SORA Summer Webinar – Data Visualization
Thanks to all who participated in our Summer webinar, and extra thanks to our presenter Rochelle Rafn from Department of Revenue. We learned a ton about creating effective data visualizations and held our first ever SORA’s Favorite Data Viz competition. We loved getting to see your data viz submissions, and congratulations to Jim Gores of Oregon Department of Energy for winning our first ever visualization contest! Links to all the great work that was submitted are at the end of this post.
The Summer webinar recording is not publicly available on Youtube. Instead, please use this direct link to access the video.
Communicating with Data – SORA Summer 2026
Winner! 🎖️Oregon Department of Energy Power Production Dashboard
By Jim Gores
This Tableau dashboard (produced by the Oregon Department of Energy) is the Energy Resource Mix for the state of Oregon. It breaks out what resources are used to generate the electricity used in Oregon as a whole and by individual utility.
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/jim1659/viz/PowerProductionOregon2024/OREGONERM
Oregon Public Library Dashboard
By Ross Fuqua
We call this visualization/dashboard the Oregon Public Library Snapshot tool. It draws data collected by the State Library through the annual Oregon Public Library Statistical Report/Survey and is meant to be the first place for library staff and community members to look to find basic figures (and some recent trends) about local public library services.
National Land Cover (Burn Area)
By Jason Sauer
This GIF uses National Land Cover Database and Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity data to show how burn areas have changed Oregon land cover.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ziwFpYiW7yy2lD6y_yEGPAtOBVm4A-Tw
Oregon Energy Flow Chart
By Jim Gores
This Sankey chart shows the flow of energy through Oregon from production and importation to final usage or exportation.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1x9PxvDD7189gf5TFa8egm4jUy6wtQUbd