Using a Data Visualization Tool

to Drive Data Curiosity

Amber Smart

Operations Analyst

Tableau Professional Certified

• Examples of a few of our data visuals

• How we use the data

• Culture plays a role in data visualization adoption (another session)

24 Physical Locations

7 States

Data Vis Tool of choice:

Implementation/Consulting:

Our window in time

Average Weekly Attendance Over Time

Before Tableau – LifeKIDS Attendance Data Analysis

Does this scale?

Does this tell anyone in this room a story?

Anyone feel a curiosity rise up in their soul to know more? (If you do, you

will spend days opening files for historical context.)

Tableau LifeKIDS Data Analysis – Version 1

Does this scale? Yes

Does this tell anyone in this room a story? If you dig hard enough, maybe.

Anyone feel a curiosity rise up in their soul to know more? Probably not, unless

your boss is all up in your business.

Trust the process!

Tableau LifeKIDS Data Analysis – Version 2

Does this scale? Yes

Does this tell anyone in this room a story? Yes

Anyone feel a curiosity rise up in their soul to know more? If not, you are dead

inside (Why? Trends? Scheduling issue? Recruiting issue? Retaining issue? Ministry Leader issue?)

Analyze Feedback – SurveyMonkey Data

Identify Focus (ex: customer

service)

Identify Focus Group (ex:

Campus Pastors)

Send out SurveyReceive Survey Results in Excel

Analyze in Excel & then file away

“Let’s go dig & see if we can find the

all of the surveys we’ve ever done &

compare them in excel real quick.”

– Said No One

What if we visualize survey data & make it easily accessible?

Self-Awareness: Strengths FinderKnow what your people are naturally good at & build well-rounded teams.

Visualize it.

Real Scenario:

Leadership is perplexed by a particular team’s lack of influence on the rest of

the organization.

If we look at the team member strength’s at face value this is what we see:

Goal: Compliance & Focused communication

Quality of experience. Does it feel too crowded?