The following highlight came from the Tableau User Group Leader Informal Roundtable (TUGLIR!) chat thread. Enjoy!
From the Chat:
On finding an audience for new TUGs or expanding the groups:
–Work with your local Tableau reps to spread the word through their accounts
–Spam it on Twitter and LinkedIn (other Analytics Groups)
–Work with Jordon Scott to send out an email (2 hour radius of TUG’s city)
–Cross-pollenate with like groups (Alteryx, SAS, R, Analytics, etc)
On live polling during meetings :
–Mentimeter is used by DSM TUG
–Kahoot has been used by CLE TUG
On Branding :
–Those TUGs looking for branding advice should contact Pablo Gomez from London TUG
On Web Presence :
–Tableau Community site pages
–Meetup.com
–SplashThat Sites
–FLGTUG has their own domain and webpage
On Leadership Team Charters:
–#MadisonTUG Leadership Team Charter:
https://community.tableau.com/thread/267446
For Venues:
–Meetup.com has a partership w/ WeWork (relatively easy and affordable to book space)
–Local libraries (Free space)
–Partnership with college campus
On cadence of meetings :
–Anything from quarterly to monthly
–#VizItPhilly does 9-10m skips TC and July/August due to vacations
Ice breakers :
custom name tags by Jo LeDuc. #MadisonTUG
https://community.tableau.com/thread/274149
On Meeting Themes :
–CLETUG is experimenting with themes this year. Currently the 6 themes for the meetings are – Your Company’s Journey, Your Personal Journey, Hands-On Workshop, The Tableau Community, Practical Dashboards, Makeover Monday Live
Current list of TUG Leaders and TUGs :
https://community.tableau.com/community/groups
Working w/ Non-Profit groups :
— Considering patterning with local groups for “hackathons”
— Some have had difficulty securing the data
Miscellaneous Thoughts :
— Pairing new users with veteran users during hands-on events for learning opportunities
— centralizing a speaker list for virtual presenters