why data geeks don't make decisions with tom smith
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Friday lunchtime lectures at the Open Data Institute - 6 June 2013Why data geeks don't make decisions: bridging the gap between information and influencers.Audio of this lecture: https://soundcloud.com/theodi/why-data-geeks-dont-make-decisionsOpen data might be fuel, but fuel on its own doesn't get you anywhere. To improve public services you need to translate the raw data material into whatever helps people solve their problems. So, how do we bridge the gap from open data geeks to decision-makers?Tom Smith, founder and director of OCSI, helps public sector organisations use information effectively for policy and decision-making. He will bring in real world lessons of using open data to improve decisions, and more.TRANSCRIPT
Data geeks to decisions makers
Data geeks to decision-makersTom Smith, OCSI
[email protected]@_datasmith+44 1273 810 270
Chazwags, www.flickr.com/photos/chazwags/271046151/
Weve come a long long wayKongharald, www.flickr.com/photos/kongharald/3821492016/
Weve come a long long wayKongharald, www.flickr.com/photos/kongharald/3821492016/
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Spending
How the govt spends your money - 669Bn
Guardian, www.guardian.co.uk/politics/interactive/2010/oct/19/comprehensive-spending-review-cuts
LG Finance Report 2013/14, www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/settle.htm
LG Finance Report 2013/14, www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/settle.htm
Census 2011, www.ons.gov.uk/census
Guardian, www.guardian.co.uk
Time, www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2005245,00.html2
Decisions & conversations
Local Info Systems save 140-200 per user per year
Nottingham Insight www.nottinghaminsight.org.uk Foley et al (2010), Understanding value & benefits of Local Information System
London Dashboard & Datastore, http://data.london.gov.uk/london-dashboard
Small area trend data for crimesPolice.UK, http://www.police.uk/
Live within days of Land Registry dataLand Registry Price Paid app, http://dclgexamples.mywebcommunity.org/npf/lrpptest.html
60,000 downloads and countingNumberhood, www.numberhood.net Supporting social housing providers with more than 1.5m properties
Community Insight and Population Insight, www.communityinsight.org 3
Better services
Audit Commission, In the knowSo ...
Arent we there yet?
Tell stories from your dataDouglas Fairbanks 1918. Wikimedia photo in public domain22
Tell stories from your data
To the chief execDouglas Fairbanks 1918. Wikimedia photo in public domain23Get your data speaking the same language as service managers and senior staffWest Midlands Apprenticeships dashboard, www.flickr.com/photos/wmro/5393347776/
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Challenge
How is open datainfluencing your organisation & services25Data geeks to decision-makersTom Smith, OCSI
[email protected]@_datasmith+44 1273 810 270