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Live Visual Analytics Training Workshops
Are you looking for the best way to get yourself or your organization up to speed with Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and/or Power BI? Playfair Data offers live software skills training that can be customized for content, duration, and/or venue.
Looking for on-demand training and resources instead?
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Take the guesswork out of curriculum building.
We currently offer five standardized courses.
Flagship Tableau Training
Taught by the author of Practical Tableau, Ryan Sleeper, this course provides not only a holistic view of Tableau capabilities but also an introduction to analytics strategy.
Statistical Tableau Training
Taught by the author of Statistical Tableau, Ethan Lang, this course helps even the most experienced practitioners incorporate advanced analytics into Tableau dashboards.
Flagship Power BI Training
Adapted from our four most-popular training modules, including Technical Deep Dives, it has never been easier to get up to speed or convert analysts to Power BI Desktop.
Design Thinking for Data People
Taught by award-winning information designer, Rafael Simancas, you’ll learn how to make dashboards more engaging, improve adoption, and make insights more memorable.
Figma for Dashboard Designers
Figma has emerged as a leading design software for visual analytics practitioners. Learn Figma and discover its applications in data visualization, graphics, and user interface design.
🎓 3 WAYS TO ATTEND
Buy individual tickets, book a private workshop, or attend every public event with the Playfair+ Training pass
Next Public Training Event
October 1
Virtual
Design Thinking for Data People Training
- We get it – as left-brained “data people”, sometimes we’re more focused on the black and white numbers than the…
- Taught by Rafael Simancas
Private Virtual or On-Site Options Available
What’s on the Agenda
Customize your training by choosing from ten modules of industry-leading training.
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Cornerstone Module
Learn how to connect to and shape data, cover fundamental technical features, discuss the science behind why data visualization works, and practice making some of the most effective chart types.
02.
Technical Deep Dives
After learning the essentials, we discuss many of the technical aspects of Tableau / Power BI, including custom calculations, parameters, and sets. But beyond that, we discuss how they can be used in real-world applications to help you get the most out of the software.
03.
Strategy, Storytelling, and Dashboards
We’ll share the strategies and storytelling tactics used at Playfair Data to help your dashboards cause action within your organization. During this module, you will also build a dashboard while applying those techniques.
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Advanced Topics
Be the know-it-all at your office. During this module, you’ll learn how to better control your data, tips for improving the performance of your dashboards, the ins and outs of several advanced chart types, and some of our favorite tricks.
05.
Statistical Tableau
To make sense of the vast amount of data in today’s business landscape, you not only need to visualize data but also incorporate statistics into your visualizations.
06.
Tableau Prep Builder
Tableau Prep is an additional software included with all Tableau “Creator” licenses that allows you to optimize data for use with Tableau Desktop. Learn the ins and outs of this software by combining fifty disparate data sources.
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Advanced Chart Types
The combination of Cartesian coordinates and preattentive attributes lays the foundation of every chart type and even makes it possible to invent new ones. This module goes way beyond “Show Me” to build innovative solutions from the ground up.
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Advanced User Experiences
It’s not enough to create dashboards that are built with data everyone trusts, look good, and perform well – they must also be intuitive and easy to use. We’ll share some of our favorite user experiences and enable you to implement them in your own data products.
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Design Thinking for Data People
Design has been shown to improve engagement, drive adoption, and make insights more memorable. Learn how to use this powerful medium in the context of data visualization to transform your business dashboards for more effective insights and more valuable analyses.
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Figma for Dashboard Designers
Learn how to use Figma to design professional, client-ready dashboards. This live training covers dashboard UI best practices, building custom chart components, and setting up handoff-ready designs for Tableau, Power BI, and Oracle Analytics — even if you’re new to Figma or design.
Why Playfair Data Live Workshops?
Learning from the best makes the difference.
Our instructors literally wrote the books on visual analytics
Proven training modules designed from scratch and delivered to thousands
Every training package includes resources to support retention
Virtual training environment custom built for these live workshops
Attendees receive digital credentials to prove their analytics proficiency
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Our objective is to help you get into the 80th percentile of practitioners worldwide.
We’ve experienced the pitfalls firsthand. We’ve tried other trainings. We have real-world experience. This makes us uniquely qualified to help you connect the dots and reduce your learning curve as you complete our diverse training modules.
Ready to make your data usable through custom team training?