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My Tableau Story with Visionary "Tableau Tim" Ngwena

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The My Tableau Story series showcases the evolving and inspiring experiences of Tableau Community leaders. This episode features Tableau Visionary, Tableau Tim Ngwena. Referred to by some as the "Bob Ross of Tableau" learn how Tim grew into a Tableau YouTube sensation with over 40k subscribers and thousands of hours of analytics tutorials.

Tableau Community Manager, Lelia Christine Williams, and Tim explore advice for building data and leadership skills through Community. Watch now to hear Tim's answers to:

  • How did your Tableau story begin?
  • How much Tableau knowledge did you have before you started teaching and sharing with others?
  • Why did you set out to teach Tableau in a way that hadn’t been done before? What does your creative process look like?
  • What role has the Tableau Community played in your professional and personal growth?
  • Which Tableau Community resources, programs, or people are your favorites for building analytics and leadership skills?
  • Which Tableau Community resources are most beneficial if you don't have a lot of time?
  • What advice do you have for someone who wants to become a content creator or thought leader in their space?
  • What is the Quantified Self movement?

About the speakers

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Tim Ngwena

Tableau Visionary, Senior Consultant, Product Manager & Analytics Content Creator

Tim Ngwena’s first version of Tableau was version 7 back in 2014. Since then, he’s consulted and trained a range of clients while working for The Information Lab in the UK. Tim is a Tableau Visionary and runs a YouTube channel with over 30k subscriber sharing tutorials on data and Tableau. When he's not using Tableau, he’s a proud dad, fiancé, and vizsla-crazed F1 fan who also fancies himself as a creator, gamer, podcaster, and drone hobbyist.

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Lelia Christine Williams

Community Program Manager at Tableau

Lelia Christine Williams is an innovative and strategic marketer passionate about elevating underrepresented voices and connecting change-makers through community. She first joined Tableau in 2012 and focused on helping people learn and be successful with Tableau. She took a sabbatical in 2015 to coach, teach, and run events for creative entrepreneurs.

Upon returning to Tableau in 2017, Lelia led and executed field events across Latin America and the U.S. that connected people and created impact. In 2020, she championed and built the Women Leading Through Change program - a virtual initiative to bring the teachings of impactful community leaders to data people. In 2021, Lelia joined the Tableau Community team as an Integration & Enablement Program Manager, focused on elevating the reach and impact of our Community.

Lelia is passionate about empowering you to love yourself and the life you create - inside and outside of your work. Embracing her talents for writing and speaking, she designed and published the Wild Wisdom guided journal, and the Bloom in Love podcast. She lives in San Diego, CA with her lovable rescue pitbull, Dr. Indiana Jones.