https://elisadavis.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-03-21 https://elisadavis.com/blog/wingspan-part-iii-reflections monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/1df3433f-3556-4828-b4e5-658498bae09a/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+7.44.39+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part III: Reflections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/68df54f8-e534-4831-9477-16072e883095/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+7.44.05+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part III: Reflections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/d4168e4b-4044-457c-9fee-09bd91d6d7ff/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+7.45.29+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part III: Reflections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://elisadavis.com/blog/wingspan-part-ii-the-viz monthly 0.5 2022-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/086ae4a1-4444-482a-aff3-6498ef2f5383/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.26.17+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/14801c8e-b237-45a2-bfa9-a1de1c60c5fc/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.23.28+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/ac374be4-7505-46da-956d-3ce1d9b7ae37/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.27.28+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/8705efea-4767-4897-9d32-37a1fd748fbb/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.24.43+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/24227a9b-2309-49fc-8507-0a9dbee38f06/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.27.02+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/5d9499c7-da7c-4de6-b949-fa9fe8ce420b/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.27.56+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/33f862d1-177c-48e5-9e4b-2a9f8133dc6b/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.29.34+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/65e0b639-e4d3-4aff-8103-73f040c4c666/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.22.36+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/36eeca90-8418-46d1-8d85-1a4aaaf1cd91/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.30.20+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/80caa303-d9b9-4cd7-8206-dfa28ee59191/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.24.08+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/76d3d2e3-ec97-465d-a71f-291641912c5d/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.29.03+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/ca70e711-b578-4db0-a46b-6746d432f716/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+9.25.14+AM.png Blog - Wingspan Part II: The Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://elisadavis.com/blog/my-interview-on-tableau-public monthly 0.5 2022-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/140719b0-8a38-489b-9866-2a74a9f68949/Screen+Shot+2022-11-04+at+1.44.06+PM.png Blog - My Interview on Tableau Public - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://elisadavis.com/blog/wingspan-my-ironviz-23-qualifier-entry monthly 0.5 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/ea125c01-27e8-445f-b400-247adf717dc4/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+8.15.57+PM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out This floating container section layout approach worked really well. I will use it again. They did change size/location the one time I made the viz longer, but thankfully it was easy to go through and put them back since I had height/y coord written down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/dfd2846c-8c19-4e61-89b6-859df31a8f01/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+9.46.41+PM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out Fonts & Encouragement - community is the best part of this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/822cf0b5-a9ad-47cb-9012-e382131c3678/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+7.51.42+PM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out Changing the colors is one of the easiest ways to make a viz look more polished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/40715a16-caec-4e7d-b536-6c5905fdddb7/Tableau+Public+Fonts+%282%29.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/462b3f98-9c48-4d97-ad86-97b4b5d8de6e/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+10.06.57+PM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out Relative time calcs are very useful. Especially when working across time zones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/89e78eba-c077-47cf-b6c3-870780560836/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+11.46.56+AM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out The best part of Iron Viz is the community that you can build around working on a hard thing at the same time. This group, formed after someone made a comment about “we should have a support group,” was sustaining and inspiring for me all month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/9175b817-8866-4633-8026-b4127f9be55a/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+9.26.23+PM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out By Sunday afternoon I knew I’d have something! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/fc7c75a8-c6fd-47e1-8128-3d333a9a8dba/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+6.28.37+PM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out This was originally the entire viz. It was fun, so I kept going! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/4a3123e4-07fa-4db0-89da-82c9ae378575/20221102_115951.jpg Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out I typically wireframe old school. This one’s clearly quite detailed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/474959f2-4e22-4f7e-8558-2b250214df79/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+1.07.00+PM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/411b807b-9a5b-4f20-ae76-42d10847147d/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+7.59.31+PM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/a034e81b-f754-4f6f-a2ac-a6a83b89ff3e/Screen+Shot+2022-10-31+at+9.29.04+PM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out At 9:29 PM, I took a break from building to fill out the submission form. I wasn’t done, but the link was live and I knew I’d get there somehow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/84ddcbe2-1494-4d7a-914e-a0bf4bd09d70/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+1.07.24+PM.png Blog - Wingspan, my IronViz ‘23 Qualifier: Part I - Make it stand out I ended up building five “mini” data sources to supplement the bird/card data https://elisadavis.com/blog/all-about-back-to-viz-basics monthly 0.5 2022-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/7159722b-2b8d-4c6d-9767-788cb23a6739/Screen+Shot+2022-10-12+at+7.07.37+PM.png Blog - All About Back to Viz Basics - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://elisadavis.com/blog/i-was-interviewed-for-meet-the-datafam monthly 0.5 2022-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/bad6ce7d-3b59-4649-a120-2c21a7fed52f/Screen+Shot+2022-09-25+at+9.09.07+AM.png Blog - I was interviewed for Meet the #Datafam! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://elisadavis.com/blog/sarah-carr-feedback-loop monthly 0.5 2022-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/77b91004-4206-4220-b5f1-7f4032fe1e86/JnDjs2ZF_400x400.jpeg Blog - Sarah Carr: How the Feedback Loop Helped Me Do More with Tableau  - Make it stand out Many thanks to guest author Sarah Carr for sharing her experience participating in the Feedback Loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/14e878c6-75d3-4537-9702-19498177ba34/Start+Simple+version+2.png Blog - Sarah Carr: How the Feedback Loop Helped Me Do More with Tableau  - Make it stand out Explore the dashboard on Tableau Public https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/b32380fa-c4b7-4827-b2a2-826bbac5cf4b/Dashboard+3+%281%29.png Blog - Sarah Carr: How the Feedback Loop Helped Me Do More with Tableau  - Make it stand out Explore the dashboard on Tableau Public. https://elisadavis.com/blog/build-a-public-portfolio monthly 0.5 2022-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/fed3dcf6-61d5-49aa-9ffb-62aed60b1ae8/Portfolio+Snapshot.jpeg Blog - Build a Public Portfolio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://elisadavis.com/blog/my-indian-ish-viz monthly 0.5 2022-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/1864875b-363a-4514-9079-a8a70a8141f8/Indian-ish+Tribute+%28%23Ironviz%29+%281%29.png Blog - My Indian-ish Viz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://elisadavis.com/blog/yes-another-data-blog monthly 0.5 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/749ebadc-ea10-4544-980a-f05e9e825a76/ElisaDavis_1.jpg Blog - Yes, another data blog. - Make it stand out photo by Hope Louise Photography https://elisadavis.com/blog/category/Guest+Post monthly 0.5 https://elisadavis.com/about daily 1.0 2025-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6295848302780a4e9b5463b9/10c74638-a584-4264-80d3-4ede35ab2f4c/BeDataLit_Headshot_Elisa_Davis_2.jpeg About - Elisa Davis: Data Visionary & Tableau Public Ambassador Elisa Davis transforms complex data into clear, actionable insights. As a three-time Tableau Public Ambassador, she has been recognized globally for her expertise in data visualization and business intelligence. She has led and contributed to thriving data communities, including Back 2 Viz Basics (#B2VB), and currently mentors through the Data Visualization Society. Elisa has presented at Tableau Conference, APRA Prospect Development, and countless Tableau User Groups (TUGs), where she shares her insights on data storytelling, dashboard design, and BI best practices. Her work—known for its polished design and intuitive usability—has been widely adopted by business leaders at Discover Financial Services, NASA, the University of Nevada, Reno, and nonprofit organizations. With deep expertise in Tableau, Power BI, SQL, and Alteryx, Elisa specializes in creating scalable, high-impact BI solutions that drive informed decision-making. But what truly sets her apart is her innate curiosity about the business processes behind the dashboards—she listens deeply, understands stakeholder needs, and designs solutions that are useful, relevant, and actionable. Looking for a partner who can turn your data into clarity and insight? Let’s connect. Whether you need a high-impact dashboard, a fresh perspective on your BI strategy, or an engaging speaker on data storytelling, Elisa is ready to help. She holds an MPA from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and a BA in Mathematics from Smith College. She lives in Reno, NV, where she enjoys reading, skiing, hiking, and diving into new data challenges. https://elisadavis.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-03-20