civic knowledge

3-4-50 Fact Finder

Jed Sundwall @jedsundwall jed@civicknowledge.org

How do we get the most bang for our buck?

• County staff

• Civil society leaders

• Elected officials

Our mission: deliver accurate, up-to-date, and useful data to:

1st Step: Visualize It!

CHD Stroke Diabetes

COPD Asthma Cancer

Rates of Death Per SRA in 2011

2nd Step: Put it Online!

http://civicknowledge.org/3450/

http://hld.herokuapp.com

Focus on Human-Centered Design

• Needs to be usable on a phone

• Needs to be easy to update

• Needs to work in any modern browser

Use the best of the web!

• Uses open standards: HTML, Javascript, CSS, and SVG. No app to install. No plug-ins or vendor lock in.

• No database required. Could be updated with a Google Spreadsheet!

• Responsive design looks great on desktop and phone

Next Steps

• Create process to maintain spreadsheet

• Finish building responsive dashboard website

• Train county staff, civil society leaders, journalists, and others on how to use this amazing tool

• Continue adding data and insights (more Census data to identify social determinants of health)

• Watch as programs improve and drive results!