December 2023 Newsletter
The last newsletter of the year!
Upcoming events
💼 Dec. 6, 4 PM EST, DataFam Career Path Makers with Christina Gorga
Looking for a new job? Need a change of direction in your career? The DataFam Career Path Makers Tableau User Group wants to help! Our own Christina Gorga will moderate the biweekly Job Search Session on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 4 PM EST. Get more details and RSVP here.
🗓️ New date! Jan. 22, 7:30 PM EST Conversations with Women in Dataviz: A Panel Discussion with Full-time Freelancers
Kendra Allenspach, Shirley Wu, and yours truly answer your questions about freelancing in the datasphere. Fill out this anonymous form if you’d like to submit a question. The form isn't gathering emails and the name field isn't required, so don't hold back—really, ask us about money, contracts, clients, or anything else that you've been wondering about. Please RSVP by clicking the button below.
12/20/23 Update
If you RSVP’d between 12/4/23-12/19/23, your response was not recorded. I apologize. I would be very grateful if you’d RSVP again here or click the button below.
☕ Virtual Coffee Breaks in 2024!
Thanks to everyone who joined a Virtual Coffee Break this year. We’re continuing our 8 AM EST every sixth Thursday meetings and adding a noon EST option every sixth Wednesday. (There are two dates I shifted because of holidays.)
I have several hundred people on the 2023 invite list. There are a good number of email addresses that are no longer good, and I want to make sure everyone receiving the invites still wants to receive them.
Please fill out one of the forms below if you’d like to receive the Google Calendar invitations to the 8 AM, noon, or both 2024 meeting series.
Women in Datavizzes
Blogs
Data, Viz, + Design Delights!
We’re only on post #2 and I am already obsessed with Brittany Rosenau’s new recurring Nightingale column, Data, Viz, + Design Delights.
Iron Viz Entries
Check out the 196 vizzes entered in the qualifier round by Iron Viz hopefuls. I somehow completed mine by the deadline this year. (I know about the typo and it’s killing me. We were asked not to make changes until January.) There’s some really inspiring work among the entries.
Announcements and opportunities
📊Data Community on Bluesky
If you’re on Bluesky, Mastodon, or Threads and want to connect with other data people on those platforms, please add your details to this Google Sheet.
Support the community
💸If you're enjoying the community and have the means and inclination, support us with a $3 monthly donation on Ko-fi to help cover operational expenses.