Live workshopData Analytics and Data Literacy training for teams
Tableau for Data Driven Decision Makers
- Built around your actual work
- Live online, or on-site by request
- Training careers nationwide since 2006
Workshop brief
Tableau for Data Driven Decision Makers
- Duration
- 2 Days (16 hrs; 4 sessions)
- Tuition
- $695.00per participant; team and private pricing by quote
- Delivery
- Live onlineOn-site, in person, by request
- Included
- Certificate of completionFor every participant
The visualization is beautiful. Is it true?
Tableau is very good at making things look convincing. That is a strength when the underlying analysis is sound and a serious risk when it is not, because a well-designed chart short-circuits scrutiny in exactly the audience that most needs to apply it.
This workshop trains that scrutiny. Participants learn to interrogate a visualization rather than absorb it: what is filtered, what is excluded, what the axis is doing, and what the design is emphasizing. Over two days there is room to build real fluency rather than a vocabulary.
Senior leaders use this where Tableau is the organization's analytics platform and decisions are made in front of dashboards. It is deliberately not a Tableau Desktop authoring course; participants explore and interrogate rather than build. Managers on Power BI want Power BI for Data-Driven Decision Makers instead.
Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery. Most groups train live online, and on-site in-person delivery is available by request. This workshop is available by request only, with a three participant minimum, and sits alongside our other data analytics and data literacy workshops.
Why teams book DWC
- Content, datasets, and examples built around your work before delivery
- Live online with a real instructor, or on-site at your location
- Invoicing and purchase order documentation for your organization
What your team gets
This course includes
- Live, instructor led workshop delivered across four 4-hour sessions
- Hands on exploration of your organization's real Tableau dashboards
- Techniques for interrogating filters, aggregation, and design choices
- Self-service exploration so you answer your own follow-up questions
- Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
- Certificate of completion for every participant
Course outline
How the workshop runs
Every session is live with a real instructor, and the exercises are built around your team's work.
Day one is reading. Participants learn what a Tableau dashboard is actually showing: the filters in play, the level of aggregation, what is excluded, and how the same data can support several visual stories. They work through design choices that clarify and choices that distort, using their own organization's dashboards.
The rest of day one is self-service. Participants learn to explore a published dashboard themselves, filter and drill without breaking anything or asking anyone, and answer their own follow-up question. This is where most of the time saving lives, for them and for the analysts who currently field those requests.
Day two is judgment and the conversation. Participants practice reaching a decision they can defend from what they can see, recognizing when the visualization cannot support the conclusion they want, and asking an analyst for something specific and achievable rather than for another dashboard.
Outcomes
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Interrogate a visualization rather than absorb it
- Identify filters, aggregation level, and what is excluded
- Tell a design choice that clarifies from one that distorts
- Explore and filter a published dashboard yourself
- Answer your own follow-up question without a new request
- Reach a decision you can defend from what you can see
- Recognize when a visualization cannot support the conclusion
Duration
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this workshop. It assumes no Tableau experience and does not cover building dashboards in Tableau Desktop. It is designed for leaders and managers who consume visual analytics.
Format
Online for most groups; on-site delivery by request.
Dates and options
Join a public session or book your teamBook this workshop for your team
Public sessions
Train your team privately
Schedule this workshop for your team, live online or on-site, with content built around your work. Tell us your group size, goals, and target dates.
How team training works
From first call to trained team
- 20,000+Participants trained
- 90%Completion rate
- 1,500+Organizations served
Scope it
A short call about your team, your tools, and what needs to change after the session.
Customize it
Your instructor builds examples, exercises, and datasets around your actual work before delivery.
Deliver it live
Live online for most groups, or on-site at your location, scheduled around your team.
Make it stick
Every participant leaves with reference materials and a certificate of completion.
Pricing
Tuition and ways to buy
$695.00 per participant
Tableau for Data Driven Decision Makers is available by request only, scheduled around your team.
- $695 per participant, with a three participant minimum
- Private training: request a custom quote. One on one sessions and teams below the three participant minimum are priced case by case
- Larger groups: request a custom quote. We price larger cohorts case by case based on group size, schedule, and delivery format
- Optional courseware: the Tableau Desktop: Data Visualization & Analysis Student Guide (Logical Operations) is available at $65 per participant and is not included in the course price
Colorado state agencies, higher education institutions, cities, counties, school districts, and certified nonprofits may purchase this course directly through our State of Colorado Price Agreement. Request a quote and we will build pricing around your team.
- Per participant
Enroll a few employees at the per-participant rate.
- Private team session
Your group only, built around your data, tools, and schedule.
- Invoice your organization
DWC invoices your company directly and provides purchase order documentation.
- Multi-workshop programs
Combine workshops into a series for a department or a cohort of new managers.
Data Analytics and Data Literacy training
Data analytics and data literacy training for teams
Most teams have more data than they use. DWC data workshops help managers and staff read it, question it, and present it, with Excel, Power BI, and Tableau taught live on your own datasets where possible.
Pair a data literacy workshop for the people who use reports with tool training for the people who build them, so both sides of the conversation improve together.
Can you customize this workshop for our team?
Yes. Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery, so participants practice on the files, tools, and situations they deal with every day.
Is the training online or on-site?
Most groups train live online with a real instructor. On-site, in-person delivery is available by request.
Is there a minimum group size?
Most workshops booked for a team have a three participant minimum, and the Tuition section on each workshop page lists its exact terms. One-on-one sessions and smaller groups are priced case by case, and larger groups are quoted based on group size, schedule, and delivery format.
Do participants need a technical background?
No. Data literacy workshops are built for managers and staff who use data to make decisions, not only for analysts. Each workshop lists its prerequisites in the Details section.
Which tools are covered?
Workshops in this area cover Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and Tableau. Content and datasets are built around your work before delivery.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Every participant receives a certificate of completion, along with digital learning materials and take-home reference guides.
Can we pay by invoice or purchase order?
Yes. DWC invoices your organization directly and provides purchase order documentation.
Can individual employees join a public session?
When a workshop has public dates, they appear in the Dates section of this page with a registration button. If none are listed, request a quote and we will share your options.
Bring this workshop to your team
Tell us about your group and your goals. A training advisor follows up within one business day with options and pricing.