If Data Could Talk

Andy Cotgreave

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Hi! I'm Andy Cotgreave: co-author of The Big Book of Dashboards, and Senior Data Evangelist for Tableau, a Salesforce company. I am passionate about how we communicate with data.

I co-host Chart Chat, the monthly video series about data communication, and write the Sweet Spot newsletter.

I've got over 17 years’ experience in the industry, and have helped thousands of people improve their data cultures. Subscribe for content that entertains, informs and educates.

Andy Cotgreave
With Google Gemini 2.0 and multimodel livestreaming you can share you screen and learn Tableau. With a natural conversation you can get step-by-step instructions to build vizzes and learn your way around a the interface. It's incredible. Links to more of my content: My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

With Google Gemini 2.0 and multimodel livestreaming you can share you screen and learn Tableau. With a natural conversation you can get step-by-step instructions to build vizzes and learn your way around a the interface. It's incredible.


Links to more of my content:
My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

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Did Gemini 2.0 just replace all Tableau tutorial videos?

13 Jan 2025

Turn your videos into live streams with https://restream.io Deck the halls with Tableau tips LIVE! Tune in for a holiday-themed #DataPlusTV deep-dive as Andy Cotgreave, Mark Bradbourne, and David Kelly break down holiday TV data from IMDb. Join us LIVE on LinkedIn on December 5 at 9:00 a.m.

Turn your videos into live streams with https://restream.io

Deck the halls with Tableau tips LIVE! Tune in for a holiday-themed #DataPlusTV deep-dive as Andy Cotgreave, Mark Bradbourne, and David Kelly break down holiday TV data from IMDb.

Join us LIVE on LinkedIn on December 5 at 9:00 a.m.

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#DataPlusTV Holiday TV Data Deep-Dive

6 Dec 2024

Can #Claude #Sonnet 3.5(new) do data storytelling as well as a human? My benchmark has always been Simon Scarr's Iraq's Bloody Toll chart, and my remake that reframed the story. In just 40 minutes, I got incredibly far. I am, quite frankly, blown away. If #AI #datastorytelling is this good now, where will we be in 1, 2, 5 years? Links to more of my content: My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

Can #Claude #Sonnet 3.5(new) do data storytelling as well as a human? My benchmark has always been Simon Scarr's Iraq's Bloody Toll chart, and my remake that reframed the story.

In just 40 minutes, I got incredibly far. I am, quite frankly, blown away.

If #AI #datastorytelling is this good now, where will we be in 1, 2, 5 years?

Links to more of my content:
My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

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Claude Sonnet data storytelling is human-levels of good.

25 Oct 2024

Links to more of my content: On Twitter: https://twitter.com/acotgreave My blog: https://gravyanecdote.com/

Links to more of my content:
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/acotgreave
My blog: https://gravyanecdote.com/

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Visual Analytics is like a squiggle? What?

6 Sep 2024

Tableau has just launched Einstein Copilot For Tableau and here's my deep dive. I look at how to get started, different prompt types, creating calculations and much more. I also explain what to happen if Copilot does something unexpected. This is Generative AI, after all, and we all know it can't always interpret intents correctly. I share some tips to keep moving forwards, but also want to emphasise that you can use the feedback buttons to let us know what is and what isn't working. 00:00 Introduction 00:41 Wildlife Strikes Data 01:11 Suggested Questions 03:32 Calculations 04:32 Adding fields 05:26 Complex prompts 06:24 Insights! 09:22 Coping with the unexpected 09:56 Right-click and recreate 12:32 Give Tableau feedback 13:51 Outro Links to more of my content: My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

Tableau has just launched Einstein Copilot For Tableau and here's my deep dive. I look at how to get started, different prompt types, creating calculations and much more.

I also explain what to happen if Copilot does something unexpected. This is Generative AI, after all, and we all know it can't always interpret intents correctly. I share some tips to keep moving forwards, but also want to emphasise that you can use the feedback buttons to let us know what is and what isn't working.

00:00 Introduction
00:41 Wildlife Strikes Data
01:11 Suggested Questions
03:32 Calculations
04:32 Adding fields
05:26 Complex prompts
06:24 Insights!
09:22 Coping with the unexpected
09:56 Right-click and recreate
12:32 Give Tableau feedback
13:51 Outro

Links to more of my content:
My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

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What is Einstein Copilot for Tableau?

19 Aug 2024

I'm sad that there's just too much going on in the 2024 BBC Election Swingometer. Links to more of my content: My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

I'm sad that there's just too much going on in the 2024 BBC Election Swingometer.
Links to more of my content:
My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

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The BBC Swingometer: too much clutter 🙁 #election #datastorytelling

5 Jul 2024

Links to more of my content: My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

Links to more of my content:
My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

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Loving the Financial Times constituency results pages #datastorytelling #election #election2024

4 Jul 2024

A scaredy cat for Channel 4's Exit Poll: when you label the end of the bars, you create a problem. Links to more of my content: My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

A scaredy cat for Channel 4's Exit Poll: when you label the end of the bars, you create a problem.

Links to more of my content:
My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

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Channel 4 Exit Poll: an Election Night data error? #datastorytelling #election2024

4 Jul 2024

Donut chart labels: https://youtube.com/shorts/gPXxKkWxMts?si=j8uaSmYuKHzy-_6l Line colours: https://youtube.com/shorts/RzyPm2YEsKw?si=m-itXfksQvJGlN7l Stacked Bars: https://youtube.com/shorts/x_8oTDZjzNo?si=RiN1oDZPt0cD5v34 Live posting through the night of the UK General Election here: https://x.com/acotgreave #ElectionViz #election2024 #generalelection2024 #datastorytelling #tableau Links to more of my content: My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

Donut chart labels: https://youtube.com/shorts/gPXxKkWxMts?si=j8uaSmYuKHzy-_6l
Line colours: https://youtube.com/shorts/RzyPm2YEsKw?si=m-itXfksQvJGlN7l
Stacked Bars: https://youtube.com/shorts/x_8oTDZjzNo?si=RiN1oDZPt0cD5v34

Live posting through the night of the UK General Election here: https://x.com/acotgreave

#ElectionViz #election2024 #generalelection2024 #datastorytelling #tableau


Links to more of my content:
My newsletter: http://tabsoft.co/sweetspot
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acotgreave/

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Election Charts: data storytelling tips at speed

3 Jul 2024

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