rickpack/analyticsforward_2019

Files for Analytics>Forward 2019 by Research Triangle Analysts - "Pitch a talk, hear some talks"

Analytics>Forward 2019

Rick Pack (VP of Research Triangle Analysts) March 10, 2019

"Analytics>Forward" (2019) - 5th annual unconference by Research Triangle Analysts

"Pitch a talk, hear some talks, eat good food" #AnalyticsForward http://bit.ly/AF2019Signup

This page's data visualizations will be updated daily.

They primarily depict Meetup Registrations for Analytics>Forward, with the purpose of indicating sell-out potential and to help the planning comittee with elements including the catering order.

Thank you to R-Ladies for the meetupr package.

Keynote

Charts

Week of event average Registrations per day

Prior to the current year and after 2015 (first year, lower Registrations)

weekday_rsvp	Average_RSVP_weekday
Sun	3.0000000
Mon	8.3333333
Tue	7.6666667
Wed	4.3333333
Thu	6.0000000
Fri	7.3333333
Sat	0.6666667

Current year

weekday_rsvp	RSVP_weekday
Sun	5
Mon	6
Tue	5
Wed	6
Thu	7
Fri	15
Sat	1

Highest Performing Days (Registrations)

All years - 5 Highest Performing Days

name	Meetup_Start_Date	Registration_Date	Weekday	Registration_Count
Analytics>Forward 2019	2019-01-31	2019-01-31	Thu	19
Analytics>Forward, with Keynote by John Sall, EVP of SAS Institute	2016-01-29	2016-01-29	Fri	17
Analytics>Forward 2019	2019-01-31	2019-03-08	Fri	16
Analytics>Forward, with Keynote by John Sall, EVP of SAS Institute	2016-01-29	2016-02-26	Fri	11
Analytics>Forward, with Keynote by John Sall, EVP of SAS Institute	2016-01-29	2016-03-07	Mon	11
Analytics>Forward 2018	2018-01-10	2018-03-07	Wed	11
Analytics>Forward 2018	2018-01-10	2018-03-08	Thu	11

Current year - 5 Highest Performing Days

name	Meetup_Start_Date	Registration_Date	Weekday	Registration_Count
Analytics>Forward 2019	2019-01-31	2019-01-31	Thu	19
Analytics>Forward 2019	2019-01-31	2019-03-08	Fri	16
Analytics>Forward 2019	2019-01-31	2019-02-26	Tue	10
Analytics>Forward 2019	2019-01-31	2019-02-27	Wed	9
Analytics>Forward 2019	2019-01-31	2019-02-28	Thu	9
Analytics>Forward 2019	2019-01-31	2019-03-07	Thu	9

Total Registrations for Analytics>Forward per year

## [1] "As of  2019-03-11 06:52:47"

name	Year	Total_Registrations
Analytics Forward - An Unconference	2015	42
Analytics>Forward, with Keynote by John Sall, EVP of SAS Institute	2016	124
Analytics>Forward	2017	110
Analytics>Forward 2018	2018	161
Analytics>Forward 2019	2019	156

Current Year Analytics>Forward Registration Link

Current Year Meetup Link

For future collaborators

To facilitate engagement by potential collaborators, the following discusses available files.

Loading the R Project

After installing R and R-Studio, fork this repo by clicking fork at the top-right. Then follow these instructions from the RStudio web site to create a new project that is a clone of this version-controlled (think Github) repository. In the future, you can then double-click the AnalyticsForward_2019.Rproj file to open RStudio with the files of this project being easily accessible.

Files

1. Readme.Rmd creates what appears on the Github page, including this text. +One
2. Meetup_RSVP_Yes_latest.R contains the Meetup_RSVP_Yes_Count() function. You can use Readme.Rmd to understand how to use it.
3. The .csv files contain data one could use with any program for analysis.
   • Chuck Jaeger used Tableau to create this Tableau storyboard.
   • Related, although he used the JMP Meetup API, Xan Gregg created images including this one on Twitter. Xan inspired many updates to the data visualizations presented here and Chuck also provided some thoughts, including the key stimulus that began all my early 2019 work.
4. animate_sponsor_coord.R is a quick-reference for stitching together images into an animated .GIF
5. AF_Pres.Rpres is a Xaringan presentation that has obvious imperfections I would love for others to help me fix.
6. The RTAgrp .html files are what I called "Easter eggs" in my A>F presentation. These can be opened in a web browser to see the use of Joshua Kunst's highcharter package, inspired by the work of 2018 keynoter, Mara Averick.
7. Other files are images used in the Analytics>Forward presentation I did with Dr. Zeydy Ortiz. You can her gganimate() use for RSVPs at:
   • http://rpubs.com/zortiz/AnimatePlots
   • code available at https://github.com/DrZeydy/share/blob/master/RSVP-animate.R

Special Notes

Make sure you get your Meetup Key and place that value here in README.Rmd or before you run the Meetup_RSVP_Yes_Count() function, or you will see an Error concerning the Meetup Key environment variable:

You might also consult the R-Ladies meetupr package on Github.

More images

Plenty of #AnalyticsForward images are available on Twitter and LinkedIn via #AnalyticsForward as well as this Facebook album: (http://bit.ly/2O126hX)