Professional Development Opportunities & Resources

Welcome to our comprehensive hub for professional development in data visualization. This page is dedicated to providing resources and opportunities tailored for individuals passionate about transforming data into visually compelling narratives. Whether you’re looking to enhance your skills through specialized courses, discover industry conferences, or network with individuals doing similar work, you'll find a wealth of information below to support your journey.

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• Online Courses 

• Conferences/Summits 

• Groups 

• Articles/Books/Websites

• Resource Suggestions

Coursera: Data visualization online courses

Cprime: Data visualization elearning courses

edX: Data visualization online courses and programs 

Great Learning:  Free data visualization courses 

Harvard University:  Data science visualization course 

Learnit Training: Free data visualization courses hosted on Youtube 

Linkedin Learning:  Data visualization courses for various proficiency levels 

Microsoft Power BI: Free Power BI training videos

MIT Management Executive Education:  Communicating data through storytelling course 

Simplilearn: Introduction to data visualization course 

Skillshare: Various courses on designing data visualizations 

Stephanie Evergreen Academy: Tiered data visualization courses 

Tableau: Free tableau training videos 

Udemy: Free data visualization courses and tutorials 

Udacity: Data visualization nanodegree program 

Youtube: Assorted Youtube videos on data visualization learning

Below are five Linkedin groups dedicated to sharing information on data analysis and visualization

• Linkedin Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics (AIBA) Group 

• Linkedin Big Data and Analytics 

• Linkedin Big Data, Analytics, Business Intelligence & Visualization Experts Community 

• LinkedIn Power BI User Group 

• LinkedIn Tableau User Group 

• Better data visualizations: A guide for scholars, researchers, and wonks (2021)

• Data visualization made simple - Insights into becoming visual (2019)

• DataStory: Explain data and inspire action through story (2019) 

• Developing and using dashboard indicators in student affairs assessment (2013)

• Disinformation visualization: How to lie with datavis. (2014)

• Effective data visualization: The right chart for the right data (2019)

• Ethical information graphics: In data visualization, journalism meets engineering (2014) 

• Fundamentals of data visualization (2019) 

• Much ado about dashboards (2018)

• OpenVis conference (2013-2018)

• PolicyViz - Let your data speak (2024)

• Practicing good ethics in data visualization (2018) 

• Storytelling with data: A data visualization guide for business professionals (2015)

• Synergy between research on ensemble perception, data visualization, and statistics education: A tutorial review (2020) 

• Tapestry: The data storytelling conference (2018)

• The big book of dashboards: Visualizing your data using real-world business scenarios (2017)