Dashboards: everyone says they want them, but many sit unused on web portals and shared folders. During this hard talk session, four data enthusiasts who work on dashboards every day will share their experiences on pitfalls that go beyond color palettes and tech stacks, and explore how we can be more mindful of the human side of dashboard design and use.
The panelists will debunk common assumptions and practices, share stories of their own dashboard design failures, and surface disagreements in our development community about why dashboards fail, succeed, or sit barely used on shared drives.
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Favorite Resources from the Panelists
Big Book of Dashboards - great primer on dashboard development; examples are in Tableau workbooks but the concepts are widely applicable
Flowing Data - cross cutting blog that hits on design, tools, development processes and more
New series from Ken Flerlage -
SQL for Tableau - highlighting how data viz developers can benefit from learning some basic coding skills
Blogs on dashboard design tricks (primarily Tableau-focused, but ideas can be more widely applied):
Ryan SleeperViz Wiz (Andy Kriebel)
Data + ScienceChart selection heirachies, for ideas on what chart to use when:
Visual VocabularyData Viz CatalogueData Viz ProjectBlogs on data viz best practices:
Policy VizStorytelling with DataAnn K EmeryEvergreen Data
Inspiration for what to do (and not to do) in data viz design:
WTF VisualizationsJunk Charts
Makeover Monday (#makeovermonday on Twitter)
SWD Challenge (and #SWDchallenge on Twitter)
Energy in America (Tableau dashboard example Amanda called out)
