tableau IronViz Secrets: Storytelling, Colour Theory and Cultural Connections (Part 1) (Jan 2026)
  2. Dashboard Design Tips: Contextual Legends and Their Applications in Dashboard Design (Feb 2025)
  3. Tableau journey, DataFam, and dashboard design practices on PolicyViz Podcast (Jan 2025)
  4. Power Up Your Analytics Skillset with Tableau Public (Jan 2025)
  5. Talk Data Podcast to Me (Sep 2024)
  6. Nutrition Values of Dim Sum Dishes (Feb 2024)
  7. Evaluating a Biomedical Animation as a Learning Medium (Aug 2023)
  8. Dashboard Design Tips: Creative Ways to Use Images (Jul 2023)
  9. How to Assemble THIS Tableau Dashboard In 12 Minutes (Demo) & Great Divide on Homosexuality Acceptance (ternary plot w/ reference lines) (May 2023)
  10. Tableau x Figma (Apr 2023)
  11. #B2VB Dynamic Pixel Art (Jan 2023)
  12. Hail to the End of a Year (open-vs-closed overlapping bar chart) (Sep 2022)
  13. Zach Bowders, Data+Love: Dr. Kevin Wee (Jul 2022)
  14. Part-to-Whole Waterfall Chart That Shifts & Slides (Jun 2022)
  15. KPIs w/ Color-Changing Tiles + Sentence-Structured Controls (Mar 2022)
  16. My Three Favorite Tips from Tableau Conference 2021 #data21 (Nov 2021)
  17. How to Create A Before-Vs.-After Matrix Bubble Chart (Jul 2021)
  18. Shift of EU Energy Sources from Fossil Fuel to Renewable Sources (Feb 2021)

BI Bites Features

  1. DubDubData Interview for IronViz 2026 Qualifier Submissions (Jan 2026)
  2. Survey Response Analysis Dashboard for My #TC25 Presentation (Jun 2025)
  3. Free Resources: Designing Dashboards for Impact (Apr 2025)
  4. Contextual Legends & Their Applications in Dashboard Design (Mar 2025)
  5. Talk Data Podcast to Me (Sep 2024)

Makeover Monday Favorites of the Week

  1. Seasoned NBA Referees’ Foul Calls Statistics (Apr 2021)
  2. Know Your Beans (Apr 2021)
  3. Five-Decade Production Changes of the Most Valuable Crops Worldwide (Mar 2021)
  4. Women’s Share of National Parliament and Government Seats in Europe (Mar 2021)
  5. What’s the Point of Valentine’s Day? (Feb 2021)
  6. Gender Inequality in New HIV Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa (Jan 2021)
  7. Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting (Dec 2020)
  8. Diverging Views of the Germany-US Relationship (Dec 2020)
  9. Shift of the US Advertising Spending Focus (Nov 2020)
  10. US Apparel Order Collapse (Oct 2020)

Other Viz Features

Other Blog or Video Features


Datafam community leaders worldwide attended the 2024 Tableau Conference at the San Diego Convention Center. Photo credit: Tableau.

Collaborations

As a Leader

  • Fireside Chat
    with Dan Jewitt, Caroline Yam, & Britt Staniar (Feb 2026)
    @ PM Product Summit, Seattle
  • 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

  • Dim Sum, Long-Form, and Iron Viz with Kevin Wee, Data + Love
    with Zach Bowders (Mar 2026)
    Podcast episode (audio) | Viz
  • S2E2: The One Who Will Be in the Iron Viz Final Battle, Storytellers
    with Shazeera Ziwawi (Feb 2026)
    Podcast episode (audio) | Viz
  • D28 Tableau IronViz Secrets: Storytelling, Colour Theory and Cultural Connections (Part 1), Dub Dub Data
    with Fi Crocker & Sarah Burnett (Nov 2025)
    YouTube Video | Viz
  • Kevin Weeโ€™s Tableau Journey in Visualization and Innovation, PolicyViz podcast
    with Jon Schwabish (Jan 2025)
    Podcast episode (audio) | YouTube video | 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

  • Playing with Food | #IronViz
    by Louis Yu (Nov 2025)
    Viz | Post
  • 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