the new data imperative

The Data ImperativeHolly Ross, NTEN Kurt Voelker, Forum One Communications

!The Big Idea: The Next Scientific RevolutionHBR, November 2010, by Tony Hey

Ideas from:

Jim Gray1944 - 2007

3Paradigms of Science

Paradigm 1: TheorySorry Zeus, you’ve been voted off the island.

Paradigm 2: ExperimentationWhereby the apple does not fall far from the tree, but it DOES fall.

Paradigm 3: Computation & SimulationI’m sorry Dave, you’re theory isn’t statistically significant.

4Jim Gray Gave Us Another

Paradigm 4: Data MiningBut who plays the part of the canary?

?What does the data mining paradigm look like?

Odds that Karl ends up back here?

Turns out, data mining can predict that.

!More is Better

?And this is important to the nonprofit sector because…

1The Data Paradigm Mandates that Nonprofits:Use Data to Understand their Own Work Better

2The Data Paradigm Mandates that Nonprofits:Use Other Data Sources to Contextualize their Work

3The Data Paradigm Mandates that Nonprofits:Use Data to Tell Stories for Our Stakeholders

4The Data Paradigm Mandates that Nonprofits:SHARE DATA

Discussion Q’s:How do we raise the importance of data across the sector?

Funders: Can you make grantee reporting data valuable for more than your annual report?

What’s the sector’s data sharing manifesto? What would you sign?

What’s the low hanging fruit?

Can we structure unstructured data?