March 2023 Newsletter

March 15, 2023

It's mid-March!

Happy Wednesday, Women in Dataviz! I totally intended to write this newsletter around the first of the month, but here we are. 😂 

Nicole Mark

Virtual Coffee Breaks

Tomorrow, March 16, is our first Virtual Coffee Break hosted at 8:00 a.m. PST by Sharon Resheff! Our next EST coffee break is on April 13 at 8 a.m. EST.

All of the upcoming Virtual Coffee Break dates are posted to the Community Calendar.

As always, feel free to drop in and out as you need to between 8 and 9 a.m., and stay for as little time or as long as you want! To make it super-duper easy, join by clicking the button below! 

All of the upcoming Virtual Coffee Break dates are posted to the Community Calendar.

Women in Data-Vizzes

For the W. E. B. Du Bois Challenge, an annual Black History Month event, Elisa Davis reinterpreted his work. Check it out on Tableau Public--you can click each one to see a larger version!

Nominate a viz for next month's newsletter!

Learn R for Dataviz!

Do you want to learn how to use R for data viz? If you've never coded before or you're new to R, and you want to use R for data viz, check out Intro to R for Data Viz from Schilling Data Studio. This online program will begin March 28. Learn more and join the waitlist.

Want to include an upcoming event in the newsletter or on our Community Calendar? Submit it here.

Community Asks and Offers

Sharon kindly set up this spreadsheet for community members to posts any asks (things someone in the community may be able to help you with) and offers (things you're willing to help community members with). If you'd like to participate,here's the link.

⚡Conversations with Women in Dataviz: Lightning Talks!⚡

Based on feedback from the community, we've decided to postpone these until later in the year. If you need a refresher about this topic, please check out this thread in Slack.

💸 Support us with a donation via Ko-fi!

If you're enjoying the community and have the means and inclination, support us on Ko-fi  to help us cover monthly operational expenses such as videoconferencing, web hosting, and our Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.

One-time donations can also be sent via PayPal if you prefer.

🙋🏼‍♀️AMA

Did you know you can Ask Me Anything? Submit your questions publicly via my Ask Me Anything page, or privately on Slack.